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Africa Business World 

Azimo to halve the cost of sending money abroad from Australia

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– – October 29th, 2020, London UK: Faster, cheaper money transfers are coming to Australia thanks to a new service from Azimo, one of Europe’s leading fintech companies. Azimo, which has operated in Europe since 2012, will now help people in Australia send money to more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, including China, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand. The company… Read More
Africa Investments 

En Tunisie, Souk At-tanmia élargit l’horizon des possibles pour les entrepreneurs en temps de crise

Elwin Mandowa,
Connue sous le nom de Cilium sous l’Empire romain, Kasserine est une cité au patrimoine singulier. Une ville située au centre-ouest de la Tunisie où perdure, à travers les générations, un savoir-faire artisanal qui fait sa renommée. Najet Salhi est originaire de Kasserine. Assise, d’un air déterminé, elle tient dans ses mains deux touffes d’alfa. Utilisée depuis le 19ème siècle,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Maroc : la Cour des comptes exporte son savoir-faire et renforce l’exigence d’une gouvernance publique au service des citoyens

Elwin Mandowa,
Vêtue de la toge noire à longues manches, Sara Abdel Ilah prête serment pour devenir magistrate à la Cour des comptes. Une des plus prestigieuses institutions du Maroc, située à Rabat. Comme la plupart des magistrats de cette juridiction financière, Sara a un parcours exemplaire. Sortie major de promotion d’une grande école d’ingénieurs, cette trentenaire a décidé de relever un… Read More
Africa Investments 

Appointment of Mr. Lamin Barrow as Acting Senior Director, Nigeria Country Office, African Development Bank Group

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Lamin Barrow as Acting Senior Director – Nigeria Country Office, effective 1 November 2020. Mr. Barrow, a Gambian national, joined the African Development Bank in 2000. He is currently Director, Joint Secretariat Support Office for the African Development Bank, African Union and the Economic Commission for Africa in the Office… Read More
Development Ghana 

A Ghanaian maize farmer thrives on the ashes of destroyed forest

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Hundreds of farmers are benefitting from a project that repurposes degraded forest land ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, October 28, 2020/ — For years, Christiana Akwabea admired the vast fields she visited in neighboring districts to buy maize for reselling and dreamed of one day owning a plot of land where she could grow the staple crop. But there wasn’t much land… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN agency chiefs appeal for ‘open science’ beyond COVID-19, citing dangers of secrecy and denial 

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Audrey Azoulay, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Michelle Bachelet, UN human rights chief (OHCHR), said it was time to ensure the benefits of science could be shared by all.   Science not ‘only for the few’  “In these difficult times, the best health technologies and discoveries cannot… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Yemeni children suffer record rates of acute malnutrition, putting ‘entire generation’ at risk 

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New analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global standard for gauging food insecurity, revealed that in some areas more than one in four children were acutely malnourished.  “Acute malnutrition rates among children below five years old are the highest ever recorded in parts of southern Yemen, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification”, said UN Children’s Fund… Read More
Africa Investments 

Financé en grande partie par la Banque africaine de développement, l’agrandissement de l’aéroport de Kotoka fait la fierté du Ghana

Elwin Mandowa,
Kofi Acheampong stationne à l’entrée du terminal 3 (T3) de l’aéroport international d’Accra. Comme son père avant lui, le quadragénaire est chauffeur de taxi. Faire la navette entre l’aéroport et le centre-ville de la capitale ghanéenne le rend heureux. « Le T3 est un bon investissement, surtout pour nous, chauffeurs de taxi, constate Kofi. Le nouveau terminal a réduit la… Read More
Africa Investments 

A Ghanaian maize farmer thrives on the ashes of destroyed forest

Elwin Mandowa,
For years, Christiana Akwabea admired the vast fields she visited in neighboring districts to buy maize for reselling and dreamed of one day owning a plot of land where she could grow the staple crop. But there wasn’t much land for commercial farming in Seikwa in Ghana’s Bono Region, and the local soil is more suitable for cultivating cashew and… Read More
Africa Business West Africa World 

Okonjo-Iweala secures more support for the WTO top job

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– – Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has secured majority of votes from European Union member states to become the head of the World Trade Organization. She is now in a good position to become the first African to head the World Trade Organization, according to sources. Okonjo-Iweala who is the only African left in the race is competing with South Korea’s… Read More
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