• Education is the foundation of the future

    Friday, December 20, 2024

    On Thursday, December 19, Prince Y. Alpha, deputy director of special services and facility management at Liberia’s National Election Commission, delivered the keynote address at a program to honor teachers and administrators, organized by the Youth Initiative Education Actions for Sustainable Development-Liberia. The program was held in Paynesville, Liberia. Below is the full text of Alpha’s speech: It […]

    Read More
  • Liberia: Teachers, administrators honored

    Friday, December 20, 2024

    By Martin C. Benson Education is the foundation upon which the future is built, says an official of the National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia. Speaking Thursday at an awards program in Paynesville, Liberia, Prince Y. Alpha, NEC’s deputy director for special services and facility management, noted that education “is the beacon of hope that […]

    Read More
  • A partnership to simplify trade for African businesses

    Thursday, December 19, 2024

    African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Ecobank Group have embarked on a collaboration aimed at simplifying trade and compliance for businesses in Africa by integrating Ecobank’s Single Market Trade Hub and Afreximbank’s MANSA Digital Repository Platform. With the collaboration, African businesses will benefit from seamless shared services across the two platforms, with users of the Single […]

    Read More
  • €139m loan to boost youth employment in Côte d’Ivoire

    Wednesday, December 18, 2024

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved loans totaling €139.68 million to support youth employment and entrepreneurship in Côte d’Ivoire, targeting key sectors with high job creation potential. The loan comprised of €126.32 million from the bank’s commercial development window and €13.36 million from its concessional lending arm, the African Development Fund, will help […]

    Read More
  • African Energy 2024: Surging investment, waves of change

    Tuesday, December 17, 2024

    By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber I’ve said for years that African energy is a vital investment. Backers clearly agree — to the tune of USD47 billion. That’s how much capital expenditure (capex) 2024 saw in African oil and gas, showing a 23% increase from last year. Better yet, we expect growth to […]

    Read More

News

Dec
24

Africa pledges to improve food security

African Union Member States meeting recently in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast have called on governments to speed up investment, coordination and implementation of programs to improve nutrition and food security in Africa. African leaders gathered for a three-day meeting to draw attention to the 2022 African Union Year of Nutrition. The meeting ended with the signing […]

Read More
Dec
22

Sweden moves to withdraw residence, work permits

The Swedish Government on Monday decided that the Swedish Migration Agency will take measures to strengthen work on residence and work permit with­drawal. The aim is to ensure that the system of regulated immigration is not abused. Minister for Migration Maria Malmer Stenergard notes “For the sake of the system’s legitimacy, it’s important that it […]

Read More
Dec
20

Gongloe vows to sweep corruption out of Liberia

Liberian presidential hopeful Cllr. Tiawan Saye Gongloe says the country’s Presidential and Legislative elections next year present the opportunity for Liberians to strengthen the rule of law, sweep corruption out of the country and expand economic activities for sustained peace, progress, and prosperity. He said the dream for the declaration of Liberia’s independence in Africa […]

Read More
Dec
17

Innovative solutions needed to fight climate change

The 17th African Economic Conference ended recently with a charge to the development community and governments to take decisive actions to address climate change. The African Development Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and United Nations Development Programme, the conference hosts, called on participants to walk the talk by producing concrete solutions for climate-smart […]

Read More
Dec
17

President Weah speaks at US-Africa Forum

I bring you warm greetings and best wishes from the friendlypeople of the Republic of Liberia. It is indeed an honor to join my colleagues from Africa to participate in this year’s US-Africa Leaders’ Summit. On behalf of the Government and People of Liberia, and in myown name, I would like to extend heartfelt appreciation […]

Read More
Dec
15

Africa to manufacture malaria medicines

Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), focused on strengthening African manufacturing of malaria medicines on the margins of the 2nd International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2022), taking place in Kigali, Rwanda. The objective of the MoU […]

Read More
Dec
12

Eradicating hunger in Africa is possible

Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, said global agriculture leaders in Rome. Meeting ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall in Dakar, Senegal, from 25-27 January 2023, President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) President Alvaro Lario […]

Read More
Dec
10

ICC President speaks on Human Rights Day

Today, the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “the Court”) joins the rest of the world in marking Human Rights Day and commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on this day in 1948. International criminal justice is inseparably connected to the global movement to promote respect for universally recognised human rights, starting […]

Read More
Dec
8

Ubongo receives $27.8m for early childhood development

Africa’s leading creator and producer of children’s educational media, Ubongo, has announced that it has been chosen as one of the five recipients of the Lego Foundation’s global Build a World of Play Challenge to fund bold, innovative and impactful solutions focused on early childhood. The LEGO Foundation is awarding a total of DKK 900 […]

Read More
Dec
6

Africa: New empowerment project launched

The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) Secretariat has launched a scheme to support mechanisms for climate adaptation finance for women entrepreneurs and youth. The scheme, “YouthADAPT: Empowering Women and Youth for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Climate Adaptation and Resilience,” will develop innovative, transformative climate-resilient bankable projects aligned with African countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions. YouthADAPT […]

Read More