Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, May 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A joint initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Center on Adaptation is currently mobilizing and expanding the frontiers of adaptation financing mechanisms to mitigate climate change across Africa. The initiative which is known as the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme (AAAP), aims to mobilise $25 billion to drive adaptation […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, North Africa
Friday, May 6th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York that the 27 trucks delivered nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of food and other essential items to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The 12th edition of the African anti-corruption conference, has opened with a clarion call from delegates to strengthen cooperation and collaboration among anti-corruption agencies in Africa to help address the gaps in fighting corruption across the continent. Organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Government of Rwanda, the Regional Conference […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank has commenced stakeholder consultations on its Integrated Safeguards System to adequately address emerging environmental and social issues in Africa. As part of its commitment to continuously improve environmental and social management and governance, the AfDB has prepared a draft of its updated Integrated Safeguards System, which is being consulted […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cities across Africa are increasingly making progress in their growth trajectory and raking in a lot of benefits for people across the continent, according to a new report released on Tuesday. Jointly produced by the OECD-Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Trees and forests can help the world recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and its related economic aftershocks, in addition to combating climate change and biodiversity loss, a new report has revealed. Current estimates indicate that more than half of world’s gross domestic product which stood at $84.4 trillion in 2020, is dependent […]
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African News, Articles/Opinion, Featured, Latest Headlines
Sunday, May 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – I wish to draw the attention of the nation to ongoing underhand schemings by Buhari and the people around him to retain power in the North come the 2023 presidential elections. When we say the North, we mean the imposition of another Fulani Oligarch candidate on the nation. Apart from the country […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Friday, April 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) is poised to empower and equip 50 million youth with employable skills by 2025 through its Jobs for Youth in Africa Initiative. The Bank said the initiative also seeks to create 25 million jobs in agriculture, information, communication and technology fields, and other key industries across the continent. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Friday, April 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A new round of funding grant amounting to $15 million is underway for the growth and development of women-owned small businesses in Africa. This is coming under the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI). The grant which is the fourth round of financing of $54.8 million will benefit almost 69,000 women entrepreneurs […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its emergency plan to mitigate the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on food supplies in Africa. Russia and Ukraine dominate exports of wheat and maize to Africa. With the disruption of supplies arising from the war, Africa now faces a […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, North Africa
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somalia’s Prime Minister on Wednesday asked African Union soldiers to protect lawmakers as they pick new leadership, after warning police and intelligence officials not to interfere in the long-overdue elections. Somalia’s long-delayed election process has been beset by Islamist violence and a power struggle between President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two loans amounting to $180 million to co-finance a major energy project that will extend electricity access to rural areas and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Rwanda. This follows the 26 May 2021 approval for $84.2 million from the resources of the African Development Fund (ADF), […]
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African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union welcomed a recent decision of East African leaders to deploy a regional peacekeeping force to unrest-hit parts of Democartic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, in a statement said he welcome the recent decision by regional leaders to send […]
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African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 11 people were confirmed dead and property destroyed in Rwanda after heavy rains pounded different parts of the country on Saturday overnight, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Monday. Seven of the victims were from the Nyamasheke district in western Rwanda, while three were from the capital city Kigali, the […]
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African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya Airways (KQ) on Monday resumed operations to Madagascar following the easing of travel restrictions by Antananarivo. Julius Thairu, the airline’s chief commercial and customer officer, said the airline would operate the direct flight thrice weekly from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Nairobi to Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo. Thairu, in a statement […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 201 people died and 98 injured, in violence in West Darfur state in Sudan, an official working for the governor of the region said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by the violence. It added that […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said Africa, which currently has lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates, had lost as many as 30 million jobs on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday, Dr. Adesina […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Monday, April 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) said the focus of its Annual General Meetings thus year, will be on the impact of climate change on Africa and the need for a just energy transition on the continent. The event which is the 57th Annual Meetings of the AfDB and the 48th Annual Meeting of […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Sunday, April 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the army said. Targets in Sevare, Niono, and Bapho were all hit by “armed terrorist groups (who) used suicide vehicles packed with explosives”, the Malian army said in a statement. A group linked to […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, April 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) will on Tuesday jointly launch the new report on Urbanisation dynamics in Africa. The 2022 edition of the report entitled, “Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities” provides a […]
