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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA/AAA (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch/Japan Credit Rating, all stable), has launched and priced a USD 2 billion 3-year Social Global Benchmark due 25 February 2027, its first social bond issued under its new Sustainable Bond Framework, established in September 2023. The Sustainable Bond Program seamlessly consolidates and enhances the African Development Bank’s existing Green and Social Bond programs, facilitating the issuance of green bonds, social bonds, and […]

The National Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (NIGSD), through its African Development Center, convened the first meeting of 2024 via video conference, targeting African elementary school children residing outside Egypt. This session is part of an ongoing series introducing the "Salah, Omnia, and Development Goals" initiative, aimed at fostering awareness of the seventeen UN goals among children across the African continent. Dr. Sherifa Sharif, Executive Director of the National […]

By D. Kumbungu, Freelancer at Diaspora News Magazine His political radicalization and his determination to draw on all available means to oust Félix Tshisekedi from power in Kinshasa seem to have found a rather favorable echo in Congolese opinion. Neither civil society organizations nor religious institutions have openly condemned the new war enterprise of Corneille Nangaa, the president of the Congo River Alliance (Alliance Fleuve Congo - AFC), a mega politico-military […]

When refugees and internally displaced people are forced to flee their homes, careers, and communities, they also leave behind their financial security. Education and careers are often interrupted. While resettled in a new community, whether temporarily or permanently, they need to be able to plan for a safe, prosperous future, and they need access to financial resources to rebuild their lives. During a crisis, they need immediate support, including food, […]

Two aircraft of the Qatari Armed Forces carrying 89 tons of assistance arrived in El Arish City of the sisterly Arab Republic of Egypt. The assistance includes food items provided by Qatar Charity to be further transferred to Gaza, bringing the total number of the aircraft to 68 with the total quantity of 2,063 tons of aid. The provision of these aid comes within the framework of the State of […]

In a strategic move to bolster leadership within government administration, Dr. Hala El Said, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, convened a crucial meeting with Dr. Ali El Mallagi, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ESLSCA University. The focus of the discussion centered on enhancing support for the Master's program in Government Business Administration. The collaborative efforts between the Ministry and ESLSCA University, as part of the National Initiative […]

The ECA office for North Africa launched on 16-19 January 2024 in Rabat (Morocco) a workshop on “Developing Regional Value Chains in E-Mobility for Zambia, Morocco, and the DRC.” This event was organised as part of an ECA project aimed at fostering the emergence of African electric mobility value chains by helping policy makers from the three countries acquire the technical know-how required to develop them. The workshop provided participants […]

The authorities in Senegal have cracked down on the opposition, media, and civil society, ahead of general elections scheduled for February 25, 2024, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should effectively investigate all violence by the security forces, release people arbitrarily detained, including on politically motivated grounds, and guarantee the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, essential to genuinely free and fair elections. A crackdown began in 2021 […]

Being a budget director, or the head of a macro-fiscal unit (MFU) of a ministry of finance, is a demanding job. So, it was an impressive combination of logistical ingenuity and good timing that brought together heads of budget and macro-fiscal functions from 11 Southern African countries for a regional workshop on ‘Strengthening the macro-fiscal function in ministries of finance’. The event was organized by the IMF’s Regional Technical Assistance […]