Abidjan, Ivory Coast, December 7, 2022/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $179.66 million to support government reforms to restore post-pandemic fiscal stability and economic recovery.
Category: Economy
International Year of Millets: Unleashing the Potential of Millets for the Well-being of People and the Environment
Rome, Italy//– As the global agrifood systems face challenges to feed an ever-growing global population, resilient cereals like millets provide an affordable and nutritious option, and efforts need to be scaled-up to promote their cultivation.
Two-thirds of Investors Changing Investment Strategies to Combat Inflation
Singapore// – Standard Chartered’s Wealth Expectancy Report 2022 which examines the shifts in investor decisions for more than 15,000 emerging affluent, affluent, and high net worth (HNW) investors in 14 markets, along with the resulting movements in major asset classes revealed 65% of investors are more actively managing their wealth and making changes to their investment […]
Ghana: RFCI Screens Farmers For Eye Diseases
Volunteers from the Rural Farmer Care Initiative (RFCI) have screened farmers in the Kwahu South Municipal Assembly, for various eye diseases to mark this year’s Farmers Day celebrations at Adawso in the Eastern Region.
Mano River Union Launches Scheme to Build Inclusive Business Ecosystems
On 21 October 2022, the African Development Bank and the Mano River Union Secretariat hosted an event to launch the Project to Build Inclusive Business Ecosystems for Stabilization and Transformation in the Mano River Union (BI-BEST) in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
ICRISAT a Key Actor in Opening Ceremony of International Year of Millets 2023
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) moderated the technical segment of the opening ceremony of the International Year of Millets (IYM2023) at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome on 6 December 2022.
Music Streaming in South Africa – New Survey Reveals Musicians Get a Raw Deal
Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians, however, have reported only sparse earnings from streaming music online.
High Input Costs, Rising Interest Rates Top Concerns as Farmer Sentiment Remains Unchanged
US/— Unlike the two most recent presidential elections, the November mid-term election outcomes did little to swing farmer sentiment. The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer came in at a reading of 102 in November, unchanged from October.
Worldwide TB R&D Funding Surpasses $1 Billion, But Falls Short of Goals
New York, US// – For the first time in history, funding for tuberculosis (TB) research and development (R&D) hit a billion dollars worldwide in 2021.
Africa Strives to Halt Dog-mediated Human Deaths by 2030
Accra, Ghana//– “The rabies situation in Banian is worrying and constitutes a real public health problem” said Dr. Alpha Oumar Barry, animal health consultant at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Guinea, referring to the two cases of confirmed dog rabies, 19 reported dog bites to humans and nine dog-eaten animals in the Banian […]