Francois Fouche: Trade News-in-Brief – “Booming energy industry, for the wrong reasons” plus other stories
Booming energy industry, for the wrong reasons Not too many ways to view load shedding (electricity curtailment) in a positive…
No Armaggedon in South Africa
“If it bleeds, it leads and if does not bleed it can’t lead,” is a mantra long practiced by merchants…
The astonishing life and music of Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, the Ethiopian nun who’s died at 99
By Ilana Webster-Kogen, SOAS, University of London As the Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou approached the age of 100, fans and music…
ECA calls for Africa’s economic growth to be inclusive to reduce widespread poverty
By Staff Reporter While the world was still fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine broke out in early…
Africa must urgently invest in economic recovery
By Staff Reporter Africa should deploy innovative resource mobilization and accelerate economic recovery from multiple crises which have eroded two…
Without good governance, development in Africa is dead on arrival, says Mohamed Ibn Chambas
By Staff Reporter Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the African Union High Representative for Silencing the Gunscampaign, has emphasized the vital role of…
Mauritania: African Development Bank and BCI Group Sign US$ 485,000 AFAWA Technical Assistance Agreement to Promote Financial Inclusion of African Women’s Enterprises
*** From right to left: Aïssata Lam, APIM Executive Director and AFAWA Ambassador, Marieme Esther Dassanou, Chief Coordinator of the…
African Development Bank signs €362,000 grant agreement with Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund to support water resources development in northern Nigeria
*** (L-R) : Director General, African Development Bank Group,Nigeria Country Department, Mr. Lamin Barrow, and Executive Secretary, Hadejia Jama’are Komadugu…
More investment in data and statistics needed in Africa
By Staff Reporter Africa is set to miss most of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to current research. But…
Mozambique: African Development Bank holds Open Day with Civil Society in Maputo
By Elisângela Pinto The African Development Bank in Mozambique recently met with representatives of Mozambican civil society in Maputo. Country Manager…