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A People-Centric and Green Transformation Can Help Reshape Gabon’s Economic Trajectory: World Bank Reports
Download logo Gabon can boost new sectors in the green economy to promote sustainable and resilient growth for all its people in the years to come, conclude two new World Bank reports published today. A transition to a greener, less resource-dependent economy would require ambitious reforms to open …
New International Finance Corporation (IFC) and The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) initiative to boost private sector engagement for refugees and their host communities
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced a joint initiative to create inclusive economic opportunities that will benefit refugees and their host communities. Among other goals, the initiative aims to mobilize private sector projects over the next …
South Africa: Deputy Minister Botes concludes his Working Visit to Algeria
Download logo The Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooper, Mr Alvin Botes, has concluded his Working Visit to Algeria, where he participated in the Ninth High-Level Seminar on Peace and Security in Africa. The purpose of the high-level seminar was to enhance coordination, cooperation a…
Ambassador Jacobson Visits Hawassa, Sidama & Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) Regions to Review United States (U.S.) Supported Projects
Download logo Ambassador Tracey Jacobson, Chargé d’Affaires of the U. S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, traveled to Hawassa to meet with the regional presidents of both the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) and the Sidama regions. She met with SNNPR President H.E. Ristu Yirdaw and Preside…
World Health Organization (WHO) and Partners Provide Vital Support to New Treatment Centre for Ebola Patients in Uganda
Luxembourg, Sweden and the United Kingdom, through WHO, have provided in-kind contributions of equipment and services worth US$ 995,000 (equivalent to over 3.6 billion ugx) to Uganda to equip the new Ebola Treatment Unit at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, and the treatment and isolation units in Masaka an…
Business Deals, Scholarships and Trade Agreements Goodies from Kenya-Algeria Meeting
Download logo In a high level bilateral meeting held in Oran city, Algeria, Cabinet Secretary of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs, Dr. Alfred Mutua bagged a handful of goodies for Kenya when he met with his Algerian counterpart, the Algerian Minister for Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Ramtane Lamamra…
NBA Africa and Afrosport Announce Multiyear Broadcast Collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Download logo Afrosport Will Air More Than 35 NBA Games (https://www.NBA.com) on Free-to-Air Television in Sub-Saharan Africa Each Season; Miami Heat Will Host San Antonio Spurs in Afrosport TV’s First Live Broadcast on Dec. 10. NBA Africa and Afrosport, a broadcast group distributing free-to-air p…
Achieving Zero Hunger in Africa is within reach, say global Agriculture leaders in Rome ahead of 2023 African Food Summit in Dakar
Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, said global agriculture leaders in Rome. Meeting ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 January 2023, President of the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/en) Dr.…
$8 Million United States (U.S.) Millennium Challenge Corporation Grant to Advance Progress on Development of Zambia Compact
Download logo The U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) announced USD $8 million (138.8 million kwacha) in new grant funding to the Zambian government to advance the development of an MCC compact program to reduce poverty through economic growth in Zambia. MCC compact programs av…
Join the Beat: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Soundtrack Launches Today!
Download logo FIFA (www.FIFA.com) Sound has spearheaded the launch of the first-ever multi-song collection to be created specifically for football’s biggest global celebration; Released by Universal Arabic Music, Universal Music Group, Republic Records, the soundtrack includes the anthems that have …