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Scaling Climate Action through Technology and Innovation by SMEs for Green Investment in Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
WHAT: Consultative Workshop on Scaling Climate Action Through Technology and Innovation by SMEs WHO: African Development Bank, Natural Eco Capital WHEN: 6 July, 2020 10:00 a.m – 12:30 p.m  GMT WHERE: Virtual (Via Zoom) The African Development Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Department, jointly with Natural Eco Capital, will host a Consultative workshop on Scaling Climate Action through Technology… Read More
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Launch of the 2020 Regional Economic Outlook Report for East Africa

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Launch of  the 2020 Regional Economic Outlook Report for East Africa Who: East Africa Regional Office of the African Development Bank  When: Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 14:30 East Africa Time Where: Virtual via Zoom The East African Regional Office of the African Development Bank will launch the 2020 Regional Economic Outlook virtually on Wednesday, 8 July 2020, at 14:30… Read More
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In Mozambique, water project boosts yields as farmers grapple with climate extremes

Elwin Mandowa,
Felicidade Machava, 60, likes to recount the story about how, one year, she filled a small truck with maize from her harvest.        Machava, is a farmer in Guija district in Mozambique. The country has been experiencing weather volatility in the form of longer and more frequent cyclones and droughts. Extreme climate events affect the agriculture sector, a source of employment… Read More
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African Development Bank to launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement

Elwin Mandowa,
What: Launch of African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement Who: The African Development Bank When: Tuesday, July 7 2020, 14.30 – 16.00 (Abidjan time) Where: Virtual via Zoom The African Development Bank will launch its African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement in a live Zoom event from 14.30 to 16.00 (Abidjan time) on Tuesday 7 July 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted… Read More
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In Egypt, young innovators are transforming Africa’s future

Elwin Mandowa,
The sun has barely risen on the seaside village of Baltim, 200 km north of Cairo and  twenty-year-old Ahmed Abdel Salam is already at his laboratory – a start-up factory that has since 2019, been producing fish feed for supply to aquaculture businesses in the Delta region From atop a ladder, Ahmed observes a school of tilapia swimming in an… Read More
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En Égypte, une jeunesse innovante transforme l’avenir de l’Afrique

Elwin Mandowa,
Le jour se lève à peine dans la ville côtière de Baltim, à 200 kilomètres au nord du Caire. Ahmed Abdel Salam, jeune homme d’une vingtaine d’années, est déjà dans le laboratoire de son entreprise Fish Powder Protein. Une jeune start-up spécialisée en aliments pour poissons d’élevage qu’il a fondée en 2019 dans sa ville natale. Perché sur une échelle,… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Fund approves $9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East and Horn of Africa and the Comoros

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in East Africa and the Horn, and in the Comoros. The grant, approved on 26 June, is part of the $10 billion COVID-19 Rapid Response Facility (CRF) approved by the Board of Directors in April 2020 and… Read More
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Appointment of Souley Amadou as Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Souley Amadou as Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department, effective 1 July 2020. A transactional lawyer with a Ph.D. in banking and finance law from Clermont-Ferrand university, in France, Souley Amadou has over 24 years of substantive legal work experience, including 20 years spent… Read More
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Development Finance Institutions commit to support Sudan’s transformation

Elwin Mandowa,
Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged  multi-pronged support to Sudan as it opens a new chapter to overcome political and economic challenges. At a high-level Sudan Partnership Conference held virtually and hosted in Berlin on 25 June, the three multilateral organizations and several governments affirmed… Read More
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