Author name: Godswill Odiong

The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Urban and Municipal Development Fund (UMDF) (https://apo-opa.info/43CHYIN) has approved a grant of $485,000 for a solar electricity project in Namibia that will power some 50,000 households in the capital city. The “Informal Settlement Renewable Electrification and Upgrading Program” will directly benefit around 200,000 people in Windhoek, where around 20% of […]

Wrapping up her initial round of visits to Somalia’s Federal Member States, the new top United Nations official for Somalia today visited Jubaland where she met with its leadership to discuss topics including UN support, state-building, security and the humanitarian situation. “This is the final of my Federal Member State visits as part of this

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), under development by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) in Abuja, Nigeria, has received the award for the Best Health Deal in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. The award, presented at the 15th Annual EMEA Finance Achievement and Project Awards Charity Dinner in London on

South Sudan’s public and private sector energy stakeholders pledged to support youth empowerment and capacity building efforts during a local content panel on Friday, organized at the South Sudan Oil & Power 2023 conference (https://apo-opa.info/42IyqdZ) which is organised by Energy Capital & Power (https://www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) in partnership with the Ministry of Petroleum, South Sudan. Home to

The UN Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) said on Thursday it was “appalled and deeply shocked” at the killing of the Governor of West Darfur, calling for a halt to the spiralling violence and for those responsible to be brought to justice. In a statement, UNITAMS strongly condemned the killing of Khamis Abbaker who just

The Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Dr Retšelisitsoe Matlanyane says the 2020/21 and 2021/22 reports show that the Key Priority Area I (KPAI) of the National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) II received little development assistance. She said this when officially opening the High-Level Aid Coordination Forum held in Maseru on Wednesday. Dr Matlanyane said