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Nutrition experts discuss ways to advance nutrition and gender at the African Green Revolution Forum

Elwin Mandowa,
A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups such as women and children face in Africa’s urban areas, at the African Green Revolution Forum held last week.  The online discussion had an added urgency in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to organizers of Africa’s largest agriculture conference.  African Development Bank Director… Read More
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Countries must ‘get their hands dirty’ to stem COVID and prevent future pandemics 

Global Author
A World in Disorder, issued by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), an independent monitoring and accountability body which prepares for global health crises, (GPMB), notes that the coronavirus has killed close to a million people, impacting health systems, food supplies and economies. “We can no longer wring our hands and say something must be done”, said Tedros Adhanom, Director-General… Read More
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Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Africa still a prime investment destination, participants affirm at AfDB webinar for Asian audiences

Elwin Mandowa,
Participants at a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook Supplement to Asian audiences on Monday have endorsed the report as critical for post-COVID-19 Africa. The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020 and 2021 and highlights the impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s socio-economic landscape. It recommends policy responses to safely reopen economies… Read More
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8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joins AfDB President Adesina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other global leaders to launch…

Elwin Mandowa,
8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joins AfDB President Adesina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other global leaders to launch Global Center on Adaptation’s regional office in Africa | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– Read More
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Lebanon: Working on the ground to meet basic needs of Beirut’s women and girls

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UNFPA, the agency specializing in reproductive and maternal health worldwide, is working with 12 partners on the ground to distribute dignity kits, which contain sanitary pads, soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and towels. These items are helping women and girls maintain their personal hygiene even amid the destruction and displacement. This is essential, community members have emphasized. “Just like I would want… Read More
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In eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank is helping provide climate-resilient facilities to 100 000 people

Elwin Mandowa,
The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in  Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand people in the east of the country, according to a recent report by the African Development Bank. The funding, amounting to $8.3 million, was used to preserve and improve the resilience… Read More
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WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond

Global Author
The outbreak in Equateur Province emerged in early June and has now spread into another of its 17 health zones, bringing the total number of affected zones to 12. So far, there have been 113 cases and 48 deaths.   “The most recently affected area, Bomongo, is the second affected health zone that borders the Republic of Congo, which heightens the… Read More
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African Development Bank Webinar: Asian Private Sector – Doing Business in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Webinar for the Asian Private Sector on Doing Business in Africa Who: African Development Bank When: Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 08.00 am to 10.00 am GMT13.30-15.30 pm, (Delhi), 16.00-18.00 pm, (Beijing),17.00-19.00 pm, (Seoul) Where: Virtual Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa was the second fastest growing continent outside Asia. The continent’s growth over the past decade, has seen the longest… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Leaders pledge ‘quantum leap’ towards fully funding COVID-19 vaccines and treatments

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Following a virtual meeting on Thursday, they pledged to advocate for the $35 billion still required for the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, to realize the goal of producing two billion vaccine doses, 245 million treatments and 500 million tests.   “We acknowledge the urgency of catalysing a step-change in political support and financing for the ACT-Accelerator in order to enable… Read More
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Supporting Public Private Partnerships in Africa: African Development Bank ready to scale up

Elwin Mandowa,
Representatives of the African Development Bank, governments, Development Finance Institutions, the private sector and  professional associations joined a September 8 workshop to discuss how the Bank can strengthen support for Public Private Partnerships and channel greater investment toward economic and social infrastructure. The event, titled Designing the African Development Bank’s PPP Framework, was hosted virtually by the Bank.  The workshop… Read More
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