Month: November 2024

 The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) today launched the report: The IMF and the Future of the Global Financial Architecture, at the Ministerial Segment of the 5th Extraordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration held in Abuja, Nigeria. Ms. Hanan Morsy, Deputy Executive Secretary and Chief Economist at the ECA who supervised and guided the report, said it […]

 In response to cholera outbreaks in South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) has secured over 282 153 doses of oral cholera vaccine to implement vaccination campaigns in areas identified as cholera transmission hotspots.  The oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is supplied by the International Coordinating Group (ICG), which coordinates and manages the global stockpile of vaccines for countries during cholera outbreaks. These vaccines […]

 When Conad Nord Ovest decided to launch a major campaign to combat violence against women, they wanted a partner committed to sustainability and to working with women for social impact. That’s how they chose to work with the ITC Ethical Fashion Initiative (EFI), for an order of 105,000 heart-shaped keychains. Each heart is made of recycled inner tubes from tyres, engraved with Conad’s logo, and attahced to a beaded tassel. […]

 East African Community (EAC) Heads of State have agreed to hasten the establishment of the Political Federation, the fourth and ultimate stage in the EAC integration. The Summit of EAC Heads of State noted that the formation of a Federation had been agreed way back in 1963 by the EAC’s Founding Fathers – President Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya), Dr. Apollo Milton Obote (Uganda) and Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere (Tanganyika, now Tanzania) […]

 South Africa condemns in the strongest possible terms the heinous massacres committed by the Israeli Defence Force across Gaza yesterday, which killed approximately 100 Palestinians, mostly women and children. In one of the massacres, 75 Palestinians from two families were killed in air strikes on two homes in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia. Israel prevented ambulances and rescue teams from reaching the site of the massacre and denied […]

 The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has by Proclamation declared Sunday, December 1, 2024 as “World AIDS Day” to be observed throughout the Republic on Monday, December 2, 2024 as a working holiday, in recognition of the immense contribution of the United Nations to combat HIV and AIDS. According to a Foreign Ministry release, this year’s World Aids Day will be celebrated under the Theme: ‘COLLECTIVE […]

 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a EUR 200 million partial credit guarantee (PCG) to support Togo’s inaugural sustainable financing to implement green and social projects. The Partial Credit Guarantee for Mobilisation of Sustainable Financing for Togo project – supported through the African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional lending arm – will enable the government to raise sustainable financing competitively from international […]

 Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has received top honours as Financial Adviser of the Year at the 2024 IJInvestor Awards. Held last night at a gala dinner in London, the Corporation received this prestigious award for providing unique financial advisory services to partners on transformational infrastructure projects that drive industrialisation and economic advancement across Africa.   Every year, the IJInvestor Awards celebrates the best fundraising, […]

 Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com) is a leading next-generation financial services platform that offers affordable and reliable financial services to a customer base of over 16-million people across Africa, Asia and Europe. The company, dedicated to continuously building a strong, reliable and resilient financial payments infrastructure to allow its customers to access new physical and digital services that add value, is also transforming the landscape of commercial and aid payments through its Enterprise […]