(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €10 million loan to support the deployment of 107,000 high-quality solar home systems to Benin Republic The project which will be implemented under new EIB ENGIE Energy Access initiative, will open up access to clean energy for 643,000 people. The solar home […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of crisis-impacted school-aged children around the world requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million in 2016 to 222 million today, according to a new report. The report which was released by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet. The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The year’s edition of Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) which is part of the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), kicks off today in Kigali, Rwanda. The 2022 CBF will be the first and largest in-person gathering for Governments and Business across the Commonwealth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Gambian government has braced up to the challenge of minimizing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel and tourism sector of its economy. The government has taken decisive and concrete steps in reviving the sector by providing relief support to the industry, especially to formal and informal sector workers and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further strengthened their collaboration. The MoU formalizes the platform for the two multilateral development institutions to join forces to promote trade between Africa and the Caribbean. The new strategic partnership agreement will also enable […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said African countries must continue to explore various measures to combat climate change, desertification, while also addressing food insecurity and poverty across the continent. Buhari said this in a speech delivered by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of Pan-African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where fighting has led to the loss of lives and property. Kenyatta, the co-convener of the Inter-Congolese consultations under the Nairobi Process, urged all armed groups, both foreign and local, to lay down arms […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan-African multilateral finance institution, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has harped on the need to leverage Africa’s youth and digital technology resources in the quest for the development across the continent. The Bank also canvassed for increasing intra-African trade, providing insight into the challenges restricting trade and providing clear solutions as to how […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development holding in Cairo, will interrogate the interface between climate change and sustaining peace as well as development efforts in Africa, according to the organisers. The event which is slated for 21-22 of June in a hybrid format with sessions online […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has expressed his appreciation of the mutually rewarding collaboration between the Bank group and the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB). The bank chief said delivering sustainable development, prosperity and improved quality of life for citizens is a mandate the AfDB and the CDB […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of the Tax Transparency in Africa report has been scheduled for launch on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenyan. The launch is part of the 11th meeting of the Africa Initiative, slated for 14-16 June in the east African nation. The conference will gather experts from tax administrations, regional and international […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank has signed an agreement to invest in the Joint Reinsurance Company of Member States of Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances (CICA-Re), which is owned by a group of African countries. Under the agreement, the AfDB will take a 6.56-billion FCFA stake (approximately €10 million) in CICA-Re and join its […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM), a subsidiary of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee to support fertilizer delivery to 200,000 Ghanaian smallholder farmers. The facility which is extended to ETG Inputs Ghana Limited to support delivery of fertilizer to 200,000 smallholder farmers in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Clashes between armed groups erupted in Libya’s capital Tripoli Friday night leading to the death of one person, according to local media. The clashes are happening as the country reels from a failed coup attempt three weeks ago. Heavy exchanges of gunfire and explosions ricocheted across several districts of Tripoli, an AFP […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Cabinet in Guinea-Bissau took the constitutional oath in Bissau on Friday with 24 ministers and 12 state secretaries sworn-in as members, according to sources.. Foreign Minister Srkenuzy Carla Barbosa and Interior Minister Botche Cande remained in their posts in the government led by Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam. The education, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says African airlines’ traffic rose to 116.2 per cent in April 2022 compared to a year ago, an acceleration over the 93.3 per cent year-over-year increase recorded in March 2022. IATA’s director-general Willie Walsh said in a statement on Thursday that air travel continued to be […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least six people were killed in two separate attacks in the western African nation of Burkina Faso on Thursday, authorities said. Four soldiers were killed during an attack on a military base in Kossi province, and several terrorists were “neutralised” or captured when fighting broke out, the authorities added. In the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, vowed to clamp down on terrorism in the crisis-ridden country during his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. “We will increase the military pressure on terrorism,” Mohamud, who already served as head of state of the East African country between 2012 and 2017, said. The new leader also […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme (ADRiFi) in Malawi. The move will boost the country’s resilience against climate-related shocks and food insecurity. The funding will support the government of Malawi to develop climate risk management solutions and pay its […]
