AFRICA
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AfDB moves to cut $14bn annual import of medicine into Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved the establishment of African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation for Africa’s access to technologies. ... -
Infrastructure: AfDB’s projects in West Africa hits $11.5bn
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), says it is implementing infrastructure projects worth 11.5 billion dollars in West Africa. Ms Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Director-General, ... -
WAFU B Under-17: Nigeria beat Burkina Faso to win championship
Five-time world champions Golden Eaglets on Friday edged the Young Stallions of Burkina Faso 2-1 to win the WAFU B Under-17 Championship at the ... -
Germany grants Namibia $170m loan to support economic growth
Namibia and Germany signed a financial cooperation agreement that would see the latter providing about $170 million in a loan on favorable terms to support ... -
Uganda new-found gold deposits to fetch $12trn
Uganda has announced that it has struck a deposit of 31 million tonnes of gold ore, with extractable pure gold estimated to gross 320,000 ... -
Algeria, Niger, Nigeria hold talks to revive Saharan gas pipeline project
Algeria, Niger and Nigeria held talks this week on the revival of a decades-old project to pipe gas across the Sahara, a potential opportunity ... -
Meta launches digital training for NGOs across West Africa
Meta, the parent company for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, on Monday said it had launched a digital non-profit training programme for 1,500 NGO personnel ... -
Protest rocks Tunis against president’s plan for constitution
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in a second day of protest against a constitutional referendum called by President Kais Saied that ... -
Militants shoot at bus in southwestern Rwanda, kill 2
Two people were killed and six were injured when suspected militants opened fire on a bus in southwestern Rwanda, Rwandan police said. Saturday’s attack, ... -
Africa CEO Forum: Osinbajo joins Ghanaian president, Queen of Netherlands, others in Abidjan
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday, departed Abuja for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to participate with other global leaders at the annual summit of the ...
