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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..

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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Lessons the COVID-19 has taught us as Africans

Eusebius J. Mukhwana, PhD Director General Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) Kenya As an Africa, I did not believe that a pandemic can infect and affect the world the way.

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Opinion: Human race under siege

This is one of the most profound statements about the human race you will ever come across: “We were all humans until race disconnected us, religion separated us, politics divided us.

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Akinwumi Adesina: The pandemic is no time for fiscal distancing

Op-ed by Akinwumi Adesina These are very difficult days, as the world faces one of its worst challenges ever: the novel coronavirus pandemic. And it seems almost no nation is.

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Azuri helping African Kids in Kenya via virtual Schooling

Nairobi, Kenya: Azuri Technologies, a leader in pay-as-you-go solar home solutions for off-grid Africa, is helping to off-grid children across Kenya to continue education while schools remain closed. Kenyan schools.

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