DA-NEPAD, African Union Development Agency, has announced the launch of the MSME Academy, in partnership with Ecobank Group

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are directing US$356.48mn of financing to support the resilience and recovery of African nations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Responding to the COVID-19 impact on the Moroccan economy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided US$100mn loan to Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) for on-lending to local private businesses

A six-year project to develop industrial skills among Ghana’s workforce has improved the engineering and manufacturing skills of young people, promoted economic competitiveness and contributed to an improvement in the quality of life of beneficiaries and a reduction in poverty, according to an African Development Bank (AfDB) report

Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2 per cent, a rate that outstrips other African regions and is forecast to rebound to 3.7 per cent in 2021, according to the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2020