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  The issue of how much, or how little to tax the ICT sector to optimise performance of the economy, improve digital access and create jobs came under the spotlight at the ECA’s 2025 Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic development. In a presentation, Mactar Seck, Chief Emerging and Frontier Technologies, Innovation and Digital Transformation Section Technology, Innovation, Connectivity and Infrastructure Division, ECA, said the picture was […]

  On World Tuberculosis Day, March 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) encourages Member States to step up their commitment and investments to accelerate progress in the fight against tuberculosis (TB) and safeguard public health. In 2023, TB regained its dismal title as the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. The WHO African Region is particularly affected, with 2.5 million new cases and 404,000 deaths – equivalent […]

  Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received the credential letters of 23 new ambassadors to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Ambassador of the Dominican Republic H.E. Mrs. Ysset Caridad Román Maldonado Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya H.E. Mr. Fredrick Otieno Outa Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany H.E. Mr. Jürgen Schulz Ambassador of the Republic of Finland H.E. Ms. Riikka Eela Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium S.E. Dr. […]

   In January 2024, Yao*, a 67-year-old farmer living in Agou, about 100 kilometres north-west of Lomé, experienced unusual discomfort that led him to seek medical attention. These included chest pains and unexplained intense fatigue that lasted for a fortnight. Following tests, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). “I was surprised and very sad to find out that I had the disease. I had suffered too much and I wanted […]

Omupopi gwegumbo lyopashigwana Saara Kugongelwa Amadhila okwa dhenge omuthindo esimano lyomikankalandu dhina oonkondo niiputudhilo yepangelo tayi longo okuungaunga noonzo moshikondo shomuku nomahooli moshilongo. Ta nongele kutya iikondo mbika oya kalelapo oompito oompe dhekoko lyeliko,iilonga neshonopeko lyoluhepo,ngele dha kwatwa nawa. Ta holola kutya iilongo yina oonzo dhopaunshitwe ashike itadhi kwatwa nawa,olundji ohayi kala ya taalela oondjele dhili pombanda dholuhepo. Ta gwedhako wo kutya osha simana opo epangelo li tule po ooveta […]

  African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has successfully acted as Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Lead Manager on second EUR 750 million RegS-only senior Eurobond issuance by the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (“BADEA”) due March 2028 under its existing Euro Medium-Term Note (EMTN) programme listed on London Stock Exchange. The bond proceeds will fund general corporate purposes including loan book growth in Sub-Saharan Africa under BADEA’s 9th […]

  The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org/), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, signed a US$20 million Line of Trade Financing Agreement with Trustbank in Uzbekistan under the Murabaha structure. This agreement aims to bolster trade finance accessibility for SMEs, women entrepreneurs, green financing initiatives, and food security aimed at reinforcing Uzbekistan’s economic resilience. Under this facility, import and pre-export financing will be available to […]

  By Mtchera Johannes Chirwa, Director for Water Development and Sanitation, and Anthony Nyong, Director for Climate Change and Green Growth, African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org). Each year, World Water Day highlights the pressing challenges surrounding global water resources and the actions needed to address them. Nowhere is this more critical than in Africa, where nearly 1.4 billion people live, a number expected to rise to 2.5 billion by 2050. […]