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12 Dec 18
The International Monetary Fund has approved $3.7bn to support Angola’s economic reforms and improvements to public financial management.
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11 Dec 18
Egypt could spend billions more on education and health using its current reforms to attract more private sector finance for infrastructure development, the World Bank has said.
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10 Dec 18
International donor funding to prevent terrorism and improve security in the African Sahel countries is set to rise to over €1bn.
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6 Dec 18
People in Liberia are stealing over half the electricity generated annually diverting cash away from extending power supply, the state-owned power utility has said.
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6 Dec 18
Kenya has announced plans to provide universal access to electricity by 2022 in partnership with the World Bank.
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6 Dec 18
The objectives of the European Union’s €4bn fund to promote long-term stability in Africa needs to be clearer and more focused, auditors have urged.
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5 Dec 18
The Nigerian central government will hand $700m to local authorities to improve governance and public financial management, the president has said.
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3 Dec 18
South Africa’s struggling state-run power firm Eskom has warned the country faces more power cuts, on the fifth day of controlled so-called ‘load-shedding’.
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3 Dec 18
Zimbabwe will get a new parliament building with help from China, the information ministry has tweeted.
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26 Nov 18
South Africa needs to take the fight against corruption “seriously” and stamp it out at local level, the president has said in his annual speech to the upper house.
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23 Nov 18
The IMF's Christine Lagarde explores the benefits of the G20 Compact with Africa, which is an agreement to promote private investment to the continent. This is ahead of the G20 annual meeting in...
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22 Nov 18
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has almost closed the $300m funding gap left after the US pulled its contributions, its chief has said.
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22 Nov 18
The African Development Bank has approved a $123m grant to Ethiopia to help people access basic services.
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19 Nov 18
The World Bank and the Danish government have pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and loans from Tanzania over human rights concerns.
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15 Nov 18
The use of blended finance to scale up investment is increasingly popular in Africa, a forum has concluded.
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12 Nov 18
The World Bank has approved a $20m package to support Djibouti in eliminating slums and improving living conditions for people in urban areas of the East African country.
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12 Nov 18
Governments in sub-Saharan Africa need to better understand the contracts they sign with private lenders, a conference has heard.
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8 Nov 18
African countries can avoid debt distress if they ensure there is an ideal balance between revenues and expenditure, a former president of the African Development Bank has told a conference.
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7 Nov 18
South Africa is stepping up its efforts to “win this battle” against corruption, the chair of the country’s upper house of parliament has said.
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7 Nov 18
Sub-Saharan African countries are “not immune” to global risks even though economic growth in the area is rising, the IMF has said.
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1 Nov 18
Egypt has secured an extra $2bn payout under its loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
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31 Oct 18
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s tax and revenue collection is lagging behind other African countries, a joint report from multinational bodies has revealed.
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31 Oct 18
The United Arab Emirates has passed a law to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
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30 Oct 18
Nigerian states are lagging behind in the adoption of international accounting standards, the country’s accountant general has warned.
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30 Oct 18
The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first ‘blue bond’, which will raise funds to safeguard its oceans.
12 Dec 18The International Monetary Fund has approved $3.7bn to support Angola’s economic reforms and improvements to public financial management.
11 Dec 18Egypt could spend billions more on education and health using its current reforms to attract more private sector finance for infrastructure development, the World Bank has said.
10 Dec 18International donor funding to prevent terrorism and improve security in the African Sahel countries is set to rise to over €1bn.
6 Dec 18People in Liberia are stealing over half the electricity generated annually diverting cash away from extending power supply, the state-owned power utility has said.
6 Dec 18Kenya has announced plans to provide universal access to electricity by 2022 in partnership with the World Bank.
6 Dec 18The objectives of the European Union’s €4bn fund to promote long-term stability in Africa needs to be clearer and more focused, auditors have urged.
5 Dec 18The Nigerian central government will hand $700m to local authorities to improve governance and public financial management, the president has said.
3 Dec 18South Africa’s struggling state-run power firm Eskom has warned the country faces more power cuts, on the fifth day of controlled so-called ‘load-shedding’.
3 Dec 18Zimbabwe will get a new parliament building with help from China, the information ministry has tweeted.
26 Nov 18South Africa needs to take the fight against corruption “seriously” and stamp it out at local level, the president has said in his annual speech to the upper house.
23 Nov 18The IMF's Christine Lagarde explores the benefits of the G20 Compact with Africa, which is an agreement to promote private investment to the continent. This is ahead of the G20 annual meeting in...
22 Nov 18The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has almost closed the $300m funding gap left after the US pulled its contributions, its chief has said.
22 Nov 18The African Development Bank has approved a $123m grant to Ethiopia to help people access basic services.
19 Nov 18The World Bank and the Danish government have pulled hundreds of millions of dollars in aid and loans from Tanzania over human rights concerns.
12 Nov 18The World Bank has approved a $20m package to support Djibouti in eliminating slums and improving living conditions for people in urban areas of the East African country.
12 Nov 18Governments in sub-Saharan Africa need to better understand the contracts they sign with private lenders, a conference has heard.
8 Nov 18African countries can avoid debt distress if they ensure there is an ideal balance between revenues and expenditure, a former president of the African Development Bank has told a conference.
7 Nov 18South Africa is stepping up its efforts to “win this battle” against corruption, the chair of the country’s upper house of parliament has said.
1 Nov 18Egypt has secured an extra $2bn payout under its loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund.
31 Oct 18The Democratic Republic of Congo’s tax and revenue collection is lagging behind other African countries, a joint report from multinational bodies has revealed.
31 Oct 18The United Arab Emirates has passed a law to combat money laundering and terrorism financing.
30 Oct 18Nigerian states are lagging behind in the adoption of international accounting standards, the country’s accountant general has warned.
30 Oct 18The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first ‘blue bond’, which will raise funds to safeguard its oceans.
