Month: November 2023

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are crucial to closing the financing gap for infrastructure development in Africa, and governments and the private sector should work together to create effective PPPs, said Dr Robert Lisinge, Acting Director of the Private Sector Development and Finance Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). He was speaking on Thursday at a plenary session of the African Economic Conference 2023 on Public-Private Partnerships to catalyse […]

Seven newly elected Nigerian State Governors visited the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) in Abidjan to strengthen cooperation and unlock the country's vast agricultural potential. The delegation, meeting with Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina, was led by Katsina State Governor Mallam Dikko Umar Radda, and included Governors Dr Nasiru Idris of Kebbi State, Alhaji Umar Namadi of Jigawa, Zamfara’s Dr Dauda Lawal, and Deputy Governors Aminu Abdussalam from Kano, Dr […]

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org). Six months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency, it’s still difficult to fully grasp the far-reaching damage the pandemic has inflicted, from the tremendous toll on lives to economic devastation. The chaos certainly was felt in the oil industry, which saw record distortions during the pandemic era, especially during its first few months. As […]

Innovation abounds in the race to broaden access to clean water and sanitation around the world on World Toilet Day, marked on 19 November. In line with this year’s theme of accelerating change, innovators have been part of ongoing efforts to address the needs of some of the world’s 3.5 billion people living without safe toilets. From a Nepalese woman who prompted her village to improve hygiene to a fresh game plan launched in 2022 by […]

After ten years of operation, MINUSMA has officially closed its base in Ansongo. This closure represents the ninth of twelve mission camps to cease operations, as part of the second phase of MINUSMA’s withdrawal plan, paving the way for its final departure on December 31, 2023. The base was handed over by Hawa Ahmed Youssouf, Head of the MINUSMA regional office in Gao, to the civilian authorities, represented by the […]

The external investigation commissioned by Parliament into the causes associated with the 2022 security breach and fire incident as well as separate alleged administrative irregularities have pointed to systems and conduct of specific Parliament employees that raised cause for concern. In light of these findings, Parliament has engaged in further processes to address some of the concerns and to implement remedial actions. These further assessments identified conduct of several employees […]

Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu in the presence of Minister of Defense and Military Production General Mohamed Zaki. The Spokesman for the Presidency said the meeting came within the framework of the French minister's keenness to inform the President of the outcome of his regional tour during the past days, in light of international efforts to calm the situation in the […]