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Mastercard Foundation withholds funding for African Development University over serious allegations…
The Mastercard Foundation is withholding financial support for one of Africa’s non-profit universities. The decision by Mastercard followed serious allegations of sexual harassment and financial mismanagement against the Niamey tertiary…
African Finance Ministers demand action on global financial architecture reform
Coming out of the World Bank Group (WBG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings, a group of African Finance Ministers and partners is urging global institutions to do more to deliver for African countries.
African countries administer over one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses – Report
African countries have administered 1,075,905,365 COVID-19 vaccine doses as at the end of December 2022, says the latest annual report of the Africa Centres for Diseases Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) published April 17, 2023.
Green transition requires more concessional climate finance for Africa – IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on development banks and multilateral institutions to increase low interest rate finance for Africa’s climate change measures.
African journalists mourn, pay tribute to late FAAPA President
African journalists have been paying tribute to Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, President of the Atlantic Federation of African Press Agencies (FAAPA), who died on Saturday April 8, 2023, in Rabat, Morocco.
US gold miner, Newmont makes $19.5b offer to buy Australian rival Newcrest Mining
Newmont, the Denver-based US mining company has made a bid offer to purchase Australian rival Newcrest, according to news reports.
ECOWAS holds capacity-building workshop on human security in Accra
A three-day ECOWAS capacity-building workshop for multi-stakeholders on Protection and Human Security Integrated Coordination Mechanism (ECO-PHSICM) has ended in Accra.
Gold Mafia: Zimbabwe government responds to investigations after three weeks
Three weeks after the first episode of a four-part investigation of gold smuggling and money laundering in Zimbabwe by the investigative unit of Al Jazeera, the Zimbabwean government has eventually issued a statement saying it has taken…
African Ministers ask for a reformed global debt architecture
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have called for decisive action to reform the global debt architecture to enable the investments needed for achieving sustainable development and climate goals around the…
Africa generates only 4% of global energy as over 600 million Africans have no electricity
A timely regulatory overhaul of Africa’s fledgling electricity sector will attract private sector investment and ensure energy security on the continent, stakeholders meeting at an electricity dialogue, have agreed.