World Bank plans to invest over US$5 billion in drylands in Africa
The World Bank plans to invest over US$5 billion over the next five years to help restore degraded landscapes, improve ...
Tag: Africa
Ken Ofori-Atta writes: Africa deserves more help for COVID-19
Ghana confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases on March 12; imports from Norway and Turkey. Africa has since recorded more ...
World Bank predicts COVID-19 induced economic downturn in Sub-Saharan Africa
Driven by the economic fallout of the COVID-19 global pandemic, growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is predicted to fall to -3.3 ...
AfCFTA Secretary-General pledges to empower women as part of vision
The Secretary-General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, Wamkele Mene, has said part of his vision for the implementation ...
African Finance Ministers call for $100 billion stimulus, debt holiday
African finance ministers have called for a $100 billion stimulus package, including a suspension of debt service payments, to help ...
Akufo-Addo urges lenders to abolish ‘Africa Risk Premium’
President Nana Akufo-Addo has called for the removal of Risk Premium from the credit rating structure for African countries seeking ...
IMF cuts Sub-Saharan Africa’s 2019 growth forecast to 3.5 percent
The International Monetary Fund cut its 2019 economic growth projection for sub-Saharan Africa this year to 3.5 percent, from 3.8 ...
Int’l Civil Aviation Organization ranks Ghana high in aviation safety
Ghana obtained a provisional Effective Implementation (EI) rate of 89.89 per cent, the highest by an African country, after the ...
Ghana receives €100m from Germany’s ‘Compact with Africa’ programme
Ghana is to benefit from a €100 million funding support from Germany as part of its “Compact with Africa” programme. ...
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