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Africa Investment Forum: Harnessing Guarantees and Insurance to Close the Continental Financing Gap – The Africa Co-Guarantee Platform Leads the Way

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa has long suffered from a risk perception gap – one of the main factors contributing to the continent’s estimated $200 billion trade and investment financing gap. More recently, the world has been hit with the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the resultant global food and energy instability, coupled with soaring interest rates and debt sustainability tensions for… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Rise in TB deaths another fallout from the pandemic, WHO report reveals

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An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with TB last year, an increase of 4.5 per cent over 2020, and 1.6 million people died from the disease, including 187,000 who were HIV-positive.  The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by three per cent during the same period, with some 450,000 new cases of a type that is resistant to… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Investment Forum: closing the technology gap promises significant gains for Africa’s creative industries

Elwin Mandowa,
Africa’s creative industries have grown rapidly in recent years, as its music, films and fashion increasingly attract a global audience. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development defines creative industries as comprising a wide range of areas: arts and crafts; audiovisual media (film and TV); design (architecture and fashion); new media (video games); performing arts (musical instruments); publishing (books,… Read More
Africa Investments 

Q&A: Mobihealth CEO Funmi Adewara on what the USTDA grant means for the company and its strategic plans

Elwin Mandowa,
The $67 million Mobihealth Telemedicine Project is an innovative digital health transaction involving the establishment of a fully integrated telemedicine proprietary platform. It is one of eight deals, with a total value of nearly $5 billion, that were presented at the Africa Investment Forum’s Virtual Boardrooms event held in March 2022.  Presented under the ‘Women as Investment Champions’ pillar, these transactions involved… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program Partnerships Forum

Elwin Mandowa,
What:     Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program Partnerships Forum Who:      African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation When:    27 October 2022, 15:00 GMT+2 Where:   Windhoek, Namibia (Hybrid format) The African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation, with the support of partners are convening the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) Partnerships Forum at the 10th Conference on Climate Change… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank publishes new report linking security, investment and development

Elwin Mandowa,
The African Development Bank Group has published a new report examining the relationship between security, investment and development. The report, ‘The Security, Investment, and Development Nexus: A Diagnostic Assessment,’ was announced on Tuesday 25 October, at the African Union Policy Conference on Peace, Security and Development, currently underway in Morocco. The African Development Bank undertook the report to provide “quantifiable… Read More
Africa Investments 

Nigeria: Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone program stokes investor interest

Elwin Mandowa,
Local and international private sector businesses have expressed strong interest in the $538 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone program (SAPZ) launched in Nigeria on Monday 24 October. Conceived by the African Development Bank, the program is expected to stimulate agriculture transformation in Nigeria. The program launch was followed by a special forum on Tuesday, during which participants discussed the benefits and… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank Group extends €63.6 million loan for agro-processing project in Senegal

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 26 October 2022 in Abidjan approved a loan of €63.6 million to Senegal to implement the Agropole-Centre agro-industrial processing zone project. The Ministry of Industrial Development and Small and Medium Industries will implement the project in four regions in central Senegal: Kaolack, Kaffrine, Fatick, and Diourbel. Its implementation will… Read More
Development Health Advice 

19 life-threatening fungi listed in bid to tackle antifungal resistance

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If not, then look no further than the UN World Health Organization (WHO), which has just catalogued the 19 fungi that represent the greatest public health risk today. The aim of listing these fungal “priority pathogens” is to promote research and strengthen our response to fungal infections and antifungal resistance. People most at risk are those with underlying health problems or a weakened immune system,… Read More
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5 reasons to trade with a ZAR account forex broker

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– – It’s necessary to register with reputable brokers who provide ZAR-denominated accounts if you want to start trading on the South African foreign exchange market. The Rand (ZAR), which serves as the nation’s official currency, enables South African Forex brokers to perform all required financial transactions. In order to offer convenience and flexibility to traders from South Africa, a… Read More
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