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2022 YouthConnekt Africa summit wrapped up in Rwanda with calls to invest in youth

The 5th edition of the YouthConnekt Africa summit that ended in Kigali, Rwanda, on Saturday (15 October) was attended by thousands of young innovators and leaders from all across the world who discussed different ways to promote growth and advancement for the youth of the African continent. This year’s summit — on the theme “Accelerating […]

Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus, reports 9 casualties

Equatorial Guinea has announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WTO) confirmed 13 February. Nine people have died of Marburg virus disease in Equatorial Guinea, a small central African country of about 1.6 million. A health alert had been declared in Kie-Ntem […]

Morocco’s Central Bank Governor Receives 2 Prizes at IMF- WB Event

Abdellatif Jouahri, Governor of Morocco’s Central Bank, Bank Al Maghrib, was distinguished for the second year in a row as one of the best performing heads of central banks in the world by the IMF and the Word Bank Group. Jouahri received an A grade award in Global Finance, awarded at a ceremony on the […]