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Development Leaders 

Will 2020 kick-start the decade of the driven human?

Elwin Mandowa, , ,
Ole!Connect’s, Deseré Orrill, takes a look underneath the hood of autonomous transportation, what it means to our future mobility, and whether we are ready to relinquish the wheel, or not… Currently, there’s a lot of posturing amongst the major car manufacturers, as they jockey for position in the autonomous vehicle chase, with most of them predicting that there will be… Read More
Investments 

Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Governing Council calls for more investments in Africa’s fertilizer value chain

Elwin Mandowa,
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism’s Governing Council closed its eighth meeting with a call for increased investment to boost agricultural yields and build the industry across the continent. The Council met on 24 January at the Abidjan headquarters of the African Development Bank, which hosted the talks. The meeting was attended by  its 12 institutional members, who reviewed its 2019… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health agency team in China to strengthen coronavirus response through partnership

Global Author
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and colleagues arrived in Beijing on Monday, in efforts to understand the latest developments and strengthen partnerships in order to boost the overall response against the new respiratory disease.  In a message posted on Twitter, he said the UN agency also is working with countries everywhere to activate their response systems.  Coronaviruses are a large family of respiratory viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to the Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)… Read More
Investments 

In Chad, the African Development Bank quenches the thirst of residents with clean drinking water

Elwin Mandowa,
Izerik Moussa Idriss is a plumber in Kélo, a city in southern Chad. Today, when he hops onto his moped, he can go about his work knowing that at the end of the day he won’t have the stress and fatigue of trekking long distances in search of drinking water. “Seven years ago, it was hard for us to get… Read More
Development Health Advice 

End discrimination against women and children affected by leprosy

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“Too many women and children affected by leprosy – also known as Hansen’s disease – are victims of stereotypes, physical and verbal abuse, delays of diagnosis and lack of adequate care”, declared Alice Cruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members. The UN expert expressed concern over the “complete lack… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN heath agency: The time is now to ‘act as one’ in fighting infectious coronavirus

Global Author
The evolving outbreak that began in China is “a sign that every country needs to be ready to timely detect and manage outbreaks of any type”, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.  Virus infections have now been reported on four continents, including in Australia, France and the United States, among recent travelers to China. Several other countries in… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Haiti cholera outbreak ‘stopped in its tracks’

Global Author
This was achieved following concerted efforts from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Haitian Government and others, to address the root causes of cholera. “Cholera is a disease of inequity that unduly sickens and kills the poorest and most vulnerable people – those without access to clean water and sanitation,” said PAHO Director, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne. The last… Read More
Investments 

NSO Policy Interviews: KODEIJA DIALLO, directrice du Département d’appui aux opérations non-souveraines et au secteur privé de la Banque africaine de…

Elwin Mandowa,
La directrice du Département d’appui aux opérations non-souveraines et au secteur privé de la Banque africaine de développement fait le point sur la politique en direction du secteur privé et parle du secteur dit informel.   Comment la Banque pourrait-elle accompagner les organisations mal structurées ? La politique du secteur privé a le mérite d’avoir plus de flexibilité et de souplesse… Read More
Investments 

The 3rd Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Forum

Elwin Mandowa,
What: The 3rd Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Forum When: 24 to 26 March 2020 Where: Kigali, Rwanda The Water Development and Sanitation Department of the African Development Bank cordially invites you to the 3rd Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Forum, hosted by the Government of Rwanda from 24 to 26 March 2020. The Forum will welcome the… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Coronavirus: ‘An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency’

Global Author
However, after two days of deliberations, the WHO Emergency Committee, which advises the head of the agency, was divided on whether to declare a PHEIC. The disease has spread rapidly to several countries including Japan, Singapore and the USA, and Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said in a press conference held in Geneva on Thursday that the outbreak poses a… Read More
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