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African Development Bank AgriPitch Competition: $120,000 in prizes on offer during African Youth Agripreneur Forum 3-17 November

Elwin Mandowa,
There are just hours to go until the 23 October deadline to enter the African Development Bank’s AgriPitch Competition. Selected entries by African youth agripreneurs will be invited to showcase their agribusiness startup plans and compete for a share of $120,000 in funding seed prizes, a slot of the competition’s business development boot camp, an audience of online panel of… Read More
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UN urges people to #PledgetoPause before sharing information online

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António Guterres will on Wednesday launch the #PledgetoPause campaign as part of wider efforts to create what the UN hopes will be “a new social media norm” to help combat the impact of viral misinformation.  The campaign is based on research which indicates that taking a brief pause before sharing information can significantly lessen the inclination to share shocking or… Read More
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African and US development financiers reaffirm their commitment to attracting greater private sector capital to Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
The continent’s largest development finance institutions have emphasized that a sustained and collaborative approach among development partners to scale up project development activities, will boost the number of bankable projects attracting investor interest and contribute to closing the infrastructure finance gap in Africa. They spoke during a panel event to discuss their organizations’ role in post-COVID-19 environment, convened on October… Read More
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Ugandan entrepreneur makes mosquito-repelling soap

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– – A Ugandan female entrepreneur has developed a soap that is meant to repel mosquitoes. Joan Nalubega developed the organic soap as part of her contribution to fighting the spread of Malaria caused by Mosquito bites. The entrepreneur while growing up in an orphanage struggled with malaria, something that inspired her business idea. She told the BBC that “In… Read More
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Focus on fundamentals as COVID-19 caseloads rise: WHO

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“I know there’s fatigue but the virus has shown that when we let our guard down, it can surge back at breakneck speed and threaten hospitals and health systems”, agency chief Tedros Adhanam Ghebreyesus told journalists on Monday.  Last week, WHO reported that the pandemic has entered a worrying phase as the northern hemisphere winter season approaches.  At the time,… Read More
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Uganda: Sharp decline in cases of typhoid fever, diarrhoea, in capital, thanks to sanitation project

Elwin Mandowa,
For several years now, typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, especially in the major district of Kawempe, according to an African Development Bank report published on 7 October. Kawempe is an administrative subdivision that has developed rapidly, but water and sanitation infrastructure has not kept pace in this area dominated by swampy lowlands.… Read More
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Tanzania: African Development Fund approves $50.7m Covid-19 crisis response budget support

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of UA 36 million ($50.7 million) to Tanzania, to finance the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The loan, from the African Development Bank Group’s COVID-19 Response Facility (CRF), will support the Government of Tanzania’s $109 million national COVID-19 response plan, which is jointly supported by… Read More
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COVID-19 vaccine: UNICEF to stockpile more than half a billion syringes by year’s end

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As soon as vaccines are licensed for use, the world will need as many syringes as doses of vaccine, said UNICEF on Monday. To begin preparations, this year, UNICEF will stockpile 520 million syringes in its warehouses, part of a larger plan to have a billion syringes ready for use through 2021, to guarantee initial supply and help ensure that… Read More
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Women in Compliance in Africa: Navigating Challenges & Opportunities in the era of COVID-19

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Virtual workshop of the Women in Ethics and Compliance in Africa network Who: African Development Bank, Integrity and Anti-Corruption Department When: 22 October 2020, from 12.00 to 14.00 GMT Where: Virtual The African Development Bank will host the inaugural virtual workshop of the Women in Ethics and Compliance in Africa network (WECA), on Thursday, 22 October 2020. The webinar,… Read More
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Sudan’s record wheat harvest is proof that Bank agricultural transformation program will boost breadbasket goal

Elwin Mandowa,
Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest. According to Sudanese officials, the nation saw a wheat production level of a 1.115 million-ton harvest from 315,500 hectares of farmland. That’s quite an improvement from just five years ago, when farmers in Sudan working about a quarter-million hectares of land harvested just 472,000 tons… Read More
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