Nigeria plans healthcare funds for poor without schemes
23/05/2022Nigeria plans to set up a healthcare fund to cover up to 83 million poor people who cannot afford premiums for insurance schemes, President Muhammadu Buhari said at the signing.
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President Buhari Launches $19Billion Climate Fund Project, Solicits Support
11/05/2022On Monday, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, actuated a $19 Billion Fund to be channelled towards ecosystem restoration, tree planting, climate-resilient infrastructure, and climate-smart agriculture, amongst others. The president called on.
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Tanzania to ease pump pain with $43m fuel subsidy
11/05/2022Next month, Tanzania will spare motorists and households high pump price increases after the government announced a Tsh100 billion ($43 million) fuel subsidy. Speaking in Parliament, Energy minister January Makamba.
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UN chief calls for debt relief, return to constitutional rule in some African Countries
03/05/2022UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Sunday urged debt relief for African countries and more investment to help their economies recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impacts of the Ukraine.
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Nigeria plans first census in 17 years next year after security delay
15/04/2022Nigeria will next year conduct its first census in 17 years to try to accurately survey its population, estimated at more than 200 million people and the largest in Africa,.
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Middle East and North Africa Regional Climate Week: Accelerating Climate Action
31/03/2022By Chekwube Ukoh The United Arab Emirate, (UAE) is fast-tracking low-carbon economic growth to deliver new jobs, new industries, and new revenue streams.
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Nigeria and the Burden of External Debts
24/03/2022By Oluwatoyin Ajadi Debt is an essential component of fiscal policy as no country is an island of resources on its own, and as such, aids like foreign loans.
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AU And US In Partnership for Vaccine Manufacturing in Africa
18/03/2022On 11 March, the second anniversary of the World Health Organisation (WHO) declaring Covid-19 a global pandemic, Kenya became one of the first African countries to lift its remaining restrictions..
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Seychelles Improves Access to Welfare Assistance Due to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
17/03/2022Due to an anticipated global economic crisis resulting from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the social welfare agency in Seychelles is putting in place measures to assist lower-income earners,.
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Ethiopia Starts Generating Power from Nile Hydropower Plant
02/03/2022Ethiopia began producing electricity on Sunday from its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion-dollar hydropower plant on the River Nile that neighbours Sudan and Egypt have worried will cause.
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