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14 May 18
The European Commission has released €1.5m in emergency humanitarian funding to help victims of Kenya’s ongoing floods.
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14 May 18
Zimbabwe’s central bank has banned cryptocurrency trading and processing, its governor has said.
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11 May 18
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will boost its activities in support of the global sustainable development goals.
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10 May 18
Looting of public resources has left South Africa on the brink of becoming a failed state, according to the Treasury’s director general.
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3 May 18
The International Monetary Fund has approved a $191m loan for Ghana to help it restore debt sustainability and protect social spending in the country.
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24 Apr 18
The US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise rates to a 10-year high has significant impacts on African countries seeking to finance development, says Fiona Robertson of the ONE Campaign.
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24 Apr 18
The European Union has signed an €17m financing agreement to improve public financial management in Zambia.
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19 Apr 18
The European Union will use its own experience in creating digital networks to help Africa do the same and implement e-commerce, its digital economy and society commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said.
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17 Apr 18
The African Development Bank is to lend $20m to a private healthcare company in Nigeria to help improve hospital and other specialist health facilities in Lagos State.
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17 Apr 18
The international community “can do more” to support Libya countering its ‘war economy’, a think-tank has said.
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17 Apr 18
James Muraguri is the chief executive officer at the Institute of Public Finance Kenya think-tank, which was founded in 2015, and a trained accountant. He tells PF International about working in...
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16 Apr 18
The World Bank is to invest $500m in education reforms in Egypt, expanding access to early years education and making greater use of technical innovations.
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12 Apr 18
Togo has met all the criteria for its extended credit facility from the International Monetary Fund despite economic activity having weakened in the second half of last year.
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11 Apr 18
The African Development Bank is to prepare an aviation strategy to set out how the new Single African Air Transport Market can help to drive growth.
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10 Apr 18
The International Federation of Accountants has stressed the need for fragile states to strengthen their accountancy base as a means of defeating corruption.
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9 Apr 18
The Islamic Development Bank has launched a $500m innovation fund to fuel economic growth in developing nations.
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5 Apr 18
Donor countries have pledged more than $2bn in humanitarian aid in response to the “worst manmade humanitarian crisis” in Yemen, at a pledging event in Geneva on Tuesday.
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29 Mar 18
Agriculture must play a central part in boosting Somalia’s economy and alleviating poverty, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have said.
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29 Mar 18
The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
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23 Mar 18
The African Development Bank is to give a $30m loan to support the “innovation economy” in Rwanda and help unlock growth.
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22 Mar 18
The government of Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing as accruals based accounting system to enhance transparency and accountability.
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16 Mar 18
South Sudan has appointed a new finance minister to deal with the economic struggles of the conflict-hit country.
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16 Mar 18
The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year $157m arrangement to support Burkina Faso’s economic and financial reforms.
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12 Mar 18
Ghana should improve revenue collection and reduce spending cuts to achieve fiscal targets, the International Monetary Fund has said.
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8 Mar 18
Investing more in school meals in West Africa is a “win-win opportunity” for governments to create more local jobs in agriculture and improve the future of children, the United Nations has said.
14 May 18The European Commission has released €1.5m in emergency humanitarian funding to help victims of Kenya’s ongoing floods.
14 May 18Zimbabwe’s central bank has banned cryptocurrency trading and processing, its governor has said.
11 May 18The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will boost its activities in support of the global sustainable development goals.
10 May 18Looting of public resources has left South Africa on the brink of becoming a failed state, according to the Treasury’s director general.
3 May 18The International Monetary Fund has approved a $191m loan for Ghana to help it restore debt sustainability and protect social spending in the country.
24 Apr 18The US Federal Reserve’s decision to raise rates to a 10-year high has significant impacts on African countries seeking to finance development, says Fiona Robertson of the ONE Campaign.
24 Apr 18The European Union has signed an €17m financing agreement to improve public financial management in Zambia.
19 Apr 18The European Union will use its own experience in creating digital networks to help Africa do the same and implement e-commerce, its digital economy and society commissioner Mariya Gabriel has said.
17 Apr 18The African Development Bank is to lend $20m to a private healthcare company in Nigeria to help improve hospital and other specialist health facilities in Lagos State.
17 Apr 18The international community “can do more” to support Libya countering its ‘war economy’, a think-tank has said.
17 Apr 18James Muraguri is the chief executive officer at the Institute of Public Finance Kenya think-tank, which was founded in 2015, and a trained accountant. He tells PF International about working in...
16 Apr 18The World Bank is to invest $500m in education reforms in Egypt, expanding access to early years education and making greater use of technical innovations.
12 Apr 18Togo has met all the criteria for its extended credit facility from the International Monetary Fund despite economic activity having weakened in the second half of last year.
11 Apr 18The African Development Bank is to prepare an aviation strategy to set out how the new Single African Air Transport Market can help to drive growth.
10 Apr 18The International Federation of Accountants has stressed the need for fragile states to strengthen their accountancy base as a means of defeating corruption.
9 Apr 18The Islamic Development Bank has launched a $500m innovation fund to fuel economic growth in developing nations.
5 Apr 18Donor countries have pledged more than $2bn in humanitarian aid in response to the “worst manmade humanitarian crisis” in Yemen, at a pledging event in Geneva on Tuesday.
29 Mar 18Agriculture must play a central part in boosting Somalia’s economy and alleviating poverty, the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organisation have said.
29 Mar 18The Senegalese authorise must improve how they collect and distribute tax revenues, the IMF has said.
23 Mar 18The African Development Bank is to give a $30m loan to support the “innovation economy” in Rwanda and help unlock growth.
22 Mar 18The government of Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to implementing as accruals based accounting system to enhance transparency and accountability.
16 Mar 18South Sudan has appointed a new finance minister to deal with the economic struggles of the conflict-hit country.
16 Mar 18The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year $157m arrangement to support Burkina Faso’s economic and financial reforms.
8 Mar 18Investing more in school meals in West Africa is a “win-win opportunity” for governments to create more local jobs in agriculture and improve the future of children, the United Nations has said.
