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Project successes in Morocco and Ghana offer lessons in gender and climate change

Village Reporter
The African Development Bank recognizes the importance of addressing gender in efforts to combat climate change and its effects in order to increase the benefits of its projects and aims to be the leading African financial institution in addressing gender and climate change. The Bank’s Department of Gender, Women and Civil Society, as well as its Climate Change and Green… Read More
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Easy Solar reaches 300,000 users in Sierra Leone

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Easy Solar, Sierra Leone’s leading provider of accessible and affordable solar products announced today it had reached a new milestone of 300,000 users nationwide. “We are thrilled to be making life easier for so many individuals who do not have access to reliable electricity. No one should have to live in the dark.” said Nthabiseng Mosia, co-founder and Director of… Read More
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Getting women in the driver’s seat of Africa’s agribusiness revolution

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Monica Musonda, CEO of Zambian food processing company Java Foods, certainly faced hurdles in her rise to the top, but she overcame them. “Although the barriers to entry for women can be frustrating, they are often basic and relatively easy to resolve,” she said, playing down her struggles. “My climb up the agribusiness ladder has been challenging but definitely worthwhile.”… Read More
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Friday’s Daily Brief: DRC Ebola concerns, Yemen peace hopes, more migrant boats leave Libya

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New DRC Ebola virus transmission chain risks reversing major gains: WHO Amid multiple deadly attacks on civilians by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Ebola death “unlinked to any chain of transmission”, risks reversing major gains against the epidemic, a top UN medic said on Friday. Dr Mike Ryan, Executive Director for the World… Read More
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Gender equality: It’s time for disruption, time to shatter the status quo. We can’t afford to wait!

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If you are a gender champion, then you are familiar with the discussions around the glass cliff.  The story of women eager to defy the odds, accepting leadership roles at times of crisis, when the chance of failure is the highest. The truth is that many bold glass cliff climbers have succeeded without falling off. Two of such champions come… Read More
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Interview with Jennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank Group, ahead of the 2019…

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The African Development Bank and the government of Rwanda are hosting the Global Gender Summit from 25 to 27 November in Kigali. The Summit is being organised by the Multilateral Development Banks’ (MDBs) Working Group on gender, and will be held for the first time in Africa. We speak to Bank Vice President, Jennifer Blanke, to find out more about… Read More
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South Sudan: African Development Bank-financed upgraded Juba power distribution system comes onstream

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The government of South Sudan on Thursday commissioned a $38 million upgraded power distribution system financed by the African Development Bank to restore reliable electricity supply to Juba’s central business district and boost suburban livelihoods. The Juba Power Distribution System Rehabilitation and Expansion Project is the first in a series of major energy sector interventions by the Bank to improve… Read More
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Four in five adolescents failing to exercise for even 60 minutes a day, UN health agency warns

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In the first study of its kind on global and regional trends among 11 to 17-year-olds, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that around 80 per cent of them do less than 60 minutes of activity per day – the minimum daily recommendation. Philippines boys and South Korean girls ‘least active’ According to the study, the Philippines had the highest… Read More
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IMF says 40% of African countries are in debt crisis

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The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, says 40 per cent of African countries are in debt distress. She described Africa as a continent of opportunities and one with many troubles, noting that the focus was to help countries have sound macro-economic policies, improve the investment climate and show it to the rest of the world. “Africa… Read More
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2019 conference on land policy in Africa: why it matters for the continent, by Cosmas Milton Ochieng

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Cosmas Milton Ochieng, an expert in natural resource governance and economic development in Africa, is the Director of the African Natural Resource Centre at the African Development Bank. In collaboration with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank will host the 3rd Edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa… Read More
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