(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zenith Bank Plc has been ranked as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine. For the thirteenth consecutive year, the Bank retained its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in Nigeria with a Tier-1 Capital of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $5.4 million grant to build food security in Somalia. The ADF has the challenge of having nearly half its client countries as fragile states and having nearly half its client countries as fragile states, and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African American entrepreneur, Paul Allen Billings from Muskegon, Michigan, has opened the East Africa’s newest Safari in Tanzania. The newly launched Safari dubbed, VisitTanzania4Less.com, is an African Safari Company dedicated to providing a safe safari that will advance visitors’ knowledge of the amazing country while leaving lifetime memories. Africa is known for […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s Minister of Finance, Vera Daves de Sousa has emerged the winner of this year’s African Finance Minister Award. The award, organized by the African Banker magazine through the vote of an independent committee of industry experts, is traditionally announced during the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual meetings. The committee awarded the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a Risk Participation Agreement of $50 million with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) to stimulate intra-African trade. CIB is the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the world’s 10th-largest bank by balance sheet size in 2021 (The Banker, July 2022). […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organisation, on Saturday, officially declared the Monkeypox disease as a global health emergency. The global health body noted that it activated its highest alert level for the growing Monkeypox outbreak, making the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. African Examiner reports that Monkeypox, according to the Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sixteen people, including civilians, were killed in clashes among rival armed groups in the Libyan capital Tripoli, health officials said Saturday, amid fears of growing unrest in the country roiled by years-long strife. The Health Ministry said the fighting also left 52 injured. The fatalities included six civilians, the spokesman for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Pan-African Digital Rights and Inclusion organization, Paradigm Initiative (PIN) today marks 15 years of impacting the lives of more than 5,000 under-served African youth with improved livelihoods through digital opportunities and the protection of their online rights. PIN is a social enterprise that builds Information Communication Technology (ICT) driven support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Award-winning African American actor, Terrence Howard has expressed his interest and intension to invest in some sectors of the Ugandan economy. Howard said he will invest in Uganda’s Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and entertainment sectors as well as real estate. He gave the hint during his recent visit to the East […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Suspected Islamist militants on Friday attacked the main military base where Mali’s interim president lives outside the capital Bamako, but the armed forces said they had repelled the assault and had the situation under control. The attack on the Kati military base began at 5a.m. local time with two vehicles packed with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a grant of around $25.65 million to help Zimbabwe enhance domestic food production and supply. The funds were drawn from the Transition Support Facility (TSF), although the Board of Directors of the Bank Group provided a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has applauded Africa50 for its crucial role in helping to bridge Africa’s infrastructure financing gap. Dr. Adesina gave the commendation while speaking at the opening session of Africa50’s General Shareholders Meeting in Marrakech on Tuesday. The meeting took place on the eve of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Equatorial Guinea, says increasing storage capacity of refined oil and gas products is a viable solution to resolving the challenge of fuel scarcity. Mr Gabriel Lima, Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, made this known on Wednesday, while responding to questions from journalists, during a Media briefing organised by the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $1.4 million technical assistance grant to Export Trading Group (ETG) for the funding of women-owned businesses in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. ETG is one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated agricultural supply chain managers and processors in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project will enable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced the death of two persons from the country’s first-ever outbreak of the Marburg virus disease. The development was announced in a statement issued on Monday. According to the statement, two deaths have been recorded and at least 98 contacts have been traced and quarantined. African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved $73.5 million to finance a programme that will boost Tanzania’s food production by a million tonnes in the next three years. The programme tagged, “Tanzania Agricultural Inputs Support Project”, spanning September 2022-June 2025, was designed under the AfDB’s African Emergency Food Production Facility to tackle […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Rwandan Government has embraced the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) initiative, which is supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). The RASME is a tool that enhances project-related data collection in remote areas. Rwanda is the first East African country to join and the seventh overall in the continent. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of activities streamlined to mark this year’s World Youth Skills Day, the Development Bank (AfDB), through its Coding for Employment Programme, selected 500 digital ambassadors to broaden the scope of such skills amongst young people in Africa. World Youth Skills Day is celebrated on July 15 every year. It has […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of $5.39 million to the Central African Republic for the implementation of the country’s food security project. The grant will assist the production of an additional 32,000 tonnes of foodstuffs and enhance food security for 100,000 people. It will also help the Central African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has harped on need for the political leadership in Africa to renew their commitment to national aspirations and consciously seek to bridge the gap between partisan considerations and the imperative of national development. Dr. Jonathan made the observation while speaking at the capacity building workshop for […]
