Most Recent News

The African Development Bank and its partners want your ideas for beating the COVID-19 pandemic

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and partners are set to host an online #AfricaVsVirus Challenge from 16 to 19 April 2020. The 72-hour competition is a.

Africa cannot go back to ‘Business as usual’ when COVID-19 Pandemic is over

But it will teach us an important lesson: the need to invest in health infrastructure across the world, and particularly in Africa. By Babatunde Omilola Like every other pandemic that.

MTN Ghana Foundation Donates 5 Million GHC to the Fight Against COVID-19

As part of its commitment to support Government’s efforts in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic the MTN Ghana Foundation is donating five million Ghana Cedis (GHS 5million) towards the.

African Development Bank Group unveils $10 billion Response Facility to curb COVID-19

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 8 April 2020 – The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 Response Facility to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic..

What Africa Must Do To Mitigate the Damaging Effects of Coronavirus.

by Atiku Abubakar Before the novel coronavirus pandemic hit the globe, Nigeria spent 42% of her earnings on debt servicing. We have arrived at a new reality today: even if.

Opinion: Exercise Can Be Good For You And Your Country Especially During A Crisis Like Covid-19

By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Public parks have been gated shut, beaches emptied and stadia deserted, as an unprecedented 2.5 billion people across the world are told to sit at.

Yves Guillemot, Founder & CEO of Ubisoft S.A. invests in Franco-Nigerian startup Kwik Delivery

LAGOS, Nigeria – Yves Guillemot, Founder & CEO of French video games giant Ubisoft S.A. has invested in Franco-Nigeiran startup Africa Delivery Technologies SAS, who operated the Kwik Delivery (http://Kwik.Delivery).

Mastercard champions safe and secure payment transactions in the Middle East & Africa with increase to contactless payment limits

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Mastercard announced today that it is championing efforts to increase contactless payment limits across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region as people look for safer.

In Defense of a Pan-Africanist – Dr Akinwumi Adesina

By Ken Giami In an Africa, dealing with monumental infrastructure and energy deficits; a teeming youthful population desperate for jobs and opportunities; and currently facing what is arguably its most.