By Adedapo Adesanya The United States’ Treasury Secretary, Mr Steven Mnuchin, has rejected plans by the board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) to end an...
By Adedapo Adesanya The United Kingdom has announced that it will invest up to £20 million in the African Union’s new Africa anti-COVID 19 Fund to...
By Adedapo Adesanya The World Bank has cautioned that the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may push up to 60 million people into extreme poverty globally, wiping out...
By Adedapo Adesanya Unemployment in the United Kingdom rose nearly 70 percent to the highest level in almost 25 years as a total of 2.1 million...
By Adedapo Adesanya Sudan’s inflation rate has risen further to 99 percent in April due to rising food prices, the Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics has...
By Adedapo Adesanya The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant Zimbabwe $13.7 million specifically targeted at frontline personnel in the fight against COVID-19. It also said...
By Adedapo Adesanya Private creditors have established the Africa Private Creditor Working Group (AfricaPCWG) to assist African countries and other debt providers to contain the economic...
By Adedapo Adesanya The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has debarred Entreprise de Travaux et d’Etudes de Projets (ETEP) SA, a civil engineering company registered in...
By Adedapo Adesanya The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has cancelled its 27th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the grounds of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cairo-based institution...
By Adedapo Adesanya Kuwait joined Saudi Arabia on Monday in announcing fresh, voluntary oil production cuts to be implemented in June. The member of the Organisation...