President Paul Kagame has called upon all national parliaments to back the treaty on African Medicines Agency (AMA), which has now entered into force. The President made the observation on Wednesday, November 24, as he opened the 17th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) – Africa …
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power recently announced a new USD$5 billion commitment to Feed the Future (FTF). FTF is the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative. The program boasts a number of successes, but may be less effective than it professes to be. …
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has said in 2021, it will spend $787 million in development and humanitarian assistance in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement from the US embassy in Abuja to commemorate a major milestone, marking 60 years since its founding by President John F. …
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WASHINGTON, November 15, 2021—The Lake Chad region, an economically and socially integrated area in West and Central Africa straddling Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, is confronted with an interplay of multidimensional development challenges that have resulted in low economic growth, limited opportunities, and fragility. Boosting growth and job creation in …
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The African Development Bank has welcomed $136 million in additional donor commitments for the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA). The announcements were made on Monday during an event at the COP26 conference featuring government ministers and a panel of leaders in renewable energy. The event was an occasion for …
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In Kenya, a startup company called Opibus is chartering an ambitious path to achieving a zero emissions public transportation system. The company is on a mission to refit electric engines into diesel and petrol buses that have the capacity to travel over 250 kilometres a day on a single charge. …
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The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Ministry of International Cooperation announced seven bilateral assistance agreement amendments on November 1 worth $125 million. This investment demonstrates continued support from the American people for joint U.S.-Egypt priorities, including education, health, trade and investment, governance, agribusiness, …
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On November 3, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the world’s premier foreign assistance agency with the mission to help countries receiving American aid “make a determination that they can solve their problems.” Liberia was among the …
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The World Bank Lead Economist in the Middle East and North Africa region’s Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Group, Tara Vishwanath, has described the goal of the Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years as ambitious. Vishwanath said this …
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Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has revealed that through the High 5s concept, the financial institution had created positive impacts on 335 million people on the continent. The High 5s, according to him, are to Light up and Power Africa, to Feed Africa, to Industrialize Africa, …
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