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Virtual launch of the African Petroleum Legislation Atlas Platform

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Virtual launch of the African Petroleum Legislation Atlas Platform Who: African Development Bank When: Thursday, 26 November 13:00 to 14:20 GMT Where: Virtual (Via Zoom) The African Legal Support Facility and the African Natural Resources Centre of the African Development Bank will host the virtual launch of the African Petroleum Legislation Atlas (APLA) Project pilot phase on 26 November… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UNICEF planning ‘mammoth operation’ to deliver COVID-19 vaccines

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Etleva Kadilli, Director of UNICEF’s Supply Division, highlighted the importance of the partnership to ensure capacity for the massive undertaking.  “As work continues to develop COVID-19 vaccines, UNICEF is stepping-up efforts with airlines, freight operators, shipping lines and other logistics associations to deliver life-saving vaccines as quickly and safely as possible,” she said.  “This invaluable collaboration will go a long… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank’s investments are transforming the continent, unlocking economic potential, and spurring development – 2020 ADER report

Elwin Mandowa,
From agro-processing initiatives to energy, transportation and water and sanitation services, transformative investments by the African Development Bank are paving the way to unlock Africa’s economic potential, according to the 2020 Annual Development Effectiveness Review (ADER), released on Friday. The report, which analysed the Bank’s contribution to Africa’s development in 2019 is themed Building resilient African economies. “Our goal has… Read More
Africa Investments 

Meet the African Development Bank experts moving Africa’s industrialization agenda forward

Elwin Mandowa,
Industrializing Africa is one of the High 5 strategic priorities of the African Development Bank. Each year, Africa Industrialization Week offers key stakeholders an opportunity to reflect on how the continent can catalyze industrial growth. A week of events culminates in Africa Industrialization Day, celebrated every year on 20 November. This year’s theme is Inclusive and sustainable industrialization in the… Read More
Development Health Advice 

COVID cases surge amid growing threat from antimicrobial resistance – WHO chief 

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“Across Europe and North America, hospitals and ICU units are filling up or are full”, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said at a regular press briefing in Geneva.  While sharing “more good news from vaccine trials, which continues to give us hope of ending the pandemic”, he upheld the need to continue to “use the tools… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Industrialisation Day: African Development Bank calls for faster industrialisation of African economies

Elwin Mandowa,
At the forefront of promoting smart industrial policies and mobilising infrastructure development funding for Africa, the African Development Bank on Africa Industrialization Day 2020, urges the continent to accelerate industrialization for the transformation of African economies. The African Development Bank counts Industrializing Africa as one of its High-5  key strategic aims, critical for the transformation of African economies.   “Industrialization,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Industrialization Day: Unlocking Africa’s “value-added” industrial potential

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa Industrialisation Day, which falls on Friday, mobilizes the commitment of the international community to the continent’s industrialisation and gives us the opportunity to reflect on the Bank’s impact in this sector, one of its High 5 priorities.  From oil to cocoa, cotton to vanilla, Africa is rich in naturual resources but its heavy dependence on commodity exports means it… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Remdesivir no COVID-19 silver bullet, says UN health agency

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A World Health Organization (WHO) Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts made the recommendation in the BMJ – the weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by the British Medical Association – as part of so-called “living guidelines” to manage the coronavirus and help doctors make better decisions in consultation with patients.  “Living guidelines are useful in fast moving research… Read More
Africa Investments 

World Toilet Day 2020: In the midst of a global COVID-19 pandemic, increased toilet hygiene awareness more important than ever

Elwin Mandowa,
By Wambui Gichuri This year’s World Toilet Day observance comes in the midst of COVID-19. The gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic’s global spread heightens awareness about the important health benefits of appropriate toilet hygiene across Africa. Never has this been more pertinent than as we observe World Toilet Day. While promising results on the vaccine front are underway,  a primary… Read More
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In the face of ridicule: one woman’s fight to bring sanitation to a Nepali village

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Born into the privilege and comforts of a high-caste Brahmin family in Nepal, Ratna Khawas’s life changed drastically when she got married to someone outside her social class, in 1968. She and her new husband moved to his home village in Belbari, where there were no toilets or handwashing facilities. “I got the shock of my life,” she said. “I… Read More
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