The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$137mn loan to support Botswana’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic
Economy
DRC seeks to learn from UAE's economic model
Christophe Lutumdula Apala Pen’Apala, deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has highlighted his country’s keenness to learn from the UAE’s economic model
ADB supports effort to improve domestic resource mobilisation
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Ministry of Finance in Ghana have launched a US$7.4mn institutional support project to strengthen domestic revenue mobilisation
AUC and TRAFFIC signs MoU to combat illegal wildlife trade
The African Union Commission (AUC) and TRAFFIC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to protect Africa’s wildlife from unstainable and illegal harvest and trade
President Akufo-Addo admonish African government to build financial compliance systems
Speaking at the EBII Africa Investments Risk and Compliance (IRC) Summit on 30 July at the University of Oxford, President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo admonished African governments to build robust financial compliance systems, and ensure strict enforcement of these systems