(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry will travel to Nigeria and Senegal to engage in discussions with government counterparts and the private sector regarding strengthening climate action and the upcoming 27th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The special presidential envoy will arrive Abuja […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kaltum Rufa’i, Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, says the government is determined to end the activities of commercial sex workers in the state. Rufa’i, in an interview, noted that there were state laws against such activity. She added that the government would investigate the report […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of the African Development Bank Evaluation Week aims to will explore ideas on how governments and development partners can use evaluation evidence to inform decisions aimed at building a more resilient Africa. This was disclosed in a statement made available to the media on Friday. The biennial knowledge conference […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been announced. She is being mourned in Britain and across the world. The country’s longest-reigning monarch died Thursday at age 96. Large crowds are expected to gather outside Buckingham Palace in central London, while tributes pour in from across the country and the world. Fears […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gambia’s government is investigating whether the deaths of dozens of young children from kidney failure in recent months are linked to a paracetamol syrup, the head of the country’s health service said on Thursday. A spike in cases of acute kidney injury among children under the age of five was detected in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gabon’s Minister of Water, Forest, the Sea and Environment, Prof. Lee White said his country is a net positive country that is fully committed to remain carbon neutral to 2050. The minister disclosed this in his opening remarks at side event of the just-ended Africa Climate Week, which was focused on Nationally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director General of World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has harped on the need for trade policy to be integrated into global climate action. Dr. Okonjo-Iweala made the observation while speaking on Monday at the High Level Africa Adaptation Summit in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to highlight the urgency of climate adaptation funding […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa and the European Union (EU) have agreed to collaborate in organizing events and expert level exchanges on a number of specific issues, including gender equality, business and human rights and the right to development. The agreement was reached at the 7th EU-South Africa Structured Dialogue Forum on Human Rights which […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Portuguese government have signed a new €400 million guarantee agreement to boost business in six Portuguese-speaking countries in African. The deal which was consummated under the under the Lusophone Compact aims at promoting business ventures in Angola, Cabo Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN says no fewer than 173 civilians have been killed in South Sudan for a four-month period of violence while human rights violations is reported committed in Unity State. As fighting continues in South Sudan, a new UN report released on Tuesday documents 173 civilian deaths over a four-month period along […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer has warned that climate change could wipe out 15 percent of Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030, which would mean an additional 100 million people in extreme poverty by the end of the decade. Hoyer made the observation while addressing the Africa […]
(AFRICAN Examiner) – Frontline fund managers will come together next week at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, in the United Kingdom (Uk) to support Africa’s tech innovation boom. From 12 to 16 September, the Boost Africa Technical Assistance Facility and AfricaGrow Technical Assistance Facility will host 40 leading fund managers from select African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday dismissed a petition challenging William Ruto as president-elect, paving the way for his swearing-in next week in line with the country’s constitution. A seven-judge bench unanimously agreed that Ruto met the constitutional threshold to be declared the east African nation’s fifth president, putting to rest […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria High Commission in Kenya has refuted an online media report alleging the targeting and killing of Nigerians in the East African country. In a statement issued in Nairobi on Saturday, a copy of which was received by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Commission described the story as a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Economy and Finance Minister of Mozambique, Ernesto Max Elias Tonela has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the implementation of its development support programmes in his country. The minister gave the commendation while playing host the AfDB Vice-President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Mr. Solomon Quaynor, during his official visit […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Amid growing agitation and clarion call for urgent action to safeguard Africa from climate change, experts and stakeholders in the environment sector converged in Libreville, the Gabonese capital on Monday, to brainstorm on the needs of continent. The meeting which was convened under the auspices of the 2022 Africa Climate Week, took […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ms. Tshepidi Moremong, the Chief Operating Officer of Africa50, a Pan-African infrastructure investment platform, has expressed optimism over the availability of a number of bankable projects in Africa. Ms. Moremong made the observation during a webinar organized recently by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Amina Mohammed has commended the foresight of the Government of Japan in establishing the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in 1903. TICAD, which takes place every three years, is organized by the government of Japan, the United Nations, the United Nations Development […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Republics of Nigeria and South Sudan have agreed to pursue a common goal in the development and sustenance of the cultural and creative industries of both countries. This decision was reached at a bilateral meeting between the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and his South Sudan counterpart, Minister of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The government of Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have pledged $5 billion support package for Africa’s private sector. This is coming as part of the financial cooperation under the fifth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA) from 2023 to 2025. Japan announced the launch of […]
