Month: August 2024

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $10 million junior equity investment in the KawiSafi (www.KawiSafi.com) II Fund to help local businesses create and expand climate projects that aid vulnerable communities. The approved financing will be deployed from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (https://apo-opa.co/3YKeVDx), a catalytic financing facility managed by the Bank Group.  KawiSafi II is a $200 million venture equity […]

 Tens of thousands of people evicted since January 2024 from the Gesco, Boribana, Banco 1 and Abattoir neighbourhoods; Evictions without adequate and reasonable prior notice, some involving violence; children deprived of education; 133 farmers lost their livelihoods; Support measures announced in March 2024 must be urgently implemented for all affected people. The Ivorian authorities must immediately guarantee the rights of the tens of thousands of people evicted and suspend mass […]

 The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Basic Education, Ms Joy Maimela, has noted with shock the death of several learners in Gauteng yesterday. She said: “This is indeed incredibly sad such young lives, dying so tragically. They will now never reach their full potential. The youth is the future, but South Africa will now never benefit from these young people.” Ms Maimela was reacting to media reports that three […]

 When Ibrahim Abdulrahman’s name was announced on national radio as the top performing student in the country’s high school examinations in 2020, his achievement was celebrated by everyone in his small mountainous village of Al-Dambaire in Sudan’s North Kordofan State. “My friends could not believe the news,” Ibrahim recounted. “I ran to my parents and told them that I obtained the highest score in Sudan.” He described the exuberant atmosphere […]