Africa
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South Africa: Politicians hold fruitful engagement on establishing specialised cooperative bank
JOHANNESBURG, September 22, 2023 – The Multi-Party Women’s Caucus [MPWC] in the Parliament of South Africa yesterday held a constructive and fruitful engagement with the Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with…
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AfDB and KEITI ink deal to deploy environmental and climate-resilient technologies in Africa
BUSAN, September 21, 2023 – The African Development Bank [AfDB] and the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute [ KEITI ] have signed a joint technical assistance agreement to enable the scale-up…
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FAO, IsDB, and IFAD join forces to strengthen food security technologies for smallholder farmers
NEW YORK, September 19, 2023 – The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations [FAO], the Islamic Development Bank [ IsDB ], and the International Fund for Agricultural Development [IFAD] have…
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COMESA central banks get expertise in Big Data Analytics and AI
CAIRO, September 19, 2023 – The COMESA Monetary Institute [CMI] has launched a programme to build the capacity of the central banks in the region on the utilisation of Big Data Analytics…
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Training is the key to a better future for West African cocoa farmers, says new report
ACCRA, September 19, 2023 – Fairtrade cocoa farmers in West Africa are training themselves and their colleagues in record numbers as they seek to overcome significant post-pandemic challenges, according to new data…
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TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2nd preliminary round gets underway on Friday
CAIRO, September 15, 2023 – The first legs of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League second preliminary round resume this Friday, as clubs gear themselves up to fight for a place in the…
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Korea and the AfDB strengthen drive towards Africa’s food security
SEOUL, September 13, 2023 – The Government of Korea and the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] are intent on strengthening their partnership to support African countries in achieving food security in five…
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Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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CGIAR stands with farmers in Morocco after devastating earthquake
CASABLANCA, September 11, 2023 – As a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco in the High Atlas mountains, the hearts of the global agricultural community go out to the farmers and rural communities…
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Mali: SAA transforms rural cooperative
BAMAKO, September 9, 2023 – Two years after Sasakawa Africa Association [ SAA ] delivered a sheller to the Nieta Cooperative in the Kamalé Kakélé Village of Western Mali, there is evidence…
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