Liberia
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UNDP leads joint monitoring team to assess farmer cooperatives’ progress
MONROVIA, November 7, 2024 — Farmer Cooperatives supported by the government-funded Accelerated Community Development Programme [ACDP], implemented, and managed by UNDP, are excited about engaging in commercial swamp rice and cassava production/cultivation.…
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Ministers among hundreds of energy-sector leaders to attend AOW event
CAPE TOWN, October 6, 2024 — Africa Oil Week [AOW]: Investing in African Energy– Africa’s leading oil, gas, and energy event – has confirmed attendance for more than 80 ministers and senior…
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Draw for TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Qualifiers set for July
KAMPALA, June 16, 2024 – The journey to the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will resume with the draw for the Qualifiers on July 4, 2024, in Johannesburg, South…
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AfDB, partners launch US$ 5.2mln project to help catalyse diaspora investment in eight African countries
ADDIS ABABA, June 14, 2024 – The African Development Bank [AfDB], the African Union Commission [AUC], and the International Organization for Migration [IOM] have signed a protocol agreement for US$ 5.2 million…
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Agreement to expand American Express acceptance in Sub-Saharan Africa signed
NAIROBI, Kenya, May 30, 2024 – American Express and Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African financial services Group, announced an agreement to significantly expand American Express Card acceptance in 21 countries in Sub-Saharan…
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Africa
Renewable energy offers Africa’s best opportunity to achieve SDGs, experts say
ABIDJAN – Africa must increase investment in developing its renewable energy and attract greater support of the private sector and international financial institutions if it is to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals…
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Africa
ITC Supports coffee producers in Liberia through cooperative training
MONROVIA – The International Trade Centre [ITC] in partnership with the Farmers Union Network of Liberia [FUNL], has initiated a week-long training programme focused on the significance of cooperatives for coffee producers.…
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Africa
Partners to unlock the entrepreneurial capacity of women-led enterprises in Africa
NAIROBI-Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund [AECF] and the Africa Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa [AFAWA] initiative have partnered to scale and realise the entrepreneurial capacity, feasibility and sustainability…
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Africa
AfDB approves US$ 3mln in additional financing for Liberia’s Special Agro-Processing Zone scheme
ABIDJANI – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank [AfDB]Group has approved an additional $3 million of mixed financing for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone project in Liberia. The financing,…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Liberian fishery co-ops receive outboard engines
MONROVIA-Members of 22 fishery co-operatives and staff from the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority [NaFAA]of Liberia attended a training day on maintenance of outboard engines donated by the Japanese government. The training,…
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