Tag: Development finance
2nd Session of the Specialized Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration
10 Apr 18 NewsThe 2nd African Union Specialized Technical Committee (STC) on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration will be held at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headq...
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09 Apr 18 NewsThe IMF will has posted the analytical papers for the World Economic Outlook 2018. They cover: Labour force participation in advanced economies, Shifts in global manufacturing acti...
Banking on sunshine: World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017
09 Apr 18 NewsSolar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017.
The world installed a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity, far more than the net ...
IMF Executive Board 2017 Article IV Consultation with The Gambia
06 Apr 18 NewsOn March 22, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with The Gambia.
The Gambian economy has started to recover, ...
Connecting Africa: Role of transport infrastructure
29 Mar 18 NewsAfrica, the world’s second largest and second most populous continent in the world, with a land area of 30.4 mn sq km, is a market of 1.2 billion people and an estimated GDP of U...
AU Executive Council adopts the African Common Position for Negotiations of a new cooperation agreement with the European Union
29 Mar 18 NewsMarch 21st, 2018 marked a historical day for Africa in its vision to build an integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa with the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agre...
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09 Mar 18 NewsECOWAS Commission gets a new President: Ivorian Jean-Claude Brou takes over from Marcel De Souza
African Union Commission, US State Department perspectives on AU-US relations:
Ch...
Africa’s population explosion is a ticking time bomb – African Development Bank Governors
09 Mar 18 NewsThe African Development Bank and its East and North African Governors have stressed the need for urgent measures to match the continent’s growing population and youth unemploymen...
U.S.-Africa relations: A new framework
07 Mar 18 NewsRemarks by Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, at George Mason University, Virginia, 6 March 2018
MR CABRERA: Good morning, everyone. Thank you so much for being ...
The conduct of monetary policy in East Africa in a changing policy environment
06 Mar 18 NewsThe Central Bank of Kenya and the University of Nairobi hosted a public lecture in honour of the late Prof. Francis Mwega on February 27, 2018. The keynote address was by Prof. Ben...
Ticad VI key to Kenya’s industry plan
05 Mar 18 NewsThe sixth Tokyo International Conference of Africa’s Development, TICAD, took place for the first time in Africa in Kenya in August 2016, and opened doors for more business betwe...
2017 PIDA Week: Conference proceedings
01 Mar 18 NewsEnhancing Trade and Economic Transformation through Regional Infrastructure Development
Opening session
NEPAD CEO Dr. Ibrahim Assane Mayaki welcomed the participants to PIDA Week...
President Akufo-Addo advocates for increased trade & investment cooperation with Germany
01 Mar 18 NewsPresident of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says notwithstanding the excellent relations that exist between Ghana and Germany, Ghana has decided to turn our ba...
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27 Feb 18 NewsFeatured trade policy process: Towards an EAC Regional Ports Development Strategy – MEFMI posts an EOI
Ghanaian stakeholders agree on committee to address concerns on Africa’s...
IMF Executive Board 2017 Article IV Consultation with Somalia
27 Feb 18 NewsOn February 21, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund concluded the Article IV consultation with Somalia.
Despite a severe drought and sporadic terrorist at...
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23 Feb 18 NewsFeatured tweet, @AERCAFRICA: How can we best accelerate regional integration in Africa? Share your ideas as we build up to the AERC Senior Policy Seminar XX (pdf) in Entebbe, Ugand...
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12 Feb 18 NewsStarting today, in Tunis: AfDB workshop on staple crop processing zones in Africa
Building on the analyses and findings of a Bank-led study on a sample of 10 African countries, th...
Botswana Budget Speech: Matambo pegs 2018/19 hopes on global recovery
06 Feb 18 NewsBotswana Finance Minister Kenneth Matambo expects the warming global economy and rising commodity prices to underpin the country’s buoyant forecasts for revenues and growth in 20...
Promises to world’s poorest need to be kept to stop massive inequalities, new trends show
05 Feb 18 NewsUNCTAD analysis shows that development indicators for the 47 least developed countries are trending downward, raising the alarm for the international community
Economic developmen...
African Union Heads of State and Government join forces to combat corruption in the continent
29 Jan 18 NewsCorruption is undoubtedly the most pressing governance and development challenge that most African countries are confronted with today.
Corruption has debilitating and corrosive e...