Kenya raises key interest rate to tame inflation
31/05/2022On Monday, the Central Bank of Kenya raised its policy lending rate by half a percentage point to stem rising inflation and stabilise the shilling. The increase in the central.
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We’re developing investment banks for youth-owned businesses — AfDB
30/05/2022African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is designing financial institutions that will invest in businesses owned by youths. Akinwumi Adesina, President, AfDB, said this on Friday at the end of.
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Pope’s July visit to Africa to go ahead despite health issues
30/05/2022Pope Francis is set to make a gruelling trip to two African countries in July despite knee problems that have forced him to use a cane and wheelchair in recent.
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Nigeria CDC has confirmed 21 monkeypox cases this year
30/05/2022Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year, with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday. Monkeypox, a usually.
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Algeria Signs New Energy Deal With Italy
30/05/2022President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and his host Sergio Mattarella met at the Quirinale Palace in Rome before a meeting with Prime Minister Mario Draghi to sign a new energy deal. Last.
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African Union chair calls for dialogue over rising Congo-Rwanda tensions
30/05/2022Senegal President, Macky Sall, who chairs the African Union, AU organisation on Sunday, called for dialogue between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as tensions escalate between the two.
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Sustaining the growth of Ghana’s Cocoa Industry
30/05/2022The first country that comes to mind when one thinks of cocoa in Africa is Ghana, the second-largest cocoa producer in the world after the Ivory Coast. It is estimated.
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Liberia: How Ministry of Finance is Leading President Weah’s Pro Poor Vision for National Development
30/05/2022In 2016, an estimated number of more than 2.2 million Liberians were unable to meet their basic food needs with 1.6 million persons placed below the food poverty line. Today,.
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Zambia Moves to Abolish Death Penalty
26/05/2022President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that Zambia is making moves to abolish the death penalty. In a statement via his official Twitter handle, he termed it a “big decision” by.