Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, September 17th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its new report on transboundary waters in Africa will be launched next week. The report entitled, “Climate-proofing Transboundary Water Agreements in Africa”, will be inaugurated by the Water Development and Sanitation Department of the AfDB on September 21. The virtual launch of the report will […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Friday, September 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) The United States government has announced a provision of $5 million grant to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support efforts in abating methane gas emission, across Africa. Methane accounts about half of the net rise in global average temperature since the pre-industrial era. The grant, subject to the completion of US domestic […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, U.S./Canada
Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States House of Representatives has passed by voice vote a resolution introduced by Africa Subcommittee Chair, Karen Bass (D-CA) and Ranking Member Chris Smith (R-NJ) reaffirming the significance of the African Union (AU) as a strategic international partner to the United States. The resolution also seeks […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News
Thursday, September 15th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Ms. Caroline Kende-Robb as the Director of Strategy and Operational Policies Department of the bank. Ms. Kende-Robb, a British national, brings over 30 years of leadership and management experience in development and humanitarian sectors, coupled with deep knowledge and practical experience in achieving […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields, according to a project progress report released by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project, which is supported by the African Development Fund (ADF), the AfDB’s concessional window, has remarkably […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines, South Africa
Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB), has issued a 200 million South African rand (ZAR), 1-year Green Bond which will be due September 2023. The bond, which pays a coupon of 6.90 percent, was arranged by Daiwa Capital Markets Europe and sold in a Private Placement format to a single Japanese institutional investor, Sony […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Newly elected Kenyan president, William Ruto has been sworn in as the president of the country. Ruto was sworn in on Tuesday by Martha Koome, chief justice of Kenya, during a ceremony held in Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani Stadium. During the swearing-in ceremony, Ruto swore an oath of allegiance and […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians are inching closer to having a robust National Social Protection Policy (NSPP) as the National Economic Council (NEC) meets on Thursday to ratify the policy document. After its ratification by the NEC under the chair of Vice-president Yemi Osinbanjo, the NSPP will be presented to the Federal Executive Council (FEC) for […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – An air strike wounded at least one person on Tuesday in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a hospital official said, two days after Tigrayan forces said they were ready for a ceasefire with the federal government. The strike hit the business campus of Mekelle University and Dimitsi Woyane TV […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday departed Abuja for Nairobi to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of William Ruto as the fifth President of Kenya. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Osinbajo will join […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Carlena Evans, the daughter of famous late African American Actor/Writer, Mike Evans is currently putting smiles on the faces of children in Uganda, East Africa. Her late father, Evans was an actor best known for playing Lionel Jefferson on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family” and its popular spinoff “The Jeffersons”. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, West Africa
Tuesday, September 13th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry will travel to Nigeria and Senegal to engage in discussions with government counterparts and the private sector regarding strengthening climate action and the upcoming 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The special presidential envoy will arrive Abuja […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Latest Headlines, West Africa
Saturday, September 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaltum Rufa’i, Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, says the government is determined to end the activities of commercial sex workers in the state. Rufa’i, in an interview, noted that there were state laws against such activity. She added that the government would investigate the report […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, September 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of the African Development Bank Evaluation Week aims to will explore ideas on how governments and development partners can use evaluation evidence to inform decisions aimed at building a more resilient Africa. This was disclosed in a statement made available to the media on Friday. The biennial knowledge conference […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, World News
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced. She is being mourned in Britain and across the world. The country’s longest-reigning monarch died Thursday at age 96. Large crowds are expected to gather outside Buckingham Palace in central London, while tributes pour in from across the country and the world. Fears […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gambia’s government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months are linked to a paracetamol syrup, the head of the country’s health service said on Thursday. A spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon’s Minister of Water, Forest, the Sea and Environment, Prof. Lee White said his country is a net positive country that is fully committed to remain carbon neutral to 2050. The minister disclosed this in his opening remarks at side event of the just-ended Africa Climate Week, which was focused on Nationally […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, September 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has harped on the need for trade policy to be integrated into global climate action. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala made the observation while speaking on Monday at the High Level Africa Adaptation Summit in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to highlight the urgency of climate adaptation funding […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa and the European Union (EU) have agreed to collaborate in organizing events and expert level exchanges on a number of specific issues, including gender equality, business and human rights and the right to development. The agreement was reached at the 7th EU-South Africa Structured Dialogue Forum on Human Rights which […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Portuguese government have signed a new €400 million guarantee agreement to boost business in six Portuguese-speaking countries in African. The deal which was consummated under the under the Lusophone Compact aims at promoting business ventures in Angola, Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé […]
