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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Sola David-Borha, Chief Executive of Africa Region at Standard Bank Group divulge, Africa’s financial recuperation could be sped if policymakers and the private sector amp up their endeavors to entrust women – a group that accounts for more than half of the landmass’s population. Since the quest of gender parity is largely a moral obligation, it also creates financial sense. By withholding...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- The Government of Ethiopia and the International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) have launched a new US$305.7 million programme to help the most vulnerable farmers increase their resilience. The third phase of the Rural Financial Intermediation Programme (RUFIP III) is beginning at a crucial time. Implemented by the Development Bank of Ethiopia, it will help farmers to access...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The African Development Bank, and EnergyNet – organizers of the Africa Energy Forum ( AEF ), have established the ‘African Utility of Future’ event, fostering teams to vie for a $5,000 dividend. The Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex (PEVP) of AfDB will partake at AEF 2020, mainstreaming the theory of: “The African Utility of the Future” – the motive for the 2019...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank (AfDB) – Solomon Quaynor, has asserted that, there are strategic venture and chances on the African mainland that Nordic enterprises will find desirable. Talking at a webinar held by the Nordic-African Business Association (NABA), he pointed out that, the Bank’s statute to stimulate...