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Development challenges and opportunities facing Africa’s mineral sector

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Virtual Seminar on Minerals and Africa’s Development: Challenges and Opportunities.   Who: African Development Bank When: Thursday 25 February 10:00 to 12:00 GMT Where: Virtual (Via Zoom) The African Development Bank’s African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) and African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) will join the Nordic Africa Institute in hosting a webinar titled, Minerals and Africa’s Development: Challenges and… Read More
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KIX Observatory: ADEA and AU-CIEFFA launch a brief on teacher and learner well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Elwin Mandowa,
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Observatory on COVID-19 Responses in Educational Systems in Africa, a consortium that includes the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), has released its first brief, which promotes evidence sharing about policy and education interventions as well as targeted recommendations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘Constellation’ of post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare, says WHO 

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“We know that this post-COVID-19 condition – or as some patients also call it ‘long COVID’ and some clinicians call it ‘long COVID’ – is a heterogenous group of symptoms that occur after the acute illness”, said Dr. Janet Diaz, Team Lead, Health Care Readiness at WHO.  “So, these are symptoms or complications that can happen potentially a month after, three months after, or even six months after,… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s AFAWA, African Guarantee Fund, partner to unlock $1.3 – $2 billion in loans to women entrepreneurs

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program has agreed a partnership with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) to unlock $1.3 to 2 billion in loans to women-owned Small and Medium Sized Enterprises(SMEs) in Africa, by working with financial institutions to enhance their ability to lend to women. The move signals the launch of AFAWA’s… Read More
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Air Namibia ceases operations as it files for liquidation

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– – Namibia’s national carrier Air Namibia has suspended all operations, leaving hundreds of workers without jobs. The airline is cancelling all of its flights and grounding its aircraft with immediate effect. In a statement Air Namibia asked all affected customers to cancel reservations and request refunds. The state owned newspaper the New Era reported that more than 600 employees are being sent home by… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and Mozambique LNG Area 1 Project win Multilateral Deal of the Year Award for $24 billion global syndicated finance

Elwin Mandowa,
The Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Area 1 Project and the African Development Bank have jointly received the prestigious Global Multilateral Deal of the Year 2020 award by the print and online publication Project Finance International (PFI). The project, the single largest foreign direct investment in Africa to date with a value of over $24 billion, will exploit Mozambique’s immense… Read More
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African women in science are making waves

Elwin Mandowa,
To mark International Day for Women and Girls in Science, we asked contributors to the recently released Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas for Africa about the science that went into the Bank co-publication and their experiences as pioneering women in their field. Maimuna Nalubega, Ph.D, Chief Water Development Officer, African Development Bank Q: The Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas for Africa explores… Read More
Africa Investments 

NDC Private Sector Reports for Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What:   Webinar on NDC Private Sector Reports for Africa When:  Thursday, 18 February 2021; 14:00 – 16:00 GMT Who:    African Development Bank Where: Virtual (Zoom) Climate action not only presents profitable investment opportunities for the private sector but also helps protect those investments from the devastating impacts of climate change.  To support the private sector with climate action, the African Development Bank, in partnership… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘Three major threats’ to inoculating the world – UN health agency

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Briefing UN Member States on Thursday, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus drew attention to a $27 billion financing gap in the ACT Accelerator, which supports the development and equitable distribution of coronavirus tests, treatments and vaccines globally.  “The longer this gap goes unmet, the harder it becomes to understand why, given this is a tiny fraction of the trillions of dollars that… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and Harvard Kennedy School train country economists on “building back better” post-COVID-19

Elwin Mandowa,
The Country Economics Department (ECCE) and the Human Resources  Departments (CHHR) of the African Development Bank are collaborating with researchers at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) and Executive Education at Harvard Kennedy School to train the Bank’s Country Economists on effective post-COVID-19 response and recovery strategies for Africa. The COVID-19 outbreak has triggered a global economic downturn, with populations locked… Read More
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