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Tag: Africa
Norway’s agency to boost fertilizer supply to 850,000 African smallholder farmers
The African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has received a $10.15 million financing from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) destined to support agricultural projects ... Read More
Africa: A 4% growth rate in 2023, outpacing IMF’s global forecast — AfDB report
The African Development Bank predicts the continent’s growth will be stronger-than-expected at 4% this year. Its cautiously optimistic economic outlook is partly based on the ... Read More
Africa offers new solutions to avoid risks derailing net-zero energy transition — WEF report
Ahead of its annual meeting taking place in Davos in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum (WEF) says that short-term fixes to the energy crisis including ... Read More
Mixed success for SEZ in Africa, with Morocco topping the list — study
Special economic zones (SEZs) are mushrooming in Africa and while many challenges lay ahead, these zones have shown considerable potential for they can play a ... Read More
Africa should do more to monitor, respond to human rights abuses — rights group
African nations need to do more to address the widespread displacement, killings and other abuses that have come about from the continent’s many conflicts, according ... Read More
Africa should not serve as arena for global contests — China’s foreign minister
Africa should not be an arena for international competition between world powers, China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Wednesday while inaugurating the new ... Read More
Chinese top diplomat kicks off African tour for maiden foreign trip
China's new Foreign Minister Qin Gang has kicked off an African tour on January 9 for his first foreign trip to counterattack US strategy to ... Read More
Morocco makes Africa’s first kits for breast cancer and leukaemia diagnosis- The Guardian
The Moroccan Association for Advanced Sciences, Innovation and Research (MASCIR) will soon put on the market the first African-manufactured kits to diagnose breast cancer and ... Read More
Rough start to 2023: inflation persists in DRC, Senegal, S.Africa despite measures
Inflation constitutes one of the major economic problems all across Africa, with the food prices in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa ... Read More
Africa’s 2023 economic outlook: Global headwinds to continue battering the continent
In 2023, some of Africa’s major economies are expected to suffer from the ongoing impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war, runaway food price inflation and the ... Read More