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Reduce pollution to combat ‘superbugs’ and other anti-microbial resistance

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The study focuses on the environmental dimensions of AMR, which occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines.  It calls for strengthening action to reduce the emergence, transmission and spread of “superbugs” – strains of bacteria that have become resistant to every known biotic – and other instances of AMR, which are… Read More
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Ghana seeks China’s support to restructure its debt

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Ghana is seeking China to join its ongoing external debt restructuring efforts as it pushes for an IMF bailout this year. China is leading creditor to Ghana and other African countries. For Ghana to secure an IMF deal this year, it would have to restructure its debt levels. Ghana’s debt levels are unsustainable and has to be brought to a… Read More
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Nigeria’s President to deal with cash crunch ahead of exchange deadline

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to deal with the cash crunch the country is experiencing currently. The crisis has caused chaotic scenes in parts of the West African country which is expected to hold elections this month. Nigerians are trying to get their hands on new naira notes ahead of a February 10 deadline. The old notes which will… Read More
Africa Investments 

Central African Republic: Government officials receive training in macroeconomic modelling and forecasting

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Effective economic policies require good-quality data, robust models, and use of modern and adequate statistical software. Such policies could only be taken based on the use of suitable macroeconomic and forecasting models and well-tested analytical hypotheses, Mamady Souare, the African Development Bank’s Country Manager in the Central African Republic said recently during a training workshop. “As we continue to experience… Read More
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WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind global breast cancer threat

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Each year, more than 2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer, making it the most common cancer in the world affecting all adults, according to WHO. Although a limited number of high-income countries have been able to reduce breast cancer mortality by 40 per cent since 1990, for women in poorer countries, one of the main challenges is to… Read More
Africa Investments 

At Second African Infrastructure Financing Summit, $160 billion worth of projects on table

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The 2nd Dakar Financing summit For Africa’s Infrastructure Development has opened in the Senegalese capital with sixty-nine infrastructure projects worth $160 billion on showcase. African heads of government, the African Development Bank, development finance institutions, and institutional investors will gather to draw the modalities for pushing the projects to completion by 2030. The African Union Development Agency and the Government… Read More
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Cameroon: The Bank trains its Regional Member Countries on applying the Fragility Lens

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The African Development Bank’s Transition States Coordination Office organized a training workshop in Yaoundé to strengthen the capacity of Regional Member Countries and Regional Economic Communities on the Strategic and Operational Application of the Fragility Lens. The training was led by Bank staff from several departments with support from the Bank’s Central Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office. It… Read More
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Dakar 2 Summit: Partnership to deliver technologies to farmers to feed Africa – says Adesina

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Africa’s push for food sovereignty and resilience depends on investments and partnerships, African Development Bank Group president Akinwumi Adesina said on Thursday at the Dakar 2 Food Summit a food summit in Senegal. Speaking during a panel discussion on Building Multilateral partnership and financing support, Dr Adesina outlined how the bank was using technology to spur agricultural productivity in various… Read More
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An African Development Bank project is creating skills and new jobs for the youth in Sierra Leone

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An African Development Bank-funded project in Sierra Leone is fast building technical and business skills for young people in the country. Approved by the bank’s board four years ago, the Freetown Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Aquatic Environment Revamping Project has strongly supported training and helped form micro and small enterprises groups for water meter installation. High youth unemployment is a… Read More
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African leaders commit to end AIDS among children by 2030

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The first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children marked a step up in action to ensure all boys and girls with HIV can access life-saving treatment, and that HIV-positive mothers can have babies free from the virus.  Ministers and representatives laid out plans which include providing testing to more pregnant women and linking them to… Read More
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