South African president and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa hosted the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium of South Africa (SIDSSA) to discuss the government’s revised Infrastructure Investment Plan, a public-private initiative to accelerate major building projects in South Africa, and the rest of the continent
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Africa CDC unveils guidance on environmental decontamination in the context of COVID-19
Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidance details on basic decontamination principles and procedures that should be followed to decontaminate the physical environment in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
‘Significant progress made in fighting tax evasion and illicit financial flows in Africa’
Tax transparency and exchange of information (EOI) have a crucial role to play in helping African governments stem illicit financial flows (IFFs) and increase domestic revenue mobilisation, according to the Tax Transparency in Africa 2020, launched as part of the Africa Initiative
Pandemic delivers seismic shock to global energy system, says World Energy Council
Dramatic cuts in spending and a reallocation of funds into digital solutions and environmental sustainability are among some of the most significant changes likely to emerge as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, according to the World Energy Council’s global survey
African Development Bank approves US$4mn to bolster South Sudan’s COVID-19 response
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$4.16mn grant to South Sudan to support the emergency response to COVID-19 and strengthen the country’s fragile health system