(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) – 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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $66.39 million support package for Guinea to enable the West African nation increase access to electricity. The funding package consists of a $4.17 million grant and a $9.37 million loan from the African Development Fund, the concessional arm of the AfDB and a $24.13 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $400,000 technical assistance grant to the Deposit and Consignment Office of Côte d’Ivoire (CDC-CI), a State bank handling official deposits. A public financial institution serving the general interest, the CDC-CI was created in June 2018. Its goals include mobilizing and managing public and private funds […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an €87 million loan for Morocco to enable the North African nation expand its social protection and strengthen health services. The loan is aimed at implementing the Support Programme for the Generalization of Social Coverage in Morocco. The primary objective of this operation is to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has applauded the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its support and commitment towards resolving country’s debt arrears. The Southern African nation owes $13.5 billion to multilateral financial institutions, bilateral partners, and other creditors President Mnangagwa gave the commendation issues during a meeting with the President of AfDB, Dr. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African police minister Bheki Cele said on Monday that the police discovered more than 130 empty cartridges of AK47 at the scene of Sunday’s random shooting in Johannesburg, where 15 people were killed and eight people injured. This means the assailants meant “business of killing,” he told community members and media […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) disclosed on Monday that at least 1.5 million livestock have died across drought-affected parts of Ethiopia. “Many regions in Ethiopia are currently experiencing one of the most severe La Nina-induced droughts in recent decades. “More than eight million people are acutely food insecure, and 1.5 million […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Circular Economy Forum will, for the first time, be hosted on African soil this year and Rwanda has been chosen as the host country. Rwanda is a founding member of the African Circular Economy Alliance and serves as co-chair. The government of Rwanda, the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA), the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been nominated Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme (AAAP) Global Champion by world leaders. President Kenyatta was given the task to spearhead Africa’s effort to address climate change under the AAAP during the Leaders Dialogue on Climate Adaptation, organized by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) at the University […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €121 million loan to Senegal for implementation of an emergency agricultural programme that will boost food production and cushion impacts of war in Ukraine. This loan is the first approved under the AfDB’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, an initiative to avert a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Angola’s former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos died Friday at the age of 79 at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. With “great pain and consternation” the Luanda government posted on Facebook confirmation of Dos Santos’ death at 11:10 am (1010 GMT). The government presents its deepest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Comoros Energy Sector Support Project which is driven by the African Development Bank has help to improve the country’s power grid in recent years, the Bank said in a statement on Thursday. Approved in 2013, the project aims to respond to a twofold challenge in the energy sector in the Comoros. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has expressed satisfaction over its support for the Kenyan Government in the implementation of its reform programmes aimed at strengthening the war against corruption and sustain inclusive growth in the East Africa nation. The AfDB said Kenya’s reforms agenda is also enhancing the environment for infrastructure development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Okey Oramah will receive the African Energy Chamber’s inaugural African Energy Person of the Year during this year’s African Energy Week in Cape Town in October. The African Energy Person of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has been influential or prominent in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has urged the Irish business community to invest more in Africa. Dr. Adesina gave the charge while speaking at the 7th Africa Ireland Economic Forum in Dublin, the Irish capital city penultimate Thursday. Since joining the African Development Bank Group as its 81st […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a new partnership agreement with the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), which is aimed deepening their cooperation on the implementation of the Desert to Power initiative. The AfDB’s Desert to Power solar initiative is aimed at turning Africa into a renewable energy powerhouse. 11 countries are […]
