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African Development Bank to Support Establishment of Nigerian Micro Finance Bank
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The Resident Representative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Country Office, Mr Herve Assan, says the bank will offer a $1 million grant to establish the AB Micro Finance Bank of Nigeria (ABN). Assan told journalists on Wednesday in Abuja that the grant was in line with the bank’s effort to empower the ...1 day ago -
Business As Usual in Zimbabwe
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Women and children are disproportionally affected by collapse of social services in Zimbabwe. Everything and nothing has happened in Zimbabwe over the past month. Prime Minister Tsvangirai briefly boycotted the unity government. His goal: force the hand of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to step ...3 days ago -
African Development Bank Loans South Africa €1.8 Billion to Tackle Energy Crisis
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €1.86 billion loan for South Africa’s energy utility company, Eskom Holdings Limited, to finance Medupi power project that will significantly boost the energy capacity of the country and the southern African region, said a press release the Bank issued on ...1 week ago -
VACANCIES AT AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, THURSDAY 26 NOVEMEBR 2009
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Division Manager of English Translation Position title: Division Manager of English Translation Grade: PL-2 Position N°: NA Reference: ADB/09/161 Publication date: 19/11/2009 Closing date: 15/12/2009 CLICK HERE TO APPLY Division Manager of French Translation Position title: Division Manager of French ...1 week ago -
African Development Bank Resumes Operations in Somalia
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Somalia has resumed ties with the African Development Bank (AfDB) with the signing of an agreement to donate $2 million for financial assistance and technical management of public finances. The support to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, after decades of hiatus, comes from the Fragile States Facility ...1 week ago -
Zimbabwe Hosts Meeting of South African Development Community Parliamentary Forum
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Lawmakers from Southern Africa are meeting in Zimbabwe’s resort town of Victoria Falls for the 26th Plenary Assembly of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum amid calls to transform the forum into a regional legislature. Delegates to the week-long conference are considering a ...1 week ago -
African Development Bank Group: Senior Telecom Engineer
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Senior Telecom Engineer Position title: Senior Telecom Engineer Grade: PL-5 Position N°: NA Reference: ADB/09/093 Closing date: 15/12/2009 Objectives The principal activities of the LAN, Telecommunications and User Support Division are to ensure that the computer and telecommunication systems of the Bank fit the ...1 week ago -
Germany Pledges Two Year Support Deal with the African Union
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Germany has announced €30 million to support the African Union (AU) activities in the continent for the next two years. The announcement was made during a negotiation on Development Cooperation between the AU and the Government of Germany held late on Wednesday in the presence of officials from both sides at the AU ...2 weeks ago -
Rwanda And the African Development Bank Sign $7m Deal
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The government of Rwanda and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a grant worth over $7 million towards small and medium scale enterprises development. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, John Rwangombwa, told APA that the fund will help in capacity building through ...2 weeks ago -
The African Economic Community: Rhetoric vs. Reality
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Dr. Wolassa Kumo1.IntroductionRapid technological advances and globalisation coupled with the widespread use of the information and communication technology have extended the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]2 weeks ago -
Ethiopia Gearing Up for Regional Economic Forum
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Ethiopia is gearing up for a three-day regional 4th Annual Africa Economic Conference (AEC) starting on Wednesday in Addis Ababa in the presence of African economists and policy makers. The regional 4th Annual Africa Economic Conference (AEC) is hosted by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African ...3 weeks ago -
Zimbabwe II
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Previous events in the sorry saga ; What Rhodesia Can Teach Us about Zimbabwe O. Carl Unegbu: Zimbabwe’s Blood Diamond: The New Unfinished Business of Kimberley (World Policy Blog) Once more, Africans are dying as a result of what should have been a blessing to their lives. This time the victims are not from ...4 weeks ago -
Is a New Paradigm for Recovery in Developing Countries Emerging?
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From a policy brief from the United Nations University : We have already witnessed over the past year brave and even imaginative efforts by many developing countries in order to cope. Developing countries with the largest and strongest economies, such as China, India and Brazil, have shown encouraging early signs of ...4 weeks ago -
Chinamasa says UN official over-reacted
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Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa By Our Correspondent HARARE – Justice and Legal Affairs minister Patrick Chinamasa says the United Nations torture investigator deported by government last Thursday kicked a storm over a trivial matter. Chinamasa accused the envoy of causing bad blood between the UN and ...4 weeks ago -
African Development Bank Group Approve €153m Loan to the Government of Botswana
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of €153 million to the Government of Botswana, to finance specific components of the Morupule B power station and associated transmission infrastructure, a release said. The project involves the construction of a 600-MW (4 x 150 ...4 weeks ago -
Botswana Urges Zimbabwe’s Government to Allow UN Special Rapporteur to Enter Country
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Botswana said on Friday that it took serious exception to the attitude of the authorities in Zimbabwe in denying entry to the United Nations special rapporteur on torture two days ago. “This incident stands as a reminder to one in which a Group of Eminent Persons were rebuffed, when they attempted last year to lend ...5 weeks ago -
Zimbabwe II
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Previous events in the sorry saga ; What Rhodesia Can Teach Us about Zimbabwe Zimbabwe deports UN rights expert Zimbabwean authorities refused to allow United Nations human rights expert Manfred Nowak to enter the country even though he was invited to visit by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Nowak was ...5 weeks ago -
Visit of UN torture investigator cancelled
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Manfred Nowak By Ntando Ncube JOHANNESBURG – The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other degrading treatment, Manfred Nowak, who was invited by the Government of Zimbabwe to visit the country from 28 October to early November, has been turned down on his way to Harare, the UN has announced. The office of the ...5 weeks ago -
Indian firm seeks to manage water supplies in Africa
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By Devirupa MitraNew Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) India’s state-owned water and power consultant, Water and Power Consultancy Services (Wapcos), is looking to expand its reach in Africa by offering to draw up national plans for integrated water resources management.Wapcos’s chairman and managing director R.K. Gupta has ...5 weeks ago -
Mozambique, Niassa: loan agreement for signed with ADB for provincial towns water project
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The Mozambican government and the African Development Bank signed a loan agreement in Maputo on 23 October 2009 to finance three projects, one of which is the Niassa Provincial Towns Water and Sanitation project. The ADB is providing credit of 27 million dollars to improve water supply and sanitation in Lichinga ...5 weeks ago
