World Bank projects 2% growth in the MENA region
10/10/2018Growth 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
08/10/2018Achim 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
05/10/2018IFC, 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
05/10/2018Mozambican 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
05/10/2018The 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
05/10/2018THE 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
05/10/2018In 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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Telecom Egypt Signs Submarine Cable Agreement With Bharti Airtel
04/10/2018Telecom Egypt has penned an agreement with Bharti Airtel to formalize its strategic partnership announced on the 6th of August 2018. The agreement grants Airtel IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use).
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Zambia: USTDA Awards $1.15million Grant for Feasibility Study
04/10/2018The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $1.15 million grant to Globeleq Zambia Wind Limited (Globeleq) for a feasibility study for an estimated 100-megawatt wind power plant in the.
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Melania Trump Visits Baby Center in Ghana
02/10/2018First lady of the United States, Melania Trump, met with Ghana’s first lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo after arriving in Ghana earlier today to begin her first extended solo international tour. This.
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