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AfDB, EABC sign $1 million grant deal to boost regional industrialization

Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the East African Business Council (EABC) have signed a $1 million grant agreement aimed at promoting sustainable industrialisation and strengthening manufacturing value chains across East Africa. The deal, announced on July 1, will support technical assistance, research, policy dialogue, …

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Kenya, Senegal top AfDB Electricity Regulatory Index

Uganda, Liberia and Niger round out the top five performers Nairobi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI) demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector governance and regulatory outcomes. The comprehensive assessment, officially unveiled today …

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Mauritanian wins AfDB Presidency

Having entered the race last, Sidi Ould Tah leveraged his country’s diplomatic networks, bolstered by Mohamed Ould Ghazouani’s chairmanship of the African Union in 2024 ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah beat four other candidates after three rounds of voting. He becomes the 9th president of the pan-African institution for the next …

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Uganda seeks AfDB support toward ten-fold growth strategy

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister in Charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi asked the Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) to support Uganda’s ten-fold growth strategy. Musasizi is representing Finance Minister, Matia Kasaijja at the 60th Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank and 51st Annual Meeting of …

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AFDB: Africans should stop crying over lost USAID aid

“Africa should improve governance in order to improve transparency, close illicit financial flows. Africa loses almost ninety billion dollars every year. That is far much more than we get from aid and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) every year” Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire | THE INDEPENDENT | African Development Bank Group Secretary General …

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