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Afreximbank, AFC join forces with AfDB to speed up agro-industrialisation across Africa

Development financial institutions have announced their commitments to speed up the special agro-industrial processing zones (SAPZ) initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB) across the continent.  They made the pledge

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Osinbajo: African leaders must make extra efforts to ensure transparent elections

    Osinbajo: African leaders must make extra efforts to ensure transparent elections

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called on African leaders to ensure transparency during elections. Osinbajo said this on Monday when he received Carlos Vila Nova, president-elect of Sao Tome and Principe,

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WHO: 5.7bn COVID vaccines administered globally — but only 2% in Africa

    WHO: 5.7bn COVID vaccines administered globally — but only 2% in Africa

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa got only two percent of the 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally. Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, disclosed this at a press conference

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Marwa: Illicit drug users in Africa may record 40 percent increase by 2030

    Marwa: Illicit drug users in Africa may record 40 percent increase by 2030

Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the number of people using illicit drugs in Africa may rise by 40 percent by 2030. The NDLEA

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Report: Anthony Stimler, former Glencore trader, exposes Diezani over bribery scheme in Nigeria

  Report: Anthony Stimler, former Glencore trader, exposes Diezani over bribery scheme in Nigeria

Anthony Stimler, a former employee of Glencore Plc West Africa desk, has exposed Diezani Alison-Madueke, ex-petroleum minister in Nigeria, in

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Kole Shettima: Why MacArthur Foundation has supported Nigerians for over 25 years

  Kole Shettima: Why MacArthur Foundation has supported Nigerians for over 25 years

Kole Shettima, Africa director of the MacArthur Foundation, says Nigeria has a significant role to play in the overall development

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Osinbajo: AfCFTA could boost Africa’s income by $450bn

  Osinbajo: AfCFTA could boost Africa’s income by $450bn

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a potential income gain of about $450 billion from the African Continental Free

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COVID-19: IFC partners CEPI to boost vaccine production in African countries

  COVID-19: IFC partners CEPI to boost vaccine production in African countries

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global alliance, to accelerate

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AU appoints Obasanjo as high representative in Africa

  AU appoints Obasanjo as high representative in Africa

The African Union commission has appointed Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, as its high representative in the Horn of

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Okonjo-Iweala asks developed nations to channel IMF’s SDR allocation to African countries

  Okonjo-Iweala asks developed nations to channel IMF’s SDR allocation to African countries

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), has asked developed countries to channel their shares of the International

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