Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Offers African Aviation a Chance to Reset

The air transport system is really at the forefront of all our collective objectives to realize Africa as a single economic bloc - VP Solomon Quaynor Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank Launches $50 Million Facility to Support Energy Access Companies Through and Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to establish the… Read more »

Africa: Development Evaluation Week - African Development Bank Marks 40 Years of Evaluating Progress As Experts Mull SDGs and Covid-19

The African Development Bank celebrated 40 years of evaluating its development efforts, taking the opportunity to reflect on the challenges around monitoring and evaluating… Read more »

Africa: Promoting Accountability and Transparent Recovery in the Context of Covid-19

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Africa: Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector - Future of Mining

What: Webinar on Africa's COVID-19 Response within the Extractives Sector: The Future of Mining in Africa. Read more »

Africa: Ten Years After the Inaugural Development Effectiveness Review, the African Development Bank Is Once More Shepherding African Economies Through a Global Crisis

We should be in no doubt that Africa faces its gravest threat in many years, and that national health and social protection systems will be severely tested." Akinwumi Adesina Read more »

Africa: Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur extractif - L'avenir de l'exploitation minière

Quoi ? Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur des industries extractives : l'avenir de l'exploitation minière… Read more »

Africa: Debt Management in the Context of Covid-19

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Africa: Youssou N'Dour, Graca Machel, Akinwumi Adesina discuss building back better after Covid-19 at Civil Society Forum

Harness civil society's "incredible potential to accelerate social change at scale" - Graça Machel Read more »

Africa: Put Small-Scale Traders At the Heart of Efforts to Accelerate Trade and Investment in Africa Post Covid-19

The AfCFTA will not in one dramatic swoop alter existing commercial and economic realities on a vast scale, but its implementation could lead the recovery efforts from the COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: An Effective Response to Covid-19 Impacts On Africa's Aviation Sector

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Africa: World Toilet Day 2020 - In the Midst of a Global Covid-19 Pandemic, Increased Toilet Hygiene Awareness More Important Than Ever

This year's World Toilet Day observance comes in the midst of COVID-19. The gravity of the COVID-19 pandemic's global spread heightens awareness about the important health benefits… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - $28.233 Million in African Development Fund Grants to Bolster Response to Covid-19

The Board of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved grants worth $28.233 million to Sudan to shore up the country's health system to effectively respond and contain the… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Is a 'Wake-Up Command' to Address Africa's Challenges - Tony Blair

We have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency - Blair Read more »

Africa: "Knowledge and Innovation Exchange" Launches to Share Information On Covid-19 Responses in Africa's Schools

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Union's International Centre for Girls' and Women's Education in Africa (CIEFFA) will hold a… Read more »

Africa: Join Hands for a Strong Global Recovery From Covid-19, Urges African Development Bank President

The global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on the world coming together in a collective endeavour backed by science, finance and political resolve, African… Read more »

Africa: Finance in Common Summit Rallies 450 Development Banks to Ramp Up, Deepen Collective Efforts to Address Fragility Beyond Covid-19

"Nothing can dampen our collective resolve to provide better opportunities for all" - African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Read more »

Africa: A Whole of Society Approach - Women Are Key to Building Resilient Communities Beyond Covid-19

In Africa's fragile contexts, the burden of conflict, poverty and climate change falls most heavily on already marginalized groups. If we do not significantly and collectively step… Read more »

Africa: AfCFTA - Covid-19 As a Catalyst for Accelerating Trade and Investment in Africa

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Africa: Intra-Africa Trade in the Age of Covid-19

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Africa: Development Finance Institutions Pledge to Sustain Covid-19 Mitigation, Livelihood Recovery

Multilateral development finance institutions on Wednesday pledged to continue to collaborate in their efforts to mitigate the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Fund Approves $50.7m Covid-19 Crisis Response Budget Support

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of UA 36 million ($50.7 million) to Tanzania, to finance the nation's response to the COVID-19… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda - Sharp Decline in Cases of Typhoid Fever, Diarrhoea, in Capital, Thanks to Sanitation Project

For several years now, typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, especially in the major district of Kawempe, according to an… Read more »

Africa: Women in Compliance in Africa - Navigating Challenges & Opportunities in the Era of Covid-19

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Africa: Why Covid-19-Impacted World Food Day 2020 Is the Time to Prioritize Investments in Food Systems

World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization, but celebrations this 16 October are muted due to the coronavirus. Read more »