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Africa Investments 

Mauritanie : la Banque africaine de développement favorise l’entreprenariat et stimule les créations d’emplois pour les jeunes

Elwin Mandowa,
Le Projet d’appui aux micros, petites et moyennes entreprises et à l’emploi des jeunes (PAMPEJ), lancé en mai 2017 en Mauritanie, porte déjà ses premiers fruits à mi-parcours de son exécution. Il a permis de créer plus d’un millier d’emplois et de lancer plusieurs centaines de micro, petites et moyennes entreprises (MPME), selon le rapport de la Banque africaine de… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s Adaptation Benefits Mechanism helps to climate-proof Ivorian smallholder farms’ cocoa yields

Elwin Mandowa,
Help is on the way for the global cocoa supply chain, severely threatened by climate change. A new project by the African Development Bank and the International Agroforestry Agency (ICRAF) would bring relief to two Ivorian smallholder cocoa farmers’ communities in Soubre and Vavoua currently grappling with declining yields caused by climate change and worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Without… Read More
Africa Investments 

NEPAD affirms close ties to the African Development Bank as it assesses achievements and challenges after two decades

Elwin Mandowa,
African leaders and representatives from the development community, civil society and private sector came together on Thursday for a symposium to celebrate two decades of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), a flagship program of the African Union. Participants commended the African Development Bank highly for its role in financing infrastructure and agricultural programs on the continent. NEPAD has… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘End the scourge of neglected tropical diseases’: UN health chief

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In a statement released by WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that a new approach is needed if diseases such as guinea worm and yaws are to be tackled: “This means injecting new energy into our efforts and working together in new ways to get prevention and treatment for all these diseases, to everyone who needs it”. 10-year plan This new… Read More
Africa Business World 

Workshop 17 Wins Global Startup Award

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– – The winners of the 2019 season of the Global Startup Awards (GSA) have been announced at the Global Grand Finale Day. Bringing home an Award to Africa was Workshop17, which scooped Best Coworking Space in the world’s largest independent startup ecosystem competition. On outshining the other finalists from around the world, Paul Keursten, Co-Founder and CEO of Workshop17… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank-CIF climate resilient project in Zambia wins Water ChangeMaker Award

Elwin Mandowa,
A climate resilient project in Zambia supported by the African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has won the Water ChangeMaker People’s Choice Award-Africa, it was announced at the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 on 25 January.  The Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-basin Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (SCRiKA), beat two other finalists identified by an expert jury to… Read More
Africa Investments 

New African Development Bank-GCA initiative will galvanize $25 billion to scale up African climate adaptation

Elwin Mandowa,
African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The announcement came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021, hosted by the government of the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation. The AAAP, a… Read More
Africa Investments 

Gobeshona Global Conference: Communities must be at the centre of climate adaptation solutions, says African Development Bank

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank hosted a session on locally led climate adaptation at the Virtual Gobeshona Global Conference on January 21, with a focus on agricultural solutions such as solar-powered irrigation pumps and turning farm waste into organic fertilizer. The session brought together policy makers, financiers, private sector and local project beneficiaries to discuss lessons and challenges in engaging communities… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health agency panel issues key guidance on second COVID vaccine doses

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The development follows SAGE’s recommendations on 5 January on how the similar Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine should be used, as deaths from the new coronavirus topped 2.1 million globally. Both are so-called mRNA vaccines which trigger an immune response by teaching the body to make special proteins, as opposed to including any live or inactive weakened virus. The WHO Strategic Advisory… Read More
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