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Africa can fund infrastructure with $4 trillion of own assets: AFC
Africa must shift away from a dependency on foreign infrastructure financing and begin to unlock the potential of its own substantial financial resources, according to the Africa Finance Corporation.The organisation’s State of Africa’s…
‘We are just sitting here’: South African coal belt town split over green transition | Global…
Cooling towers and smokestacks still loom over the single-storey houses of Komati, but the winter sky is clear: smoke hasn’t billowed from the vast concrete chimneys of the South African town’s power station since it stopped burning coal in…
FCMB, HBA Africa partner to tackle healthcare financing gap in Nigeria
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) and Health Business Academy (HBA) Africa have signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at improving access to financial solutions for healthcare businesses in Nigeria, a move intended to…
Kazakhstan’s president calls for structural reform of Un Security Council
12:01, todayAuthor: Asia-PlusAddressing the plenary session of the Astana International Forum 2025, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev touched upon the need to reform the UN Security Council, Kazinform news agency reported on May 29.
“The…
In Nice, Director-General spearheads FAO’s engagement at the UN Ocean Conference
Nice, France - FAO Director-General QU Dongyu arrived today in this Mediterranean city to spearhead the Organization’s engagement at the United Nations Ocean Conference, where FAO is…
India records sharp decline in poverty, Pakistan continues to…, number of poor…
The poverty rate at the lower middle-income country (LMIC) line declined by 33.7 percentage points, it said. Free and subsidised food transfers supported poverty reduction, and the rural-urban poverty gap narrowed. The World Bank’s latest…
Entrepreneurship is about survival in Africa – McDan
Ghanaian business magnate Dr. Daniel Mckorley (McDan) has admonished young graduates to pursue self-employment for survival, innovation, and job creation in Africa.
He emphasised that…
The poverty line has moved but have basic vulnerabilities in India eased?
Historically, poverty measurement in India relied predominantly on income or consumption. This approach universally classifies individuals as poor or non-poor based solely on monetary criteria, offering a limited…
DWP benefit crackdown ‘worse than expected’ as 340,000 MORE people face ‘severest…
Labour's welfare shake-up could hit 340,000 more vulnerable peoople harder than expected, a new analysis suggests. Experts now warn the impact may be far worse than official estimates previously indicated.Labour's proposed welfare cuts…