The grant will be disbursed through the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility, a blended finance vehicle, supported by the Bank The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has awarded a grant of $320, 535 to the West African Monetary Agency to mainstream gender in ECOWAS’ core digital financial services (DFS) regulatory frameworks. The […]
WHO, African Development Bank and Africa CDC call for coordinated vaccination rollout and investments in local manufacture of drugs and diagnostics as a defense system for Africa Africa must protect itself against future pandemics and other shocks through higher investment in primary healthcare and increased local manufacturing of key medical products, panelists at the Aswan
FAO is seeking $90 million that could assist 6.3 million people The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, has appealed for urgent aid to fight the humanitarian crisis in Yemen as UN agencies work to prevent a large-scale famine in the country. The Director-General made the appeal
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IOM will dedicate at least one-third of its requested funds to life-saving assistance for displaced people, migrants and local communities affected by the Ma’rib crisis As the conflict in Yemen enters its seventh year, the crisis remains the largest in the world and continues to put millions of lives at risk. The International Organization for
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has issued warning to marketers against hoarding of Petroleum products in their outlets. The Director/CEO DPR Sarki Auwalu gave this warning following the emergence of queues in retail outlets in some states of the federation. He stated that from available records, there is product sufficiency in the country and
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Seplat’s ANOH Gas project to be delivered in H1’2022 Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has announced its announces its audited results for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, recording a revenue of $530.5 million
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ELECTRICITY: TCN transmission peaks at 5,615.40MW, 116,891.14MWH The Transmission Company of Nigeria has successfully transmitted another new record peak generation of 5,615.40MW on Sunday, 28th of February, 2021, at about 9:30 pm. According to TCN, “The new peak generation which was transmitted at a frequency of 50.20Hz, surpassed the previous peak generation of 5,593.40MW which occurred on
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SBNA will act as a “permanent capital fund” aiming to attract investors who take a long-term view on Africa SouthBridge Investments (SBI) and New African Capital Partners (NACP) are proud to announce the launch of their joint venture: SBNA. SBNA will act as a “permanent capital fund” aiming to attract investors who take a long-term
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The South African duo of Nicholas Dlamini and Reinardt Janse van Rensburg will play important supporting roles on the day Spain’s Carlos Barbero will feature in a strong lineup named for Team Qhubeka ASSOS’ challenge at Le Samyn (203.7km) on Tuesday. Barbero will be joined by Victor Campenaerts and Dimitri Claeys, who both put in
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Laboratory test: 6,551 Severe cases: 365 New recovered: 122 New deaths: 11 New cases: 1,019 Total: Laboratory test: 2,134,587 Active cases: 21,847 Total recovered: 134,858 Total deaths: 2,365 Total cases: 159,072
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