The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with Sudan’s DAL Group for the provision of up to US$75mn to improve the agribusiness sector, as well as leveraging private sector investments
Economy
Abia State governor seeks AfDB partnership to build industrial hub
Nigeria’s Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu met with African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to discuss investment for Abia to help boost job creation and enhance livelihoods
Nigerian Senate approves executive request for US$22.7bn loan
The Nigerian Senate has approved a US$22.7bn external loan requested by President Muhammadu Buhari under the 2016-2108 medium-term external borrowing rolling plan
Ghana looking to AfDB for investment in an integrated aluminium industry
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) support for Ghana has boosted its government’s efforts to consolidate the economy, according to the country’s vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia
As expenditure grows, Nigeria pushes up tax collection even as it borrows
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (IFRS) intends raising Nigeria’s tax ratio of six per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 17 per cent by 2023, according to Muhammad Nami, executive chairman at IFRS