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26 Jul 17
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has called for a regional project information hub to stimulate investment in Africa.
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25 Jul 17
The quality of economic and social policies and institutions weakened in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016 amid challenging economic conditions, the World Bank has found.
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24 Jul 17
South Africa’s economy has registered tremendous progress over the past 20 years but needs wide-ranging structural reforms to revive economic growth, a report from the Organisation for Economic...
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20 Jul 17
Cameroon can become an emerging economy by 2035, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has said.
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19 Jul 17
Mineral-rich countries in South America, Africa and Asia have an opportunity to prosper from the ongoing boom in low-carbon energy technologies, a World Bank study has found.
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19 Jul 17
The UK home secretary Amber Rudd has made £1m available to help community groups support Syrian refugees to settle in the UK.
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18 Jul 17
Angola should reform its education system to give students better value and match what is taught to the needs of the labour market, an African Development Bank report has said.
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13 Jul 17
The UK government has allocated £46m in emergency aid for Mosul, following the Iraqi city’s declared liberation from Daesh.
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10 Jul 17
The British prime minister has announced a multi-million pound package of support for wealth creation in Africa.
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5 Jul 17
Credit ratings agency Moody’s has changed Qatar's rating outlook to negative following a political crisis that has seen the country blockaded by its neighbours.
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5 Jul 17
The International Monetary Fund executive board has approved a $312.1m arrangement under the extended credit facility for Chad.
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30 Jun 17
The African Development Bank has called on financial markets to do more to help small and medium-sized businesses in Africa.
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28 Jun 17
Ethiopia and the World Bank have agreed a new five-year partnership to build on the considerable development gains achieved over the past decade and boost institutional accountability.
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23 Jun 17
The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
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22 Jun 17
The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
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21 Jun 17
Bold measures to reform Zimbabwe’s public spending are needed to lift the country out of financial crisis and sustain growth, the World Bank has said.
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20 Jun 17
South Africa’s central bank has hit back at an attempt to interfere with its mandate by the country’s Public Protector, an anti-corruption agency.
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15 Jun 17
Governments around the world must do more to support Uganda and other nations shouldering the greatest burden from South Sudan’s refugee exodus, a newly formed council for refugees has stressed.
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15 Jun 17
Business confidence in South Africa has slumped to its lowest since 2009 after a third ratings agency downgraded the country’s debt last week.
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13 Jun 17
The International Monetary Fund has released $314.4m to Tunisia, rewarding the government’s efforts towards economic stability.
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12 Jun 17
The African Development Bank is to work with the continent’s central banks to help reduce the high levels of capital pouring out of Africa.
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7 Jun 17
The economic damage to the Qatari economy of five other Arab states suddenly severing their ties with the country will depend on the duration of the dispute, according to Fitch Ratings.
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6 Jun 17
South Africa’s economy slipped back into recession for the second time in 10 years in the first three months of 2017.
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6 Jun 17
Nigeria’s total public debt rose to $62.9bn at the end of March this year, as the country struggles to deliver its spending plans amid its first recession in a quarter of a century.
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6 Jun 17
Iraq is to pass a supplementary budget in order to secure an $800m loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund.