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Mercy Ships Supports National Response Following Cyclone Gezani in Madagascar - SRIJA

Mercy Ships has joined with national disaster response efforts in Toamasina (Tamatave) through the provision of essential relief supplies

Following the devastating cyclone that struck Madagascar’s east coast, Mercy Ships (www.mercyships.org/) has joined with national disaster response efforts in Toamasina (Tamatave) through the provision of essential relief supplies, in coordination with the government’s disaster management authorities. Cyclone Gezani caused extensive damage across the region, displacing thousands and severely affecting…

Afreximbank
Source: Afreximbank |

Prosper Africa and Afreximbank Announce New Partnership to Mobilize Trade Opportunities between the United States (U.S.) and Africa

The MoU outlines several key areas of collaboration, including, capital access facilitation, technical and transaction advisory support for creative deals, SME development for agribusiness and textiles, Creative Africa Nexus, and strategic event collaboration

Prosper Africa and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade and investment between the United States and Africa in key sectors. This strategic partnership aims to leverage the unique strengths of both organizations to mobilize trade opportunities and investment capital, with…

Embassy of France in Abuja, Nigeria
Source: Embassy of France in Abuja, Nigeria |

France supports Nigeria’s health sector

Mrs. Emmanuelle Blatmann, Ambassador of France to Nigeria and Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Federal Minister of Finance, signed on 13 January the first loan from the Treasury to Nigeria since 1990

France is providing a €55 million loan to Nigeria to improve the health sector. Mrs. Emmanuelle Blatmann, Ambassador of France to Nigeria and Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, Federal Minister of Finance, Budget & National Planning, signed on 13 January the first loan from the Treasury to Nigeria since 1990. This concessional loan…

Africa Regional Media Hub
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Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the Finance in Common Summit, November 12, 2020

The African Development Bank is fully committed to supporting Africa to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and the climate change agenda agreed at COP21 in Paris

I would like to thank President Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for hosting us for the Paris Peace Forum. I’d also like to thank my dear friend Remy Rioux for the vision and leadership in putting together the Finance in Common Summit, with Public Development Banks. Peace…

Internet Society
Source: Internet Society |

Community Networks key to connecting Africa, says Internet Society

The Internet Society in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Zenzeleni Networks will hold the third Africa Community Networks Summit in the Eastern Cape, South Africa from 3-7 September, 2018

As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline.  Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society (https://www.Internetsociety.org/), a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) |

Could the future of food in the world depend on what Africa does with agriculture?

With over 800 million people worldwide suffering from hunger and more than two billion affected by malnutrition, food insecurity remains a real threat to global development.

Addressing a standing room only crowd of global agriculture experts at the FAO headquarters in Rome, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate and President of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina, says the answer is a resounding yes! He believes Africa does not need aid but disciplined investments. According to…

CAJ News
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Africa at risk: Malaysia slams China’s “new version of colonialism”

From Said Aboubaker and Savious Kwinika: According to a report from the Centre for Global Development, the country most at risk is Djibouti

IT is a crisis mirrored across the developing world: loans so huge that government struggles to repay the debt. But Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad would not have it. On a visit to Beijing this week, he accused his host of luring nations into a trap with easy loans for…

Kwesé Sports
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APO Group and Kwesé Sports announce strategic alliance to promote rugby across Africa and the globe

Partnership means increased exposure for African rugby as teams compete to join the world’s elite at the 2019 Rugby World Cup

APO (www.APO-opa.com) Group, the leading media relations consultancy for Africa and the Middle East, today announced a strategic alliance with Kwesé TV’s (www.Kwese.com) sports content platform Kwesé Sports, arguably Africa’s most trusted source for sports programming, aimed at developing the reputation and image of African rugby on a global scale.…

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan (OCHA)
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Humanitarian Coordinator calls for unhindered and safe humanitarian access

Mr Noudéhou’s visit was shortly after access to Greater Baggari was allowed again following three months of consistent denials

The Humanitarian Coordinator, Alain Noudéhou, visited Wau with a high-level United Nations delegation yesterday, and urgently called for unhindered and safe humanitarian access for aid organisations to reach people who are in desperate need. Mr Noudéhou’s visit was shortly after access to Greater Baggari was allowed again following three months…

United Nations
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Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on the killing of a UN peacekeeper in the Central African Republic

The Secretary-General offers his deepest condolences to the family of the deceased peacekeeper

The Secretary-General condemns the attack on 23 August by presumed anti-Balaka elements on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) in which one peacekeeper from Burundi was killed. The Secretary-General offers his deepest condolences to the family of the deceased peacekeeper, as well as to the…