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Digital Ecosystem and Academy for African Women in STEM launched

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– – According to the UN report, the COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries. The educational access and retention for African youth, especially African women, gravely reflects the inequities of underdevelopment, racism, and sexism. Yielding Accomplished African Women (Yaa W.) is launching Africa’s largest… Read More
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Strengthen ‘One Health approach’ to prevent future pandemics – WHO chief

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While the concept of One Health – where multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes – may have once seemed simple, “it is no longer”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, opening the 27th Tripartite Annual Executive Committee Meeting World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).  “We can only prevent future pandemics with an integrated One… Read More
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COVID-19 vaccination ‘wildly uneven and unfair’: UN Secretary-General

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Addressing the virtual meeting, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the goal of providing vaccines to all as “the biggest moral test before the global community”, underlining that everyone, everywhere must be included.   Progress on #COVID19 vaccinations has been wildly uneven & unfair. The world urgently needs a Global Vaccination Plan to bring together all those with the required power,… Read More
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Guinée Bissau : la Banque africaine de développement renforce les capacités du pays pour la révision de sa CDN

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement a soutenu l’organisation à Bissau du 25 janvier au 5 février 2020, d’un atelier de renforcement des capacités de l’équipe locale chargée de la révision de la Contribution déterminée au niveau national (CDN) de la Guinée-Bissau dans son « Volet adaptation » du secteur agriculture, foresterie et autres utilisations des terres (AFOLU). La session de formation, présidée… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Fund: Japan, African Development Bank Group, sign JPY 73.6 billion loan agreement

Elwin Mandowa,
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the African Development Fund (ADF) – the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group – on Tuesday signed a loan agreement of 73.6 billion Japanese yen ($668.1 million) to support the 15th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-15). During a virtual ceremony, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina… Read More
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Africa’s first Super Energy Service Company in Morocco gets $965,000 grant boost from African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (…

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) is providing a $965,000 grant to Morocco’s Société d’Ingénierie Energétique (SIE), to support its transition into the first Super Energy Service Company (ESCO) initiative in Africa “This support from the African Development Bank will enable the operationalization of the new SIE as a Super ESCO, thus creating a model well… Read More
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Okonjo-Iweala says no to ‘business as usual’ at the WTO

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– – The new director-general of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has said she is ready to tackle the challenges of the institution. Ngozi will take over the role effective March 1, becoming the first woman and also African to lead the WTO. Her appointment was made shortly after WTO held a special general council meeting on Monday. BREAKING:… Read More
Africa Investments 

Sahel : la Banque africaine de développement soutient la région face à des défis multidimensionnels

Elwin Mandowa,
La Banque africaine de développement est devenue, grâce à ses multiples actions aux effets transformateurs, un partenaire de confiance des pays du Sahel confrontés à d’énormes défis. L’accompagnement de la région du Sahel répond aux priorités fixées par la Banque pour cette région, qui mise sur ses importantes opportunités, afin d’aider à réaliser son potentiel de développement. Au fil des… Read More
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Major airlines join forces with UNICEF to support ‘monumental’ COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan 

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More than 10 airlines are signing agreements with the UN agency to support its ‘Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative’, which will also act as a global logistics preparedness mechanism for other humanitarian and health crises over the longer term.    “Delivery of these life-saving vaccines is a monumental and complex undertaking, considering the sheer volumes that need to be transported, the cold chain requirements,… Read More
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