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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Administration of Zimbabwe prodded to prioritize chances for women by reserving extractive sector percentages for women and empowers systems that assure inclusion of women in the $12 billion mining policy. Mumbling during an essential dialogue on women participation in the mining sector towards accomplishing the $12 billion economy enabled by Zimbabwe Allied Diamond Workers Union (ZIDAWU), women said they are being left behind. The administration, they noted, must give tax inducements to companies which contribute upstream female employment, decree minimum quotas of women employment, and develop local procurement policies that ensure equal access and opportunities for women. Abby Musiyazviriyo of Marange...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, is supporting the advancement of Mozambique’s energy industry and economy by committing up to US$400 million in guarantees and direct lending to the Area 1 LNG Project. The total project is estimated to cost about US$24 billion and is set to be the largest private foreign direct investments in Africa, and one of the largest LNG projects in the world. It will play a key role in Mozambique’s economic growth and support the wider region. The US$400 million financing will be used to partially finance the project development activities required to extract natural gas offshore, its transfer to onshore processing facilities and...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- One of the challenges being faced worldwide is the rate of infection of health professionals while treating COVID-19 patients. To minimize contact time with confirmed cases and therefore reducing the risk of contamination of health professionals in COVID-19 treatment centers, robots were deployed. At Gatenga and Kanyinya treatment centers in Kigali City, visits by medical staff to patients went from 3-4 to 2 per day since May 2020. The 5 human-size robots are programmed to perform temperature screening, take readings of vitals, deliver video messages and detect people not wearing masks then instruct them to wear masks properly. On Tuesday, the Kanyinya COVID-19 Treatment Centre, the 5 robots were launched by the Ministry of...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development says it has invested over $300-million into Ghana’s economy. Areas of investment, the bank said to include, Energy, Trade, Technology, Tourism and hospitality industry. Dr. George Nana Agyekum Donkor, the President of the Bank, made this known when he and other staff of the bank paid a courtesy call on Chief Justice Kwasi Anin Yeboah at his office in Accra on Monday. The meeting was to afford the bank to discuss with Ghana’s Judiciary matters of mutual interest. Dr. Donkor said the bank was currently providing electricity to 114 communities in Ashanti and Bono Regions. The bank is also constructing an ultra-modern hospital in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region and a shopping...