(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Liberia has secured $5.12 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group for the implementation of for the Emergency Food Production Programme in the country. This paves the way for the government to support farmers as they increase climate resilient food production and mitigate the impact of the ongoing war in Ukraine. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finland’s Ambassador for Climate Change, Jan Wahlberg has said that African countries want the proposed climate fund to be based on public donations with no repayment obligation. Wahlberg noted that this option would help the countries from becoming even more burdened with debts on top of the challenges created by the weaker […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the Federal Government to appropriate adequate resources to all its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the 2023 National Budget for the effective implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. MRA said Federal Government should do in order to demonstrate a commitment to transparent and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $27.9 million grant to Ghana for the development of Savannah Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (SADP). The SADP project, which is located in Savannah region of the West African nation, will be implemented by Ghana’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – International Youth Foundation (IYF) partners Google.org to provide young individuals in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria with digital and entrepreneurial skills to enable them secure alternative sources of livelihood. IYF stands by, for, and with young people. Founded in 1990 through a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, IYF is a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a $9.73 grant agreement to implement Phase 1 of the Upstream Project for Digital Market Development in Africa. The project comes as the backdrop of the Covid-19-induced recession that exposed several gaps in the African digital economy ecosystem. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a $5 million First Emergency Response grant to tackle drought in Somalia. The grant which brings ECW’s total investments in Somalia to $33 million to date, is aimed at addressing the devastating ongoing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Founder and Executive Director of PROMAD, an Abuja-based civic-tech non-profit organisation, Daisi Omokungbe has warned that Nigeria cannot win the war against poverty and hunger without conducting needs assessment. Omokungbe said the practice of making the government annual budget without quality needs assessment to harness citizens’ voices is responsible for the high […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Irish President, Mary Robinson has called for a bespoke climate fund to support grassroots women to tackle climate change and build resilience. Robinson made call while speaking at a panel discussion to mark ‘Gender Day’ at the ongoing 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt. The African Development Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 2023 General Election, Nigeria’s foremost media capacity development organization, has announced plans to train and mentor 140 female journalists on election reporting. The IPC is the lead partner of component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria-Phase II (EUSDGN II) project and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The second edition of the YouTube Creators Festival, an independent convention of all content creators, especially those living in Ghana, will be held from November 24 to 26 in Accra next week. The festival which is aimed at engaging, educating and inspiring the global YouTube community, is co-sponsored by Ghana’s leading online […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Commission has promised to make €20 million available to fighting all forms of discrimination, racism and antisemitism by the end of this year. The Commission’s Vice President, Mr. Margaritis Schinas disclosed this at the first-ever European Union (EU) Civil Society Forum on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. The two-day event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has pledged to support the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Climate Action Window initiative for fragile African states with €40 million. The Climate Action Window is an initiative of the African Development Fund (ADF), the AfDB Group’s concessional lending window to low-income African states. It is also mobilizing up […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Global experts at the ongoing 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Egypt, have endorsed a new climate finance roadmap to mobilize $1 trillion in annual external finance required by emerging markets and developing countries, excluding China. The roadmap draws on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German city Cologne has announced its plan to return 92 Benin bronzes from the collection of the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum to Nigeria. The decision was reached at the request of the Nigerian partners and three works, according to the announcement on Tuesday, should be returned to Nigeria before the end of December, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The fifth edition of the New Media, Citizens and Governance conference has been scheduled to hold at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja tomorrow. The conference tagged, “Protecting Digital Rights in Closing Spaces”, is organized by Enough is Enough Nigeria, BudgIT Foundation, and Paradigm Initiative (PIN). The one-day hybrid transnational conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian music superstar, Burna Boy has been crowned the “Best African Act” at this year’s edition of MTV EMAs Awards. The MTV EMAs Awards, which is one of the biggest global music awards shows that celebrates the hottest artists from around the world, bring music fans a unique, multi-platform experience across MTV’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A member of the German Bundestag, Clara Büenger has condemned the extradition of refugees to the states seeking their persecution. Büenger, who is the spokesperson on refugee policy in her parliamentary group, said, “again and again, people are deported to countries where they are threatened with severe political persecution, indiscriminate imprisonment and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $6.63 million grant to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to develop the pharmaceutical sector in the sub-region. The project, which will be implemented over three years (2023-2025), is institutional support […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 20 African youth-led enterprises have won grant funding of up to $100,000 each in this year’s African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT) competition. The cash prizes amounting to $2 million was awarded to the winners at the ongoing 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) in Egypt. In addition to […]
