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Africa Investments 

Tunisians anticipate productive Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit

Elwin Mandowa,
From left to right: Mr Tarek Chaouech, MD, GIPAC; Mr Mohammed Nadri, MD, COCEBLE; Mr Chiheb Slama, MD, Slama Huiles ; Mr Hichem Mami, MD, Chahia ; Mr Abdelaziz Makhloufi, MD, CHO; Mr Mohamed Chikhaoui, MD, Poulina Group Holding ;, Dr Ines Taktak, Director, GIPAC; Mr Mohammed El Azizi, African development Bank; Mr Rafaa Marouki, African Development Bank; Mr Abdessalem… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Group team meet Swiss envoys from West Africa to discuss Africa’s development agenda

Elwin Mandowa,
Swiss ambassadors meeting in the Ivorian commercial capital Abidjan invited a senior management team from the African Development Bank Group to exchange views on development and cooperation. The envoys held a working luncheon, hosted by the Swiss assistant state secretary for Sub-Saharan Africa, Siri Walt, on Friday 20 January. Ambassador Walt is the head of the Africa Division at the… Read More
Africa Investments 

“Let us act to transform Africa’s cities”—African Development Bank President to African mayors

Elwin Mandowa,
By 2050, the number of people living in African cities is expected to double from about 600 million to 1.2 billion, representing the most rapid rate of urbanisation in the world. This poses significant development challenges, which will require innovative, African-led solutions. In rousing remarks to the mayors of 15 African cities gathered for the inaugural forum of the African… Read More
Africa Investments 

Keynote Speech Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the launch of the African Mayoral Leadership…

Elwin Mandowa,
Good evening, everyone. I am delighted to be with you all. I see several faces that I know in this hall and many that I will be meeting tonight for the first time. There is no better way to meet than to be where with you discussing issues that affect our continent, and in the case of my speech to… Read More
Africa Investments 

Whistles and whips: Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program results in sounds of success in Ethiopia’s lowlands

Elwin Mandowa,
(Korofto, Adama District, Ethiopia) If the shrill sounds of policemen’s whistles echoing across Ethiopia’s Awash River Valley do not seem out of place, the crack of whips in the air will have some visitors to these irrigated wheat fields wondering what is going on at this patch of remote farm cooperative. A short walk through the thigh-high wheat stalks reveals… Read More
Africa Investments 

Regular economic performance analysis could bolster investment decisions in Africa, says African Development Bank Chief Economist

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group’s Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, Professor Kevin Chika Urama, shares his thoughts on the inaugural Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook report, released on Thursday 19 January. The new biannual publication aims to provide African policymakers, global investors, researchers, and other development partners with an incisive, timely, evidence-based evaluation… Read More
Africa Investments 

Launch of Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) Report, 2023 – Keynote Speech By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina – President, African…

Elwin Mandowa,
I am pleased to welcome you all to the official launch of this maiden edition of the African Development Bank’s report on Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook 2023.  I commend the Bank’s Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Complex for the continued efforts to provide sound and evidence-based economic intelligence to inform the much-needed structural transformation across African economies as… Read More
Development Health Advice 

$2.54 billion needed to tackle unprecedented health needs in 2023: WHO  

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In its appeal, the WHO said that a staggering 339 million people now need humanitarian assistance globally.   Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the UN agency’s Director-General, urged donors “to be generous” and help WHO to save lives, prevent the spread of disease within and across borders, and support communities as they rebuild.  Today, WHO staff are providing assistance in 54 health… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO calls for action to totally eliminate trans fat, ‘a toxic chemical that kills’

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Industrially produced trans fat – commonly found in packaged foods, baked goods, cooking oils and spreads – is responsible for up to 500,000 premature deaths from coronary heart disease each year, the UN agency said.  WHO has released a status report that follows up on its 2018 call for the substance to be totally eliminated from all foods by this… Read More
Development Health Advice 

‘We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence

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In Parque das Tribos, an indigenous neighbourhood in Manaus, the capital of Brazil’s Amazonas state, violence against women is not uncommon. “As a leader, I have experienced many things,” says Lutana Ribeiro, a member of the Kokama ethnic group, and the only female chief in Parque das Tribos, which is home to around 4,500 people. “Women knock on my door… Read More
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