Winners emerged today in the last part of the 2023 Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Talent Hunt Research Through Hackathon. Out of the 81 entries that came in, 12 were shortlisted to participate in the tech innovation contest, out of which 3 emerged as winners from three thematic foci. In the Blockchain Solution category, Know-Now Limited…
The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Center for Global Development came together to co-host a high-level meeting on October 13th to discuss the rechanneling of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) from contributing countries through Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). The objective is to boost their development and climate…
The Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), together with the Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB), represented by IsDB Institute (IsDBI) (https://IsDBInstitute.org/), is set to host the 18th edition of its annual Islamic banking and finance conference under the auspices of the Central Bank of Bahrain. The two-day conference will be held in…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/en) has approved South Africa’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2023-2028. The Bank’s interventions over the next five years will focus on two priority areas: improving governance and developing the private sector in southern Africa’s largest and most populated country. The CSP 2023-2028 aims to support…
