Africa Finance Corporation’s year of impact sees major expansion of projects and investment

[[{"value":"Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has announced its most impactful year to date, with unprecedented expansion of projects and investments spanning energy, transportation, mining, food, textiles and climate resilience. Underpinning robust growth in earnings and total assets, AFC successfully navigating the global geopolitical, inflationary and debt distress challenges of 2023 to implement critical infrastructure projects across multiple sectors that are central to Africa’s structural transformation […]

April 8, 2024 11

World

Jihadism in Mozambique: southern African forces are leaving with mixed results

By Thomas Mandrup, Stellenbosch University The Southern African Development Community (SADC) military mission in Mozambique (Samim), which was deployed on 15 July 2021 to fight the Islamic insurgents terrorising the northern Cabo Delgado province since 2017, is scheduled to end by June 2024. Mozambican security forces will then take full responsibility for security. We asked military science and defence expert Thomas Mandrup, who has published a paper […]

April 8, 2024 17

Africa

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

By Yaw Agyeman Boafo, University of Ghana Ghana’s meteorological agency and the state’s health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country. Ghana’s experience is part of a global phenomenon: record temperatures were recorded in 2023. Yaw Agyeman Boafo, the programmes coordinator and a senior research fellow at the University of Ghana’s Centre for […]

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Africa

Zambia’s arts and creative sector is thriving

By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency Zambia’s recent unveiling of a National Arts and Revised Film Policy is evidence of the growing interest in increasing investment and fostering the growth of the arts and creative sector. Besides committing to invest close to US$100 million in the arts and film sector between 2024 and 2028, the policy commits to improving artists' welfare in a bid to promote talent by […]

April 8, 2024 15

APO International

Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Finance Series Togo: African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund unite to strengthen female entrepreneurs’ access to finance

[[{"value":"The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) (https://apo-opa.co/4apZNya) have brought the curtain down on the AFAWA Finance Series Togo conference, a key note event aimed at promoting a better understanding of the financing needs of Togolese women entrepreneurs and debunking the myth that women-run companies are risky ventures. The three-day event, which ended on Thursday 28 March 2024, brought together some 180 leading figures responsible for […]

April 8, 2024 9

APO International

Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan meets President of Sierra Leone

[[{"value":"His Excellency Sheikh Shakhboot bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, Minister of State, met with His Excellency Julius Maada Bio, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, in the capital, Freetown, where the two sides discussed ways to develop bilateral relations between the two countries in various fields of common interest. His Excellency conveyed the greetings of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, His Highness Sheikh […]

April 8, 2024 7

Business / Economics

South Africa is to shut down captive lion farms. Experts warn the plan needs a deadline

By Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Angie Elwin, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Jennah Green, Manchester Metropolitan University The South African government has officially confirmed that captive lion farms will be shut down. A new ministerial task team report just released has cemented the government’s intention, first made public in 2021, to put an end to African lions being legally sold and traded live, both internationally and domestically. […]

April 8, 2024 16

Local

Robinson, Lewis win Gobabis Nedbank for Good second leg

Celonika Robinson and Johan Lewis emerged victorious in the second leg of the 2024 Nedbank for Good Series, which took place at the Gobabis Golf Club last Saturday. Lewis scored 39 points ahead of Burger Bergh in second, who scored 34 points, and Willem Wermann in third place, with 32 points counted in. Fourth place belonged to Bertus Opperman, who scored 32 points counted out. In the […]

April 8, 2024 8

Oshiwambo

Omu President Nangolo Mbumba okwati oikondo yoikwanghono ota idulu oku hangififa omafikilo emanguluko lo paliko..

Omu President Nangolo Mbumba okwati oikondo yoikwanghono oyo kuniwe omafaneko ika kufe ombinga momudingonoko wodoropa ya Lüderitz ota ika kwafela oku hanga efikilo lemangululuko lopaliko moshilongo. Omudingonoko wa Lüderitz ota kulopotwa wa monikile tete ouyamba wokawe mo 1908, no konima owa ka longifwa onga oshikondo shouyamba weeshi konima yemanguluko loshilongo. Omupresidet Mbumba oo ali tapopi moshongalele pamwe nova kufimbinga molomakaya komudingonoko wodoropa yomukunghulofuta okwati , oshilongo ita shi dulu oku kala shina […]

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Month: April 2024