ABN FEB 2018 FINAL
Monthly Archives: February 2019
15 posts
African Union to host ‘Investing in Health’ ABN# According to 2018 WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, African countries are gradually increasing domestic investments in health with 35 out of 55 AU Member States (over 64%) having increased the percentage of their Gross Domestic Product invested in health over the previous […]
African Economic Community (AEC) ABN# The African Economic Community (AEC) is an organization of African Union states establishing grounds for mutual economic development among the majority of African states. The stated goals of the organization include the creation of free trade areas, customs unions, a single market, a central bank, and a common currency (see African Monetary Union) thus establishing an economic […]
Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to miss poverty targets: ABN# Sub-Saharan Africa has little or no chance of achieving the UN target of having not more than three percent of its population living in extreme poverty by 2030, according to a new World Bank report. While rates […]
TEFF back home BY ABN # The Ethiopian government is celebrating a major victory in a long-running dispute over who owns the patent for products made from teff – an ancient grain that forms the basis of Ethiopia’s staple food, injera. Fitsum Arega, an Ethiopian diplomat who is the current […]
Europe, Middle East and Africa lead Q4 oil and gas contracts ABN# These regions saw 487 oil and gas contracts awarded in the fourth quarter of 2018 Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region saw 487 oil and gas contracts awarded in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018. That’s the […]
Before You Take Someone For Granted _ by Jay Shetty _ XoXo ABN#
Investors Pouring $19M into Solar Fund for Middle East, Africa and Asia ABN# The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the IFC Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Fund, a fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company, LLC (AMC), are investing $19 million in equity in Yellow Door Energy. Yellow Door […]
33 ways Davos 2019 made an impact on the world ABN# Shaping the Global Agenda Prime Minister Abe of Japan used a special address to commit his country’s G20 Chairmanship to launch an agenda for global data governance. Abe said that the process, dubbed the Osaka track, would work the auspices of […]
SHE IS A GOLD DIGGER: WOMEN STRIKE IT BIG IN EAST AFRICA ABN # Teresa Samwel grew up with the superstition that women in gold mines bring bad luck. It was a man’s world. Now, she steps into her own small gold mine in a rural community near Lake […]