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Gender

AfDB to fund women businesses with $500m

The African Development Bank (AfDB) expects to disburse $500 million for women businesses in 2022. President of the AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this at...
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Development bankers underline need to boost Africa’s capacity to tackle emissions 

Managers of Public Development Banks (PDBs) say there is the critical need to build the capacity of African countries to enable them tackle global...
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450 public development banks pledge to align with Paris Agreement

The first Finance in Common Summit gathered the world’s 450 public development banks to address recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in line with the...
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Public banks urged to lead a just recovery from health and economic crises

Ahead of the first ever international summit of public financial institutions, civil society groups demand end of fossil finance and cancellation of colonial debt In...
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Climate Change

Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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Sustainable Devpt

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...
Agric & Biotech

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Climate Change

Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...
Sustainable Devpt

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...