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The Investment Case for Energy Transition in Africa
Falling technology costs have made renewable energy a cost-effective way to generate power in countries all over the world, which would drive further development...
Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West Africa
The Board of the World Bank Group has allocated
today a total of $379 million in International Development Association (IDA)*
credits and grants to help harmonize...
Africa: New project to flatten the Covid-19 curve and minimise social and economic slowdown
The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), Resolve to Save Lives and
opinion and research company Ipsos have teamed up to support governments to
help flatten...
To Silence the Guns, Africa Should Tap its Diaspora
For the year 2020, the African Union,
chaired by South Africa, will pursue as its principal aim the silencing of the
guns. It has its work...
AfDB’s Facility for Energy Inclusion attracts $160m in commitments for small-scale renewables
The African Development Bank, the European Commission, KfW, the Clean
Technology Fund, Norfund, and other investors have committed nearly $160
million to the first close of...
More support key for counter-terrorism in Africa, where ‘misogyny is at the heart of so many’ groups
The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for
greater international support to African countries in
their continued fight against terrorism and violent extremism,
particularly in parts of the Sahel, the Lake...
Meet this Year’s African Change-makers
This year’s 115 most promising artists, activists, academics, executives
and political leaders under the age of 40 today join the World Economic Forum’s
community of Young...
Gains of China’s soft power in Africa over the West
China portrays itself as a “Third World” country that
pursues an "independent" foreign policy of peace. And by the Third
World, it means that China is...
Explainer: Towards a Comprehensive Strategy with Africa
Why does the EU need a new Strategy?
Africa is Europe's closest neighbour. The ties that
bind Africa and the European Union (EU) are broad and...
EU paves the way for a stronger, more ambitious partnership with Africa
The European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and
Security Policy today proposed the basis for a new strategy with Africa. The
communication sets...