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Africa’s Urban Future and Mobility: Building for Prosperity in the Digital Age

By Jacqueline M. Klopp By 2030, Africa will be a predominantly urban continent. Its growing cities already serve as crucibles of growth, creativity and innovation; providing livelihoods, markets, arts, manufacturing,.

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COCOBOD to Receive US$600M AfDB Loan Facility

Ghana’s Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is set to receive a US$600 million loan facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the bank’s president, Akinwuni Adesina, has revealed. Speaking to reporters on.

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African Leaders’ Role in Financing Continental Development

By Abednego Waliki Aside from the roles that citizens play in attaining and maintaining a remarkable developmental stride, one other aspect that will bring to the actualization of a sustainable.

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World Bank projects 2% growth in the MENA region

Growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to rebound to an average of 2% in 2018, up from an average 1.4% in 2017 according to.

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UNDP calls for partnership to resolve humanitarian issues in North-eastern Nigeria

Achim Steiner, United Nations Development Programme Administrator and Mark Lowcock, Emergency Relief Coordinator have called on national and international partners to reinforce joint efforts to address the humanitarian needs in.

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IFC, Mastercard Support Financial Inclusion in Rural Africa

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, together with the Mastercard Foundation, have launched the Digital Financial Services for Agriculture Handbook to support the expansion of financial inclusion to.

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Mozambique: Rehabilitation of Nacala Port Commences

Mozambican Transport Minister Carlos Mesquita on Wednesday laid the first stone for the rehabilitation of the northern port of Nacala. The rehabilitation is financed by the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Awards Three-Year Grant to ASCM

The Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), the global leader in supply chain organizational transformation, innovation and leadership has announced that it is the recipient of a three-year grant from.

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FACT Zambia Launches EITI Programme

THE USAID funded Fostering Accountability and Transparency in Zambia (FACT Zambia) programme has launched a project aimed at increasing citizen awareness and engagement on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).

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Be Future-Ready: Build Your Career in Robotics

In the land-locked country of Botswana, mining diamonds is the mainstay of all livelihoods. Robot miners found the second largest diamond (roughly the size of a tennis ball) there, and.

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