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United Kingdom Pledges R20 Million to Africa’s Critical Minerals l
The United Kingdom has announced a pledge to help African countries expand their critical mineral supply chains – with a focus on promoting mineral exploration and processing, generating value-added activities and creating local jobs – during the Critical Minerals Africa 2023 summit on Wednesday. “African countries rightly have a high level of ambition for unlocking…
African Development Bank, African Guarantee Fund kick off Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA)
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the African Guarantee Fund have made a strong case for the positive impact of increasing women’s financial inclusion on Nigeria’s economy before an audience of senior Nigerian government and banking leaders. The two institutions opened the AFAWA Finance Series Nigeria, part of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance…
Winners emerge in the 13th Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (POESAM)
Orange has announced winners of the 13th edition of the Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (POESAM) at Mobile World Congress AfricaThe winner of the International Women’s Prize is:
New NCC Boss, Maida Commits to President Tinubu’s Vision
The new Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has committed to he aligning NCC’s regulatory focus to achieving the promises of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda to advance the nation’s digital transformation agenda. According to NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka, the new NCC…
President Obasanjo leads discussion on Regional Stability and Sustainable Development
The 2023 edition of African Energy Week (AEW) –organized by the voice of the African energy sector, the African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org)– featured a strategic session hosted by the Former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo, who led discussions on a wide range of topics, including diplomacy, governance, regional stability, and…
Entertainment: A foundation for Africa’s success, by Fhulu Badugela
Entertainment is primarily fun and enjoyable, but it also reflects and creates culture, which binds people together. It is created by scores of highly skilled, talented people working in several adjacent industries. In addition to this, entertainment fires passion and enthusiasm, which not only creates strong business demand, but it can also be used to…
IDFC meets on the margins of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meeting in Morocco
IDFC Annual Meeting is taking place on the margins of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco. The international group of 26 leading national and regional development banks gathered for its Annual Meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF 2023 Annual Meetings. IDFC Annual Meeting was marked by the election for the…
Egypt issues Africa’s first Sustainable Panda Bond worth 3.5 billion RMB
Egypt issues Africa’s first Sustainable Panda Bond worth 3.5 billion RMB backed by African Development Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. She will use the bond proceeds for inclusive growth and green objectives under its Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework Egypt has successfully issued a 3-year Sustainability Panda Bond worth RMB 3.5 billion ($478.7 million). The North African…
‘Thrilla in Manila’: Women’s financial inclusion is our fight of the decade, By Malado Kaba
Unlocking women’s economic power and closing the gender gap will not only help us achieve Sustainable Development Goal 5—which is focused on gender equality— it will also help accelerate progress towards many of the 16 other goals Last month, I represented the African Development Bank’s Gender, Women and Civil Society Department at the Alliance…
Sahara Group to reinforce call for more intra-African collaboration on Energy poverty at AEW
Sahara Group is set to reinforce its call for more intra-African collaboration and investments towards enhancing access to energy on the continent at the Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2023 (www.AECWeek.com) Conference & Exhibition, scheduled to hold in Cape Town on October 16 – 20. AEW brings together leaders, innovators, and experts in the energy sector…