The African Development Bank (AfDB) has delivered 116 projects in the country worth more than US$3.47bn since the beginning operations at Senegal in 1972 with an aim to help and assist in building the countrys economic growth
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AfDB commits financial package to support Guinea-Bissau’s economic transformation

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, president of AfDB and Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau. (Image source: AfDB)
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced a financial package of US$30mn to Guinea-Bissau for infrastructure, budget and governance support
Changing the small business lending landscape

Uplinq’s technology provides small business lenders with the confidence they need to make an accurate credit decision. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Transformational small business credit assessment platform and data provider, Uplinq Financial Technologies (Uplinq), has announced a new partnership with African technology and business solutions company, Nosmay, to help credit-lenders better serve the Africa’s unbanked population
United Kingdom targets West African markets
UK exporters have gained a foothold in West Africa, which accounts for more than one-quarter of Africa’s GDP
Mauritius and India jointly e-inaugurate Social Housing Units and Civil Service College projects

The event also comprised the exchange of an agreement between the Export Import (EXIM) Bank of India and State Bank of Mauritius (SBM) Infrastructure Development Community Ltd
The Prime Ministers of Mauritius and India, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and Narendra Modi respectively, e-inaugurated the 956 Social Housing Units and the e-launched the Civil Service College (CSC) and 8MW Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Farm projects