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Nigeria secures World Bank’s $2.25bn loan at 1% interest rate

The Federal Government had secured a $2.25 billion single-interest loan from the World Bank. The facility offers a 40-year-term with…

1 month ago

2030: World Bank, AfDB partner to connect 300m Africans to electricity

The World Bank Group and African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least…

1 month ago

Gates Foundation commits $6m to improve sanitation in Africa

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $6 million to the African Water Facility, to support the operationalization of…

3 months ago

AfDB president: Nigeria losing best brains to Japa syndrome

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has declared that Nigeria was losing her best brains…

6 months ago

Nigeria’s agric sector to get AfDB, partners’ $1.52bn

African Development Bank (AfDB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development have voted $1 billion to…

7 months ago

AfDB: Africa faces annual $127.2bn GDP shortfall in 2030

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the African continent faces an annual GDP shortfall that could exceed $127.2 billion by…

1 year ago

AfDB names 25 finalists for $140,000 AgriPitch competition

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has listed 25 youth-led agriculture sector companies from 14 African countries that have advanced to…

1 year ago

AfDB President, Adesina, loses mother

The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, had lost his mother, Mrs. Eunice O. Adesina. The matriarch…

1 year ago

AfDB signs $50m agreement with FCMB

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with First City Monument Bank (FCMB) for a $50 million line…

2 years ago

El-Rufai launches programmes to empower Kaduna women

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has launched three programmes aimed at promoting women’s economic empowerment and political participation in Kaduna State. This…

2 years ago

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