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Opinions & Commentary
Content piracy: A complex web of causes
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 31, 2024 – Content piracy is acknowledged as having enormously negative social impacts. It is a type of global organised crime that undermines the creative sector. However, what…
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Nigeria’s food importation policy could destroy country’s agriculture, warns AfDB boss
ABUJA, July 16, 2024 – The President of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said the decision by Nigeria’s government to allow massive food importation risks destroying the…
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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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Fidelity Bank Nigeria completes acquisition of Union Bank UK
CAIRO, June 11, 2024 – African Export-Import Bank [Afreximbank] has announced the disbursement of a US$40-million Intra-African Investment Facility to Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc to support Fidelity Bank’s acquisition and recapitalisation of…
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United Bank for Africa: Shareholders approve payment of N78.7 billion dividend
LAGOS, June 3, 2024 The shareholders of the United Bank for Africa [UBA] Plc, have congratulated the Board of Directors, management and staff of the Bank for the impressive performance recorded over…
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41 African countries set for stronger growth in 2024 – African Development Bank’s Economic Outlook
NAIROBI, June 1, 2024 – African economies remain resilient, despite challenges that are testing economies worldwide. According to the latest African Development Bank Group’s African Economic Outlook, 41 countries on the continent…
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AfDB’s Adesina presents Africa as world’s best investment destination
RIYADH, May 21, 2024 – Africa’s human, land, mineral resource and cross-border trade endowments combine to make it the world’s most promising investment destination, now and well into the future, African Development…
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Africa Road Builders: Two African Heads of State receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize
ABIDJAN, April 30, 2024 – The “Africa Road Builders” Selection Committee recently met in Dubai, United Arab Emirates where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Local University conducts capacity building workshop for managers of coop societies in Nigeria
ABUJA, April 22, 2024 – Skyline University Nigeria [SUN] recently conducted a capacity-building workshop for managers of cooperative societies in Kano State. The event which took place at the campus attracted over…
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AfDB approves US$ 50mln loan to support climate change resilience in Nigeria
ABUJA, March 28, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group [AfDB] approved a $50 million loan for the Yobe State Environmental and Climate Change Action Project [ECCAP]…
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