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Africa Investment Forum 2019: Billion dollar boost for African female entrepreneurs

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. EIB Vice President, Ambroise Fayolle, also revealed that the bank has signed three further agreements to boost sustainable development on the continent. But the major deal is what the EIB has dubbed SheInvest. The EIB expects the gender-lending initiative to allow… Read More
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2019 Africa Investment Forum: historic signing of high-speed railway construction concession agreement for Ghana, with the support of the African…

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The African Development Bank has thrown its weight behind a concession agreement for the construction of a high-speed railway in Accra, Ghana’s capital. The signing took place on the opening day of the second Africa Investment Forum, running from Monday to Wednesday in Johannesburg. “It’s a great day for Ghana!” said Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo. “I was here last year… Read More
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From Prince to Picasso, the arts can be just the tonic, new UN health agency study shows

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The Health Evidence Synthesis report, from WHO’s Regional Office for Europe, analysed evidence from over 900 publications supporting ways in which the arts can help improve physical and mental health, in the most comprehensive review of its kind to date. The report reviewed the health benefits (either through active or passive participation) in five broad categories of arts: performing arts… Read More
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2019 Africa Visa Openness Index: African Union Commission, African Development Bank report shows wins in visa restrictions across Africa

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For the first time, on average, Africans can travel to approximately 27 countries visa-free or with a visa on arrival Ethiopia moves up a record 32 places on the Index, entering the top 20 most visa-open countries in Africa For the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index published… Read More
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2019 Africa Investment Forum kicks off delivering on the promise to redefine and unpack the continent’s investment opportunities

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$500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity transaction to support Small and Medium Size Enterprises, and $350 million for South Africa’s beef agro-processing project The 2019 Africa Investment Forum opened on Monday living up to its promise to move from commitment to… Read More
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Africa Investment Forum: “Short on talk, heavy on deals”, African Development Bank, South African government and partners affirm

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The Africa Investment Forum will be short on talk and heavy on deals, the South African Government, the African Development Bank and key partners affirmed at a press conference ahead of the 2019 edition of the event. Organized by the African Development Bank and its partners, the second edition of the Forum, will take place from place from 11 to13 November… Read More
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Increased private sector engagement is critical to move the needle on Africa’s infrastructure financing: Pierre Guislain, Vice-President for Private…

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Increased private sector engagement is critical to move the needle on Africa’s infrastructure financing: Pierre Guislain, Vice-President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation, African Development Bank | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow Read More
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Twitter founder arrives in Nigeria for Africa tour

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The co-founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey has arrived in Nigeria for the start of a month-long trip in Africa. He will be spending the whole of November in Africa, visiting Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. Dorsey had said before his trip that he would be spending a lot of time with entrepreneurs in these countries he is… Read More
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Disease slashing global meat output, cereals boom, bananas under watch: FAO

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The Organization’s latest Food Outlook, published on Thursday, anticipates ASF will lead to a contraction of at least 20 per cent in the output of pork products in China, the world’s largest producer, accounting for half of all global production.  As a result, the combined output of cattle, sheep, poultry and pig meat is forecast to total 335 million tonnes in carcass weight equivalent – one per cent lower than the previous year, according to FAO.  ASF prompted soaring prices for pig meat earlier this… Read More
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