The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe calls on Africa leaders for the protection…
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Mastercard announces Next-Generation African Leaders
Fifteen teams of a total of 32 emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution…
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Tanzania gets $40 million support for economic reform
Tanzania’s ongoing macroeconomic reform program has received a boost from the African Development Bank through a US$40- million budget support…
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Rwanda exports dried hybrid chilli to India for the first time
The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) Supporting Indian Trade and Investment for Africa (SITA) project has implemented several initiatives over the…
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How sea-based drug trade undermines democracy
The east African coast plays an increasingly significant role in the global heroin trade. Heroin is shipped from Afghanistan via…
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Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda best for investors
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda offer investors a reward score above the African continent’s average, according to the 2018 Africa…
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Africa electricity index examines 15 countries performance
Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa (ERI), new report by the African Development Bank measures the level of development of regulatory…
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IFC Invests $60 million to expand lending in Africa
With the aim of facilitating growth and job creation in Africa, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the…
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Korea recommends fast-track industrialization strategies to Africa
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Busan, South Korea – Korea, which managed to become the world’s high-tech industries hub in…
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CHINT Electric banned for dishonesty in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania projects
African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption found CHINT Electric to have engaged in numerous misrepresentations of its…
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Cairo to Cape Town road boosts cross-border economies
Rehema Tukai grew up in Kondoa and works in Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital city. Until now, visiting her family in Kondoa…
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Report examines ten African countries’ public finance management
A new flagship report co-produced by The African Capacity Building Foundations and the African Development Bank looks ten African countries…
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