The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an investment of $100 million in the industrial platform developer and operator Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP) to contribute to funding industrial parks and special economic zones across Africa as a part of our industrialization strategic priority and flagship Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones […]

In a landmark move to reignite political leadership in the fight against malaria, Parliamentarians from 16 African countries gathered in Accra, Ghana, on 28–29 April to officially launch COPEMA: the Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Malaria in Africa.  Held one year after the African Ministerial Yaoundé Declaration, the launch marks a critical moment for the […]

The humble oyster mushroom has become an unexpected hero in the story of rural economic empowerment—one that is intimately connected to the conservation of the Endangered Grey Crowned Crane and the wetlands they call home. The International Crane Foundation (ICF) had a far-fetched idea that has become a thriving enterprise in the Rukiga District of […]

By James Kokulo Fasuekoi Two of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s envoys, Jackson K. George Jr., and Amb. Linda Karim-Creevey, spent much of Saturday, May 3, in boots, plodding swamp and highland communal farms owned by a Bassa women’s group in the village of Behneewein, near Owen Grove, along Buchanan Highway. They covered several acres on […]

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), has committed to spearhead the launch of the Africa Film Fund (AFF) as part of its Creative Africa Nexus Program (CANEX). This transformative undertaking of up to US$1 billion is designed to revolutionize Global Africa’s film and creative […]

By James Kokulo Fasuekoi The boss of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s charity, the JNB Foundation, held a roundtable meeting on Friday in Paynesville, outside the Liberian capital, with nearly 20 local NGOs concerning ways in which his charity could collaborate with all and help maximize services they offer to local communities throughout Liberia. Jackson K. George […]

African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent’s green wealth, emphasizing that current  gross domestic product measures in most African countries are outdated and underestimate their true wealth. They spoke on Thursday at an event hosted by the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank Group at the African Union […]

Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala. During this outbreak, 14 cases, 12 confirmed and two not confirmed through laboratory tests (probable), were reported. Four deaths, two confirmed and two probable, occurred. Ten people recovered from the infection. A […]

African health experts have renewed commitment to accelerate efforts to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that continue to affect over a billion people globally, 40% of whom live in the African region. Meeting in Togo from 15 to 17 April for the NTD Program Managers meeting, the experts also set in motion discussions and collaborations […]

Dr. Julius Maada Bio, president of Sierra Leone, has once again urged global leaders to prioritize the urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), emphasizing that the current structure is outdated and no longer representative of the global community, particularly Africa. He made this call while joining fellow heads of state and government […]