The sugar companies will launch their 2020 production on 7 April. (Image source: Rudy and Peter Skitterians/Pixabay)
South African company Tongaat Hulett has promised to invest around US$29.5mn to boost sugar production in Mozambique
The AfDB deploys funds to assist the African population with all essential goods, services and infrastructure. (Image source: Andrea/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised a US$3bn in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the COVID-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies
AfDB’s current portfolio in Somalia totals US$135mn, covering operations in a wide range of sectors. (Image source: AfDB)
Arrears on loans owed by Somalia to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have been cleared following the payment in full of US$122.55mn by the governments of the UK and the European Union
The C20 urges that G20 leaders consider the recommendations in the statement on pandemic preparedness released jointly with the Business 20, Labour 20, Think 20, Women 20 and Youth 20. (Image source: peshkova /Adobe Stock)
Following the ongoing global challenges, G20 leaders need to uphold the principles of human rights, civic engagement and democracy, according to Civil Society 20 (C20), one of the eight official Engagement Groups of the G20
These measures, it was agreed, must accompany a policy of opening borders for trade. (Image source: HesselVisser/Pixabay)
African finance ministers met on 19 March in a virtual conference to exchange ideas on the efforts of their respective governments in dealing with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19
