Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, has met the deputy minister of foreign affairs for the UAE Yakoub Yusuf Alfu-Salim at State House and discussed plans to strengthen bilateral ties
Finance
GCF approves three AfDB proposals worth more than US$110mn
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for three proposals from the African Development Bank (AfDB) totalling more than US$110mn
AfDB launches US$500mn credit insurance deal
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) have successfully completed a US$500mn credit insurance deal to cover a portion of the Bank’s portfolio of non-sovereign operations in Africa
Optimism abound in Africa-Japan future investment collaboration
More opportunities for investment exist in Africa for Japan if the recently concluded African Continental Free Trade Area agreement that is geared towards future investment collaboration and industrialisation for the African market is anything to go by
AfDB publishes newly harmonised “Additionality” framework
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) have published a harmonised framework for assessing additionality in their respective private sector operations