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Botswana: African Development Bank supports economic diversification project through FAPA

Elwin Mandowa,
An economic diversification project supported by the Africa Development Bank was launched in Botswana last month to strengthen the small stock, tourism and horticulture industries by improving businesses linkages particularly among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Botswana Economic Diversification Project was launched on 6 February, 2020 in the capital Gaborone, with the aim of diversifying the southern African nation’s… Read More
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Le Congo et le Cameroun reliés par 300 km de route grâce à la Banque africaine de développement

Elwin Mandowa,
Le président congolais, Denis Sassou Nguesso, a inauguré, vendredi 06 mars 2020, la route reliant la ville de Ketta au Congo au poste-frontière de Ntam au Cameroun. Longue de 300 km, cette route surnommée « route de l’intégration » a coûté 103 milliards de francs CFA préfinancée à 90% par la Banque africaine de développement. Cet ouvrage qui fait partie… Read More
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Tunisia’s high-tech pharma business creates skilled jobs

Elwin Mandowa,
By supporting successful businesses in Tunisia, the Bank is fostering sustainable and inclusive development. Take the case of Sabra Gmati. After leaving her children in care, Gmati goes to work each day at the MEDIS pharmaceutical laboratory in Nabeul in north-eastern Tunisia. Known as one of the country’s premier craft, agricultural and tourist centres, Nabeul has a growing industrial potential,… Read More
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Tunisie : soutenir des entreprises locales pour renforcer l’attractivité des territoires

Elwin Mandowa,
Après avoir déposé ses enfants chez la nounou, Sabra Gmati se rend à son lieu de travail. Elle est employée par le laboratoire pharmaceutique «MEDIS » depuis maintenant huit ans. Une entreprise qui a ouvert ses portes en 1995, à Nabeul. Située dans la région du Cap Bon, Nabeul est la capitale de l’artisanat Tunisien. Et pas seulement, elle est l’une… Read More
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African Development Bank’s road project in Sierra Leone cuts travel times and transforms lives

Elwin Mandowa,
For truck driver Joseph Turay, navigating the 120 km Matotoka-Sefadu road in northeastern Sierra Leone used to be a nightmare. On average, he spent between five hours to one day on the road, which was last properly repaired nearly half a century ago. Joseph and other drivers watched goods perish and vehicles destroyed before they reached their destination. The rainy… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Five things you should know now, about the COVID-19 pandemic

Global Author
1) What’s the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic? Before Wednesday’s WHO announcement, the COVID-19 outbreak was described by the UN health agency as an epidemic, meaning that it has been spreading to many people, and many communities, at the same time. Labelling the spread a pandemic, indicates that it has officially spread around the world, and is also a reflection of… Read More
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Coronavirus: Pandemic alert should be trigger for countries to do more against COVID-19

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Speaking in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the fact that the term was being used did not mean that the virus had the upper hand. “It doesn’t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn’t change what countries should do”, he said, urging Governments to pursue containment and isolation measures to prevent the virus… Read More
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Ghana seeks African Development Bank support for domestic development bank

Elwin Mandowa,
Ghana is seeking support from the African Development Bank Group to establish a national development bank, the country’s Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta told a delegation of Bank Executive Directors in Accra last week. “We need your support on that and we hope you’ll come along,” Ofori-Atta said. The Executive Directors, led by Bright Okogu, representing Nigeria and Sao Tome &… Read More

Bank President Akinwumi Adesina to visit Sierra Leone to discuss nutrition, development plan

Elwin Mandowa,
WHO: African Development Bank Group WHAT: President Akinwumi Adesina to hold discussions with President Julius Maada Bio WHERE: Sierra Leone WHEN:  11 to 13 March 2020          Following a meeting with the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio at the AU Summit in February 2020, President Akinwumi Adesina will make a visit to the country, from 11 to 13… Read More
Development Health Advice 

FROM THE FIELD: Going the extra mile with vaccines

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© UNICEF/Lana Slezic | Najeeba Ahmadjan travels uphill on a donkey to reach vaccination sites at remote villages in Faizabad, north-east Afghanistan, during the first round of Maternal and Neo-natal Tetanus (MNT) vaccination. (April 2004). ​​​​​​​ The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) backs vaccination programmes in over 95 countries with the support of partners and through the “sheer determination” of volunteers.  They… Read More
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