AfDB, AFD cement partnership to support youth entrepreneurship in Africa

13 october 2024 - 05:11:55
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have announced they would [...] Full text...

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ADF grants Comoros $135 million to develop ports, facilitate regional trade

06 august 2024 - 07:10:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group supports the Union of the Comoros in extending and modernizing [...] Full text...

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India commits $2 million as new partner to boost digital financial inclusion across Africa

03 august 2023 - 09:52:06
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Indian government will contribute US$2 million to the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), [...] Full text...

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AfDB project to stimulate domestic resource mobilisation in Africa’s transitional countries

21 july 2021 - 14:10:35
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) of the African Development Bank has launched a first [...] Full text...

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Mauritania's Islamist party calls for national dialogue

05 february 2019 - 18:38:06
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – An opposition Islamist party in Mauritania, Rassemblement National pour la Réforme et le Développement (RNRD/TAWASSOUL/mouvance islamiste) [...] Full text...

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Israeli Embassy in Cameroon protests minister's anti-Semitism statements on TV

04 february 2019 - 21:51:15
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - The Israeli embassy in Cameroon on Monday expressed shock at the "Anti-semitism statement made by Jean [...] Full text...

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Togo's ruling party wins legislative elections

24 december 2018 - 12:58:21
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo's ruling party, Union pour la République (UNIR), has won the majority of seats in the [...] Full text...

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Congo seeks support in education sector

11 october 2018 - 11:00:40
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Primary, Secondary Education and Literacy, Anatole Collinet Makosso, on Wednesday appealed for [...] Full text...

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AfDB slams 3-year suspension on Cameroonian consulting firm, Director over corrupt practices

10 september 2018 - 13:25:54
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Monday, 10 September, 2018, announced the suspension of [...] Full text...

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AfDB convenes Africa Energy Market Place

07 july 2018 - 11:15:24
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Public, private and civil society stakeholders, including government agencies, development partners and investors in the [...] Full text...

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FAO chief highlights peace as a powerful force for ending hunger

06 july 2018 - 05:52:28
Paris, France (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization José Graziano da Silva has highlighted the [...] Full text...

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AfDB, APUA organize 2018 CEO Governance, Leadership Forum on power sector

05 july 2018 - 13:58:48
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - To Improve Governance and Leadership in Africa’s power sector, the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration [...] Full text...

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France signs landmark US$ 253m loan agreement to boost African Development Fund

26 december 2017 - 15:48:11
Paris, France (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) has signed a significant concessional donor loan agreement with the Government [...] Full text...

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IFAD boosts Madagascar food, nutritional security

14 december 2017 - 14:54:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A new financial agreement has been signed between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) [...] Full text...

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Senegal’s New Airport opens

09 december 2017 - 06:43:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal’s new International Blaise Diagne Airport (AIBD), a 525-million-euro infrastructure masterpiece, co-financed with the African Development [...] Full text...

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AFD to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia on renewable energy sources

20 october 2017 - 08:37:11
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The head of the economic division of Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the French Dvelopment Agency, [...] Full text...

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Mali: Gov't, BNDA sign deal on coherent funding mechanism for the Malian agric sector

28 august 2017 - 15:04:18
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A partnership agreement aimed at developing a coherent funding mechanism, appropriate for covering the investment needs [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB wants credit providers to increase lending to meet demand by African MSMEs

28 june 2017 - 14:09:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on financial markets to increase affordable loans and [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB approves €5m equity investment to support small businesses

08 june 2017 - 16:40:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €5 [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AfDB approves US$343,000 to enhance honey production in Rwanda

03 june 2017 - 07:55:09
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Organisation pour la Promotion de la Contribution [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Euro Bank, Tanzania and UN partner in cutting Lake Victoria pollution

15 may 2017 - 15:04:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have partnered together with the [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Greenpeace says DR Congo secretly breached logging moratorium

13 july 2016 - 15:33:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The environment campaign group, Greenpeace Africa, has revealed that the DR Congo government has secretly breached [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda welcomes conviction of two former Rwandan mayors by French court

07 july 2016 - 16:47:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's Commission against Genocide on Thursday welcomed the conviction of two former Rwandan mayors by the [...] Full text...

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Congo: Human rights groups demand end of opposition arrests in Congo

31 march 2016 - 17:17:14
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (PANA) - Human rights groups are calling on the authorities in the Republic of Congo to [...] Full text...

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Congo: Amnesty slams Congo for denying expert entry

28 february 2016 - 08:15:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Amnesty International has slammed Republic of Congo for refusing entry to one of its international experts [...] Full text...

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Togo: Gnassingbe in New York for UNDP’s Golden Jubilee celebration

24 february 2016 - 13:33:14
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo on Wednesday joined leaders from across the world to celebrate the [...] Full text...

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Kenya: ACP states call for 'development-centred outcome' at WTO meeting

16 december 2015 - 11:18:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ministers responsible for Trade of the African, Caribbean, Pacific (ACP) Group of States have emphasized the [...] Full text...

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Senegal: MFWA says authorities slam 6-month suspension on journalist in Cote d'Ivoire

21 july 2015 - 13:44:38
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has disclosed that authorities in Cote d'Ivoire have suspended [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief condemns killing of opposition politician in Burundi

24 may 2015 - 19:28:09
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned the killing of a Burundian politician and his [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB approves US$500m for Development Bank of Nigeria to support MSMEs

15 december 2014 - 20:49:20
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Monday unanimously [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: East African Court allows NGOs to take part in Burundi Journalists Association case

18 august 2014 - 20:35:23
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice on Monday allowed [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria, France launch trade and investment council

27 february 2014 - 18:51:45
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria and France on Thursday in Abuja launched the Nigeria-France Trade and Investment Council, setting a [...] Full text...

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Mali’s support group outlines essentials for stability in Sahel region

03 november 2013 - 11:17:21
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Strengthened state institutions that include economic and social development, respect for human rights and the [...] Full text...

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Mali to receive US$75.5m AfDB loan to finance water project in Bamako

10 october 2013 - 21:14:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday a US$75.5 million soft loan for Mali [...] Full text...

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Mauritius focuses on antimicrobial resistance

20 november 2012 - 12:54:05
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Antimicrobial resistance is a critical health issue and is increasingly posing a challenge to the medical [...] Full text...

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UNFCCC moves to help with emission reduction projects

16 october 2012 - 15:07:02
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - In an effort to bring the benefits of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to [...] Full text...

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Shortlist announced for African Banker Awards 2012

24 april 2012 - 13:23:28
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Organizers of the African Banker Awards have released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. [...] Full text...

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History student wins 2nd griot festival in Togo

29 april 2011 - 17:37:22
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese Kanan Maleki, a 25-year-old history student, has won the second annual Griot National Festival held [...] Full text...

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Experts call for shift in research into agriculture

16 october 2010 - 11:01:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Experts are calling for a fundamental shift in food and agricultural research to make it more [...] Full text...

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EU, AFD finance development projects in northern Brazzaville

25 august 2010 - 21:14:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The European Union (EU) and the French Development A gency, Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), are [...] Full text...

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Tunisia-EC sign 43 million-euro credit line to clean-up pollution

16 november 2009 - 22:24:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Tunisia on Monday signed a 43 million-euro credit line w ith the European Commission and the [...] Full text...

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