(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending arm for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved $16 million in loan and grant financing to Niger to implement the Financial Sector Deepening and Inclusion Project. Administered by the AfDB, the ADF comprises 32 contributing countries and 37 benefits countries. The 37 ADF-eligible […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 14 people Sunday died from a landslide that occurred during a funeral ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Al Jazeera reported that the number of confirmed death was given by the regional governor, Naseri Bea, as rescuers continue to search for dozens of others who remain missing. Mr Bea described the area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A war of attrition is quietly raging in the Presidency between the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami over the constitution of the proposed Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The arrowhead in the contest of wit and influence […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) Commission and the Commission of the African Union (AU) will hold the 11th Commission-to-Commission (C2C) meeting on Monday in Brussels to strengthen the partnership between the continents. The meeting is coming after the EU-AU summit in February this year. The two continents aim to demonstrate and share with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Africa remains the most advanced region in industrial development in Africa, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The inaugural edition of the report which was jointly launched by AfDB, AU and UNIDO on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Argentina struggled massively to start well for the second game in a row, but second-half strikes from Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernández kept their qualifying chances alive As for Mexico, they have their backs against the wall following another dismal performance. The opening minutes were closely-fought, and neither side managed to establish […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), Yasmine Sherif has harped on the need for the international community to take concretes and pragmatic steps toward ending violence against women and girls. ECW is the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. It supports quality education outcomes for refugee, […]
(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) – 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) – King Charles will host his first state visit since his accession to the British throne when he welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. Charles, 74, has played a leading role in many of the recent official visits by the 112 foreign heads of state during the record-breaking […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zuma, a prominent figure in the fight against apartheid, became president in 2009 and was forced to step down in disgrace by the ANC in 2018 following mounting corruption allegations. But he remains a revered figure among grassroots members of the ruling African National Congress, who perceive him as a defender of […]
(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) – 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) – 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) – 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) – The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says a steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation there. According to latest UN figures, at least 613 civilians have been killed and 948 injured so far this […]
(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 […]
