World Economic Forum: Chief economists point to stabilising outlook but warn on debt and political polarisation

25 september 2024 - 12:01:52
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Easing inflation and strong global commerce are fuelling cautious optimism for recovery but elevated debt levels [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum to advance improved trade through technology at MC13

22 february 2024 - 14:23:16
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum will convene 300 ministers, business leaders, trade leaders and experts, as well [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State urges DR Congo president to address concerns of election observation missions

22 january 2024 - 20:33:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday encouraged President Felix Tshisekedi of DR Congo [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum portrays initiatives to balance drivers of growth, productivity

19 january 2024 - 16:49:05
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Participants of the World Economic Forum 2024 made the case that a new growth model is [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum 2024: Rebuilding trust amid uncertainty

19 january 2024 - 15:00:41
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – At a moment of growing fragmentation and polarization, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 served [...] Full text...

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SA lawyer leads initiative to prepare lawsuit against US, UK on complicity in Israeli war crimes in Palestine

19 january 2024 - 07:14:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African lawyer Wikus Van Rensburg is leading an international initiative to prepare a [...] Full text...

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AI Governance Alliance calls for inclusive access to advanced Artificial Intelligence

18 january 2024 - 10:23:06
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – World Economic Forum’s AI Governance Alliance says a global effort is needed to create equitable access [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: New global alliance for women's health could help boost global economy by $1 trillion annually by 2040

17 january 2024 - 18:12:07
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Economic Forum report released Wednesday shows that closing the women’s health gap will [...] Full text...

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UN chief calls for 'serious negotiation' between industrialised and emerging economies on debt

17 january 2024 - 13:45:42
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Many of the world’s ills are the result of a disconnect between “the rich, the big and [...] Full text...

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Israel-Gaza crisis: Back two-State solution ‘once and for all’, urges UN chief

17 january 2024 - 13:27:16
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The unremitting conflict in Gaza has already sparked regional insecurity and is clear evidence that the [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: New report measures quality of growth for new economic era

17 january 2024 - 07:31:17
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – A new World Economic Forum report, released on Wednesday, offers a re-evaluation of global economic growth, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda President, US Secretary of State discuss easing tension in eastern DR Congo

17 january 2024 - 06:40:26
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on Tuesday in [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Schwab Foundation announces social innovators of 2024

16 january 2024 - 17:20:16
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – From India to Morocco, the United States to Ecuador, the 16 organizations awarded by the Schwab [...] Full text...

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Chief Economists Outlook: More economic uncertainty on the horizon

15 january 2024 - 08:14:31
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Global economic prospects remain subdued and fraught with uncertainty, according to the latest Chief Economists Outlook [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum: Widening disparities, growing threats cloud global cybersecurity outlook for 2024

11 january 2024 - 10:40:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Economic Forum report released Thursday provides a snapshot of the multifaceted challenges facing [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 assembles over 2,800 leaders from 120 countries.

09 january 2024 - 15:44:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amid increasing division and uncertainty that continue to destabilise the world, the World Economic Forum Annual [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum announces 2024 Crystal Award winners

08 january 2024 - 12:32:07
Geneva, Switzerland, (PANA) - Architect and educator Diébédo Francis Kéré, Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and [...] Full text...

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Insecurity in Eastern DR Congo: Félix Tshisekedi accuses Rwanda again in Davos

18 january 2023 - 19:37:38
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The head of state of the DR Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, once again singled out Rwanda [...] Full text...

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WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives

18 january 2023 - 05:45:05
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa cancels trip to World Economic Forum

16 january 2023 - 10:15:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has cancelled his trip to Davos, Switzerland, where he was expected [...] Full text...

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Amnesty International urges world leaders to focus on 'tangible solutions' at World Economic Forum

16 january 2023 - 05:40:01
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - As the annual World Economic Forum begins on Monday in the Swiss resort of Davos, human [...] Full text...

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World Economic Forum calls for new partnerships to generate private capital for fragile communities

24 may 2022 - 14:48:06
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Economic Forum released Tuesday a paper calling for new collaboration between humanitarian and development [...] Full text...

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UN chief: ‘Global solidarity is missing in action’

18 january 2022 - 05:54:28
New York, US (PANA) - Addressing the virtual World Economic Forum, on Monday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told world and business leaders that “global solidarity is [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Ramaphosa urges wealthy nations to assit with vaccine roll-out

26 january 2021 - 19:21:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa on Tuesday urged wealthy countries to release their [...] Full text...

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World leaders to meet during Davos Agenda in a Crucial Year to Rebuild Trust

18 january 2021 - 15:50:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - – The World Economic Forum, taking place virtually on 25-29 January, will bring together the foremost [...] Full text...

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Global leaders to shape Davos Agenda ahead of 2021 Year of 'rebuilding trust' - NGO

23 november 2020 - 18:30:45
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Davos Agenda is a pioneering mobilization of global leaders to rebuild trust to shape the [...] Full text...

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Tunisia ranked 2nd in Africa in 2020 Environmental Performance Index

19 july 2020 - 11:41:28
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia was ranked 2nd in Africa and 71st globally in the 2020 edition of the Environmental [...] Full text...

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South African billionaire apologises for hailing Trump

28 january 2020 - 15:27:39
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe, on Tuesday apologised for hailing American President Donald Trump [...] Full text...

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South African businessman slammed for praising Trump

26 january 2020 - 09:39:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has sparked an outcry after being caught on camera [...] Full text...

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UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action

24 january 2020 - 08:57:37
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their [...] Full text...

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Belgian Prime Minister to visit DR Congo in February

23 january 2020 - 11:17:54
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes will make a working visit to DR Congo next month, Congolese [...] Full text...

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UN, private sector partner to form new SDGs accelerating platform

22 january 2020 - 14:15:47
Davos, Switzerland (PANA)- A coalition of private and public sector organisations, including United Nations entities and NGOs on Wednesday launched [...] Full text...

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Unemployment continues to swing upwards in Botswana

21 january 2020 - 17:50:37
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Statistics Botswana’s latest quarterly multi modular survey, whose primarily module is to provide labor force statistics, [...] Full text...

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Rights groups, others push for climate emergency to top Davos forum

21 january 2020 - 07:46:55
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Decision makers attending the World Economic Forum in Davos this week must transform the world's economic [...] Full text...

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World’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people

20 january 2020 - 19:53:26
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 [...] Full text...

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World leaders must address ‘shameful’ disparities in education spending: UNICEF

20 january 2020 - 06:00:13
New York, US (PANA) - A new report from the UN children’s fund (UNICEF) shows that one-third of adolescent girls [...] Full text...

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Botswana president to attend World Economic Forum

17 january 2020 - 07:43:27
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's president Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi on Thursday left for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic [...] Full text...

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Senegalese president to take part in Great Britain-Africa summit, Davos economic forum

16 january 2020 - 22:39:34
Dakar, Senegal (PANA)  -  The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, will leave here Sunday for British capital, London, to take part [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia's Central Bank licenses first foreign financial services provider

09 august 2019 - 12:39:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The National Bank of Ethiopia, the country's Central Bank, has granted a license to Ethio [...] Full text...

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European Development Day opens in Brussels

18 june 2019 - 18:37:33
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Three African leaders, Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Jorge Carlos Fonseca [...] Full text...

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Mnangagwa’s many trips irrational - MDC Alliance

01 april 2019 - 14:18:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s leading opposition party, the MDC Alliance, has called President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s frequent trips abroad irrational.   Since [...] Full text...

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the AU Chair, the journey so far

09 february 2019 - 14:21:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is expected to hand over the African Union (AU) chairmanship to Egyptian [...] Full text...

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FIFA joins forces with two UN agencies for children's access to sport

25 january 2019 - 18:46:10
Paris, France (PANA) - The International Football Federation (FIFA), UNESCO and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa begins official visit to India

25 january 2019 - 18:29:25
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – On his first official visit to India, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, on Friday [...] Full text...

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Environment and health at increasing risk from growing weight of ‘e-waste’

25 january 2019 - 05:14:03
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Around 50 million tonnes of electronic waste, or e-waste, is being thrown away each year, according [...] Full text...

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South Africa's ANC in talks with Zimbabwe

23 january 2019 - 15:59:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) on Wednesday confirmed that it has [...] Full text...

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IMF outlook indicates over 5 percent growth of Sub-Saharan economies in 2019-20

22 january 2019 - 13:58:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Growth in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to pick up from 2.9 percent in 2018 [...] Full text...

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South African President Ramaphosa attends WEF

22 january 2019 - 10:57:02
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) where [...] Full text...

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Oxfam says billionaire fortunes grew by US$2.5 billion a day last year; poorest see wealth fall

21 january 2019 - 10:53:21
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or US$2.5 billion a day - while [...] Full text...

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Benin delegation on environmental conservation study tour in Rwanda

16 november 2018 - 18:26:44
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A high-level delegation from Benin, led by Environment minister Francois-Corneille Kedowide, is on a study tour [...] Full text...

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UNHCR appoints Sudanese-American Emi Mahmoud Goodwill Ambassador

10 june 2018 - 09:29:55
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has appointment Sudanese-American slam poet Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud as a national [...] Full text...

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Africa Investment Forum, a game changer for financing Africa’s infrastructure development (An AfDB feature)

09 may 2018 - 13:16:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - By 2050, just 32 short years from now, Africa’s growing population will tip the scales [...] Full text...

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IFAD chief appeals for attention to marginalized, poorest at World Economic Forum

23 january 2018 - 19:55:36
Rome, Italy (PANA) - As an unprecedented number of government and business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum (WEF) [...] Full text...

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President Kagame attends World Economic Forum in Davos

23 january 2018 - 14:23:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame is among World leaders attending the 48th annual World Economic Forum [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa to lead South African delegation to WEF in Switzerland

11 january 2018 - 09:36:59
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - Newly elected president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and country Deputy President [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Global high-level panel on water meets in Mauritius

28 june 2017 - 17:23:22
Pointe-aux-Piments, Mauritius (PANA) - A two-day meeting for a global high-level panel on water opened Wednesday in Mauritius with the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief urges partnerships to curb climate change, poverty

20 january 2017 - 15:30:13
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a new generation of partnerships with the business [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian Vice President leaves for Davos World Economic Forum

17 january 2017 - 19:41:28
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo left Abuja Tuesday heading the Nigerian delegation to this year's World [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopian PM leaves for World Economic Forum in Switzerland

17 january 2017 - 00:00:01
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn left Addis Ababa on Monday for Davos, Switzerland, to take [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Oxfam calls for fundamental change to make economies work for all people

16 january 2017 - 09:33:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: African Leadership Network to meet next week in Mauritius

27 october 2016 - 08:44:03
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The African Leadership Network, a community of some of the most dynamic and influential leaders working [...] Full text...

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UN: 10 world leaders, others appointed to UN High-Level Panel on Water

21 april 2016 - 16:40:25
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on Thursday in [...] Full text...

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US: US to strengthen international response to global refugee crisis

22 january 2016 - 15:37:16
New York, US (PANA) - US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, on Friday announced in Davos, Switzerland, that the [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban tasks global business leaders on SDGs

21 january 2016 - 17:02:32
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on the world’s business community to play its full [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: World of business must play part in achieving new SDGs - Ban

21 january 2016 - 06:09:13
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Speaking at the Global Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Revamped Tanzania Railways speed up cargo delivery to landlocked neighbouring countries

26 march 2015 - 12:17:30
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania Railways has started three-weekly freight train services to the landlocked neighbouring Burundi, Democratic [...] Full text...

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US: IFC to invest US$30 million to support SMEs, create jobs in Guinea

27 january 2015 - 14:10:05
Washington D.C., US (PANA) - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, plans to invest US$30 million in Guinea [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO to hold special meeting on Ebola on Sunday

24 january 2015 - 06:41:19
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a special meeting on Ebola on Sunday, as [...] Full text...

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UN: UN Women launches next phase in "HeForShe" campaign

23 january 2015 - 22:17:21
New York, US (PANA) - UN Women, the UN entity dedicated to achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality, on [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban urges business sector to help tackle climate change

23 january 2015 - 21:36:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the global business community to play its full part [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban urges global action in 2015 on development, gender equality, climate change

23 january 2015 - 21:21:20
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged world leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Prioritise global trade in Davos, Kenya urges global leaders

23 january 2015 - 14:58:31
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Cabinet Secretary (CS) Amina Mohamed, has called on world leaders to prioritize enhancement of global [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB, MasterCard broaden financial inclusion in Africa

22 january 2015 - 15:01:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard on Thursday announced a broad collaboration [...] Full text...

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UN: UN launches US$1 billion appeal for global Ebola response

21 january 2015 - 21:28:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, appealed for US$1 billion for the first six [...] Full text...

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UN: World leaders gather for World Economic Forum in Switzerland

21 january 2015 - 19:53:47
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss global economic challenges with the private [...] Full text...

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Guinea: President Conde carries fight against Ebola to WEF

21 january 2015 - 14:05:41
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea President Alpha Condé, attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, from 21-24 January, [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma in Davos for WEF meeting

21 january 2015 - 08:41:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) [...] Full text...

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UN: IMF downgrades global growth forecast, despite cheaper oil

20 january 2015 - 21:55:17
New York, US (PANA) - Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest [...] Full text...

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UN: WB says Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone 'crippled' by Ebola impact

20 january 2015 - 20:32:14
New York, US (PANA) - Although the Ebola epidemic has shown signs of slowing and confidence is growing about stopping [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Oxfam says world's 1% richest will own more than all the rest by 2016

19 january 2015 - 09:55:13
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The combined wealth of the world's richest 1 percent will overtake that of the [...] Full text...

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Mali: China grants Mali 26 billion CFA francs for developments

12 september 2014 - 12:03:08
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday announced a grant of 18 billion FCFA and an interest-free [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Experts warn against "hidden hunger" in sub-Saharan Africa

31 january 2014 - 08:15:28
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A new form of "hidden hunger" may break out in the short or medium term across [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Gains of new automotive policy, "dying" Boko Haram highlighted in Nigeria

25 january 2014 - 08:26:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's explanation on the gains of his administration's new automotive policy, the military's assertion [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Bill Gates Foundation supports "Plan Senegal Emergent"

23 january 2014 - 20:56:41
Davos, Switzerland, Senegal (PANA) - The president of Bill Gates Foundation for Global Development, Christopher Elias, on Thursday expressed support [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban calls for more investment in girls in developing countries

23 january 2014 - 19:30:25
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for more investment to release the potential of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Jonathan vows to make new cars affordable to Nigerians

23 january 2014 - 17:21:12
Davos, Switzerland (PANA) - Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that the key objective of the nation's new automotive [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: President Jonathan canvasses inclusive economic growth in Africa

22 january 2014 - 19:51:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian leader, President Goodluck Jonathan, said Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, that African governments must accord the [...] Full text...

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Ghana President Mahama to attend Davos meeting

20 january 2014 - 22:46:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama will be joining a select number of world and business leaders [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Jonathan to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland

20 january 2014 - 18:20:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will leave Abuja Tuesday for the World Economic Forum in Davos, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Oxfam says half of world’s population work for tiny elite

20 january 2014 - 11:09:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Wealthy elites have co-opted political power to rig the rules of the economic game, [...] Full text...

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'WEF on Africa, platform to promote African Agenda'

09 may 2013 - 07:57:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma has described the ongoing World Economic Forum (WEF) on [...] Full text...

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‘Africa is world's second fastest growing economy’

28 january 2013 - 12:38:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa has the second fastest growing economy in the world, with the growth expected to become [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian PM installed AU Chairman, pledges accelerated poverty fight

27 january 2013 - 11:51:49
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn took over the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) on [...] Full text...

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Malian president flies to attend AU summit

23 january 2013 - 20:28:14
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame flew to Switzerland on Wednesday to attend the World Economic Summit in [...] Full text...

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President Condé to attend Davos economic forum

22 january 2013 - 22:04:18
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The Guinean president, Alpha Condé, left Conakry on Tuesday for Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual [...] Full text...

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Zuma attends WEF in Davos

22 january 2013 - 11:44:53
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma is attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, where [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President leaves for WEF, AU Summit

20 january 2013 - 15:19:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will leave the capital city of Abuja Monday on a trip that [...] Full text...

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Oxfam: Annual income of 100 richest people enough to end global poverty

19 january 2013 - 15:56:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An explosion in extreme wealth and income is exacerbating inequality and hindering the world’s [...] Full text...

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UN, US launch initiative to end HIV among children by 2015

28 january 2012 - 12:19:05
New York, US (PANA) - The UN and the US Government initiative for AIDS relief (PEPFAR) on Friday in Davos, [...] Full text...

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Ban calls for more investment in women's education, health

27 january 2012 - 08:41:23
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on business leaders attending the World Economic Forum in [...] Full text...

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WFP honours Tutu for championing fight against hunger

26 january 2012 - 19:20:47
New York, US (PANA) - The World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday honoured Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and South African [...] Full text...

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Zuma in Davos for WEF meeting

26 january 2012 - 09:24:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Thursday arrived at the annual World Economic Forum [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President cancels Davos trip

24 january 2012 - 08:10:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has cancelled his planned trip to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic [...] Full text...

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New business group joins fight against HIV/AIDS

17 january 2012 - 12:36:34
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A newly-formed group - the Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free [...] Full text...

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SA govt addresses Mandela health concerns

28 january 2011 - 08:24:47
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government has finally broken its silence on the health condition of [...] Full text...

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Zuma leads SA's high-level delegation to Davos

26 january 2011 - 08:17:33
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - President Jacob Zuma will lead the South African delegation to the 2011 World Economic [...] Full text...

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'Weather insurance offers lifeline to poor farmers'

03 june 2010 - 11:27:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Weather insurance can have a sustainable role i n protecting poor farmers from going [...] Full text...

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IMF proposes US$ 100 bln "Green Fund" for climate change financing

01 february 2010 - 19:33:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) â" Dominique Strauss--Kahn, Managing Director of th e International Monetary Fund (IMF), has proposed â?Green Fundâ? [...] Full text...

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WTO ministers reaffirm commitment to fight protectionism

31 january 2010 - 08:02:00
New York (US) -- A group of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade ministers on Sat urday reaffirmed their commitment to [...] Full text...

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Zuma leads SA delegation to AU summit

29 january 2010 - 16:12:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Following a successful participation in the Wor ld Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, [...] Full text...

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Zuma attends World Economic Forum in Switzerland

26 january 2010 - 09:09:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday de parted for Davos, Switzerland, where he [...] Full text...

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Africa must be part of solution to reboot global economy, says report

30 january 2009 - 19:29:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A new report launched Friday by Kofi Annan, chair of the Africa Progress Panel, states that [...] Full text...

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