07 may 2024 - 09:56:07
Windhoek Namibia (PANA) – Namibia on Monday marked the approval of its first ever World Bank financed energy project, aimed [...] Full text...
04 may 2024 - 09:25:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded a mission to Senegal affirming that [...] Full text...
30 april 2024 - 13:55:00
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Acting Minister of Oil and Gas, Khalifa Abdul Saddok, has held talks with his Saudi [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 19:20:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Participants at the 10th African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) have recommended taking advantage [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 18:48:51
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - From electric vehicles to solar panels to future innovations, the global transition to clean energy [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 13:43:39
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) — In a historic show of unity, 19 African Heads of State on Monday assembled at a major [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 09:49:43
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Health experts from across Africa, policymakers, civil society organizations and partners who met last week [...] Full text...
29 april 2024 - 09:27:26
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – A pioneering health investment charter, a first for the African region, is set to be launched at [...] Full text...
25 april 2024 - 16:33:21
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has called for increased capital flows to developing countries at the [...] Full text...
25 april 2024 - 13:31:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya, Algeria and Tunisia have signed an agreement to set up a consultation mechanism for the [...] Full text...
25 april 2024 - 09:01:50
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - On 10 October 1980 a magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroyed the town of El Asnam (known today [...] Full text...
24 april 2024 - 16:06:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has ordered the relevant departments of the [...] Full text...
23 april 2024 - 08:37:45
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - African Hidden Champions (AHC), a co-partnership of Africa Foresight Group and partners, will host an [...] Full text...
20 april 2024 - 19:56:58
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Twenty or so experts, academics, civil society leaders, women entrepreneurs and gender actors are looking into [...] Full text...
20 april 2024 - 19:39:21
Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Nassirou Ba, an agro-economist and expert consultant, has called on African countries to make women entrepreneurs [...] Full text...
20 april 2024 - 16:51:10
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Acting Minister of Oil in the Government of National Unity and Deputy Minister of Economy [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 18:20:24
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced an ambitious plan to support countries in delivering quality, [...] Full text...
18 april 2024 - 06:24:19
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) – The World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are partnering on an [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 10:49:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The head of works management at the Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, al-Taher [...] Full text...
17 april 2024 - 09:39:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Wednesday welcomed the introduction of legislation in the [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 19:43:48
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Despite gloomy predictions, the global economy remains remarkably resilient, with steady growth and inflation slowing [...] Full text...
16 april 2024 - 18:40:25
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A high-level delegation from the Libyan government of national unity has discussed with the management of [...] Full text...
04 april 2024 - 08:04:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new World Bank programme is set to strengthen and expand the electricity network, improve [...] Full text...
03 april 2024 - 14:10:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan prime minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al-Dbaiba, on Tuesday stressed the [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 14:10:55
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has said that the Ministry is aiming [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 06:50:39
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) on Thursday published sought-after proprietary statistics that reveal the credit risk [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 05:06:12
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support [...] Full text...
22 march 2024 - 08:44:40
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The mastermind of South Africa’s biggest ever fraud case, former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste, [...] Full text...
21 march 2024 - 10:18:08
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Implementation of economic reforms in the areas of fiscal management, revenue mobilisation, financial stability, and central [...] Full text...
20 march 2024 - 07:50:15
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Dependence on credit to boost demand imperils the world economy—we must correct the underlying imbalances
Nature [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 14:57:51
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 11:22:31
Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 06:41:57
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Fatuma was married at age 15 and had her first child, Hadija, after a year, causing [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 06:13:25
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) is committed to its long-term strategic partnership with Egypt and supports [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 04:56:24
New York, US (PANA) - Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 04:47:26
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called for a funding boost in tuberculosis (TB) [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 14:19:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya on Sunday reiterated support for legitimacy in Yemen and everything that guarantees the security and [...] Full text...
11 march 2024 - 13:01:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) --In Sierra Leone, women and girls experience a lifecycle of Gender Based Violence (GBV). From childhood [...] Full text...
09 march 2024 - 07:46:11
New York, US (PANA) - The UN chief on Friday launched a plan to boost empowerment of women and girls around [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 12:13:58
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) — Ministers of Health from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have committed to accelerated action [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 07:32:05
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The benefits of cutting-edge technology remain out of reach for around 2.6 billion people globally who [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 07:20:36
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday completed the fifth review of [...] Full text...
03 march 2024 - 07:33:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) [...] Full text...
01 march 2024 - 18:59:17
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has announced a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 18:59:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over the past 20 years, considerable progress has been made in electrifying the world, with the [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 07:42:22
Dubai, Abu Dhabi (PANA) - World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala commended members for the “tremendous amount of progress” [...] Full text...
29 february 2024 - 07:03:59
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Wednesday announced a major overhaul to its guarantee business that will [...] Full text...
28 february 2024 - 05:35:27
Barcelona, Spain (PANA) - The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 17:10:06
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - It’s fitting that G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet this week at [...] Full text...
26 february 2024 - 05:21:55
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to rehabilitate [...] Full text...
25 february 2024 - 09:52:12
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - As Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues, leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) have [...] Full text...
22 february 2024 - 07:02:41
Niamey, Chad (PANA) - Recent analytical work from the Sahel region suggests that, after controlling for socioeconomic status, children living [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 20:47:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa will account for eleven of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies in 2024, the African [...] Full text...
16 february 2024 - 11:14:16
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Gabon’s economy has recovered from multiple shocks emanating from the global and domestic economy, with growth [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 19:20:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The world observed the International Day of Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation (FGM) amid [...] Full text...
06 february 2024 - 06:05:47
New York, US (PANA) - Some 4.4 million girls are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) this year, the UN Secretary-General [...] Full text...
05 february 2024 - 18:05:39
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Recent attacks by Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea have triggered a [...] Full text...
02 february 2024 - 07:04:24
Washington, United States (PANA) - Global interest rates in recent months have gone on a rollercoaster, especially those on longer-term [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 17:34:49
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Ahead of World Cancer Day, 1 February, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s cancer agency, the [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 16:30:02
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - Djibouti has achieved remarkable economic growth over the past two decades, driven by strategic infrastructure investments, [...] Full text...
01 february 2024 - 14:30:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Local Government has launched a project to build capacity in plastic waste [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 19:17:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Like many of its neighbours, Benin is experiencing growing threats of conflict.
The country’s proximity to Burkina [...] Full text...
30 january 2024 - 18:16:44
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid al Dbaiba, Monday ended his [...] Full text...
29 january 2024 - 07:12:59
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) – Maize production in South Africa is off to a reasonable start in marketing year 2023/24 [...] Full text...
26 january 2024 - 10:24:57
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) – Djibouti recorded a strong rebound in economic activity in 2023 but regional geopolitical developments pose [...] Full text...
25 january 2024 - 18:12:36
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of The Gambia agreed on Thursday in Dakhla to [...] Full text...
25 january 2024 - 13:08:39
Washington, United States (PANA) - The World Bank has priced a seven-year $100 million, principal-protected Plastic Waste Reduction-Linked Bond, providing [...] Full text...
24 january 2024 - 08:02:35
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - As the global community celebrates International Day of Education on 24 January, the African Union's Year [...] Full text...
23 january 2024 - 09:05:48
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - Liphula (a pseudonym to protect the privacy of the student) is a 21-year-old young man enrolled [...] Full text...
22 january 2024 - 16:55:38
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated his country's commitment to deepening, strengthening, and [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 16:49:05
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – Participants of the World Economic Forum 2024 made the case that a new growth model is [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 07:18:15
Washington, United States (PANA) - The commercial real estate sector has been under intense pressure globally as interest rates have [...] Full text...
18 january 2024 - 18:03:28
Washington, United States (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday welcomed the agreement in principle on the key parameters [...] Full text...
17 january 2024 - 18:12:07
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) - A new World Economic Forum report released Wednesday shows that closing the women’s health gap will [...] Full text...
16 january 2024 - 18:44:35
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The world enters 2024 with soaring cases of cholera globally, with over 667,000 cases and [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 08:45:13
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - With record-shattering high temperatures, explosive wildfires, intense drought, massive flooding, and destructive storms — no [...] Full text...
05 january 2024 - 05:55:25
New York, US (PANA) - The UN’s World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) report for 2024 projects a slowdown in [...] Full text...
04 january 2024 - 12:18:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Supreme Council for Energy and Water Affairs on Wednesday held its ninth ordinary meeting at [...] Full text...
30 december 2023 - 07:37:13
New York, US (PANA) - Halting unsustainable consumption and production, which have contributed to the decline of biodiversity and the [...] Full text...
21 december 2023 - 12:45:11
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Al Dbaiba has stressed the need to pursue the Economic and Social [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 14:44:54
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Over the past two decades, Tanzania has exhibited robust economic growth, surpassing many developing [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 07:16:06
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt’s nexus of water, food and energy (NWFE) programme, launched a year ago to leverage partnerships [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 08:48:21
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The World Bank on Saturday announced approval of a Development Policy Financing (DPF) operation of $80 [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 09:23:14
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria’s economic growth is projected to reach 4.2 percent in 2023, supported by robust activity in [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 08:22:00
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - More frequent forest fires, floods, and earthquakes have caused substantial human and economic losses in Algeria, [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 08:19:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank has approved the Kenya Jobs and Economic Transformation Project (KJET) to benefit at [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 12:04:38
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The World Bank Board has approved a US$25 million Development Policy Financing (DPF) loan for [...] Full text...
11 december 2023 - 06:44:18
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A statement by a young woman in Luanda, Angola echoes an experience faced by countless others: [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 17:38:58
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - As COP28 heads into its final working days in Dubai, the UN’s agriculture wing launched on [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 17:18:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Nearly $7 trillion of public and private finance each year supports activities that directly harm nature [...] Full text...
09 december 2023 - 09:13:25
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The World Bank has announced a significant operation of $300 million for Côte d’Ivoire to [...] Full text...
08 december 2023 - 10:20:13
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique has made significant progress towards gender equality, but critical challenges remain.
It has strong laws in [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 07:59:50
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - Communities in Djibouti and Ethiopia, including borderland areas, refugees and host communities, will benefit from [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 14:37:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - With rising temperatures leading to demand for more air conditioners and other cooling equipment, a new [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 09:21:14
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Côte d’Ivoire’s economic performance under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) supported programme has been strong, [...] Full text...
05 december 2023 - 08:24:05
Victoria, Seychelles (PANA) - The IMF Executive Board on Monday completed the first reviews of the Seychelles Extended Arrangement under [...] Full text...
04 december 2023 - 12:56:10
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Leaders from around the world have declared their commitment to provide clean cooking energy by 2032 [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 18:00:37
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $266.5 million in IDA financing aimed at improving internet access in [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 12:46:40
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Rwanda Climate Finance Partnership is powering innovative climate action thanks to additional contributions from the Government [...] Full text...
03 december 2023 - 11:32:24
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - The World Bank announced on Sunday at COP28 a new Climate and Health Programme to urgently [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 13:50:29
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Climate change impacts could drive up to 1.6 million additional people into poverty by 2050, further [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 08:19:59
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $266.5 million (in IDA financing) game-changing programme aimed [...] Full text...
02 december 2023 - 05:56:44
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - A new report by the UN team combatting desertification reveals alarming trends over the past two [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 18:27:54
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Buah Saidy, Governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia, has stated that the Gambian economy [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 18:21:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya is planning to designate major refugee camps as urban centres and municipalities once a draft [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 14:23:42
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Water scarcity, coastal erosion and more frequent flooding are among Tunisia’s most pressing climate challenges, says [...] Full text...
30 november 2023 - 12:46:50
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The 27 Member States of the European Union and the 79 Members of the Organisation of [...] Full text...
29 november 2023 - 07:32:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) — A new World Bank programme is set to exponentially accelerate sustainable and clean energy [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 11:28:47
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Transitioning to a more sustainable and carbon-neutral future, $13.5 trillion in investments will be needed by [...] Full text...
28 november 2023 - 08:36:04
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - With each passing year, the stark reality of a hotter planet becomes clearer and [...] Full text...
27 november 2023 - 22:47:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Government representatives and experts responsible for developing refugee resettlement policies in Eastern Africa are meeting in [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 12:39:30
Expo City, Dubai (PANA) - It's a hot, scorching day. The earth beneath your feet is parched, and your once-green [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 12:26:07
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - After more than a decade of growth, key economic sectors, cocoa and energy, are at [...] Full text...
24 november 2023 - 07:33:38
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals has reached a record high in 2023, with about 4 [...] Full text...
22 november 2023 - 16:05:37
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (the [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 13:44:04
Banjul, to helpGambia (PANA)- The World Bank board has approved $60 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA) [...] Full text...
21 november 2023 - 09:33:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visiting Libya has expressed the Fund’s deepest condolences to the [...] Full text...
18 november 2023 - 10:23:22
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday left Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 17:53:44
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA - Kenya remains vulnerable to frequent climatic shocks that pose significant economic risk.
Without adaptation measures, the impact [...] Full text...
17 november 2023 - 08:58:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Countries in the Sahel comprising Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, along with neighbouring [...] Full text...
16 november 2023 - 18:26:55
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Possessing half of Africa's forests, large freshwater resources, and mineral reserves that are critical for [...] Full text...
16 november 2023 - 17:48:26
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Reviving agriculture is critical to fostering economic growth and tackling widespread extreme poverty in [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 09:52:04
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius-Africa Business Club, which is a platform to encourage and enhance investments into the African [...] Full text...
14 november 2023 - 09:40:30
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National [...] Full text...
09 november 2023 - 14:28:18
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday announced that it has recommitted to its partnership [...] Full text...
06 november 2023 - 07:41:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Africa is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty.
While many [...] Full text...
04 november 2023 - 07:49:45
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has welcomed the Congo Republic authorities’ renewed commitment [...] Full text...
03 november 2023 - 16:57:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed al-Haweij, Thursday [...] Full text...
03 november 2023 - 06:48:46
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Despite a challenging global environment, Cape Verde’s economy rebounded strongly in 2021 and 2022, and [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 07:17:40
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambian authorities and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff have reached a staff-level agreement on [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 06:16:43
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) added Palestine on [...] Full text...
01 november 2023 - 07:55:05
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Valuing ecosystem services –– the benefits humans obtain from earth’s many life-support systems –– is an [...] Full text...
30 october 2023 - 16:55:19
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Although the majority of people affected by forced displacement are in low- and middle-income countries, [...] Full text...
28 october 2023 - 11:58:07
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone’s economy is projected to grow at 3.7% on average during 2023–25, below its [...] Full text...
27 october 2023 - 07:07:04
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The question “top-of-mind” for most leaders and climate champions who will be gathering this week in [...] Full text...
27 october 2023 - 05:42:13
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Providing continuous childcare to parents from the birth of their child to the start of mandatory [...] Full text...
26 october 2023 - 17:53:38
New York, US (PANA) - Progress has been made in advancing a 2019 peace agreement in the Central African Republic [...] Full text...
26 october 2023 - 12:08:14
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Unequal public investment in women and men is perpetuating gender inequality in Nigeria, which continues to [...] Full text...
25 october 2023 - 09:53:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The International Energy Agency projects that manufacturers of clean energy technologies will need 40 times [...] Full text...
19 october 2023 - 16:55:51
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for progress on the ‘unfinished agenda’ of [...] Full text...
18 october 2023 - 07:55:45
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - On this International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, or #EndPoverty Day, I want to [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 15:07:27
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright will visit The Gambia this week to advance the development [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 07:06:03
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank’s new vision and playbook for development were unveiled at last week’s [...] Full text...
15 october 2023 - 18:57:23
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) – Admitting that the world faces a global “polycrisis” affecting human and economic development at an unprecedented [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 08:39:45
Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - Climate finance by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) for low- and middle-income economies reached a new record [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 08:35:48
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a project to [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 16:56:22
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance as a result of climate change and human [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 16:10:13
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Health workers are the backbone of health systems that meet the needs of their communities.
In remote [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 12:25:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Turkish businessmen have expressed interest in investing in Libya because of its geographical location and proximity [...] Full text...
12 october 2023 - 07:38:36
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Creating jobs and confronting climate change are two of the biggest challenges in the fight against [...] Full text...
11 october 2023 - 14:17:33
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank and the OCP Group on Wednesday announced a game changing partnership to support [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 10:31:20
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Education is not only a fundamental human right but also a key investment in [...] Full text...
10 october 2023 - 10:27:38
New York, US (PANA) – Rwandan authorities and their proxies are using violence, judicial mechanisms, and intimidation to try to [...] Full text...
09 october 2023 - 13:48:33
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Council on Monday adopted a decision on the signature of the sustainable investment facilitation [...] Full text...
09 october 2023 - 12:52:46
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Through implementation of more ambitious reforms to promote economic diversification and climate resilience, Congo could reduce [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 12:03:27
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on Benin to adopt a concerted approach to seize [...] Full text...
06 october 2023 - 05:54:41
New York, US (PANA) - Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 20:16:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An African Union-convened talks on the meaningful engagement of the youth to advance democracy, human [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 17:18:43
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Achieving the transition to net-zero emissions by 2050 requires substantial climate mitigation investment in [...] Full text...
02 october 2023 - 18:36:20
New York, US (PANA) - Priming cities to become drivers of economic growth and recovery in the aftermath of crises [...] Full text...
30 september 2023 - 06:45:29
Paris, France (PANA) - The head of the UN, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has urged governments to step [...] Full text...
29 september 2023 - 10:54:41
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As the plane descended towards Burundi on my recent trip, the vibrant hues of emerald-green hills [...] Full text...
28 september 2023 - 16:55:04
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), in partnership with [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 05:38:51
New York, US (PANA) - World leaders on Thursday agreed to boost efforts to provide universal health coverage for all [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 06:10:04
New York, US (PANA) - A “rescue plan” for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must now result in policies, budgets [...] Full text...
19 september 2023 - 06:58:26
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the African Development Bank Group’s [...] Full text...
19 september 2023 - 05:39:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Over 4.5 billion people worldwide lack coverage for essential health services the UN health agency said [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 19:37:54
New York, US(PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank have jointly published the 2023 Universal Health [...] Full text...
18 september 2023 - 13:37:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Nestor Coffi, head of the World Bank's operations in Benin, has hailed Benin's growth efforts on [...] Full text...
17 september 2023 - 04:43:49
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday rallied a diverse cross section of civil society actors [...] Full text...
14 september 2023 - 16:42:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Insufficient progress towards climate goals is slowing down the global fight against poverty, hunger and deadly [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 11:15:51
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), the world’s largest coalition of financial institutions committed [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 08:07:17
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Dwindling resources amidst growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritise the delivery of vital [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 05:51:41
New York, US (PANA) - The head of peace operations on Thursday underscored the need for stronger, more consistent and [...] Full text...
07 september 2023 - 07:52:47
Washington DC, US (PANA) - A new report published on Thursday by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [...] Full text...
06 september 2023 - 11:09:45
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – This week, we gather in Nairobi for the Africa Climate Summit which brings together policymakers from [...] Full text...
04 september 2023 - 12:38:26
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The African Union has decried the rise in climate change-related disasters and pandemics and vowed to [...] Full text...
02 september 2023 - 11:56:52
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Until recent rain fell in the Horn of Africa, more than 9.5 million animals died [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 20:01:41
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sweltering heatwaves each year underline the need for a faster energy transition and speedier reform of international [...] Full text...
30 august 2023 - 16:08:51
/Washington DC, US (PANA) - Climate change poses grave threats to countries across Africa—but especially fragile and conflict-affected states.
As the [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 16:00:32
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African economies should seize the opportunity to better integrate into technology-intensive global supply chains and boost [...] Full text...
16 august 2023 - 09:18:49
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - The Greater Maputo Area faced a severe water crisis and did not have enough water to [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 11:11:13
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is on track for record high rapeseed (locally called canola) crop production in [...] Full text...
09 august 2023 - 09:38:02
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Interest-rate increases by global central banks to contain the biggest inflation outbreak in four decades [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 16:08:37
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Mauritania continues to recover from the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with economic [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 07:21:04
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African leaders from 43 countries agreed to step up efforts to strengthen the quantity, [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 18:13:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - United Nations agencies on Tuesday kicked off World Breastfeeding Week, emphasising the need for greater breastfeeding [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 18:13:06
Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - UN food security agencies on Tuesday warned that South Sudan faces a severe humanitarian crisis [...] Full text...
01 august 2023 - 07:13:32
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In a context of multiple and overlapping shocks related to frequent climatic hazards, as well as [...] Full text...
26 july 2023 - 12:11:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Southern Africa region has seen a slowdown in economic growth over the past year [...] Full text...
26 july 2023 - 06:42:29
Rome, Italy (PANA) - A full-scale Africa-led agrifood systems transformation will not be possible without game changing solutions, greater investments [...] Full text...
25 july 2023 - 16:42:46
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The global economy continues to gradually recover from the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. [...] Full text...
25 july 2023 - 06:30:03
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a US$350 million financing programme to [...] Full text...
22 july 2023 - 07:40:49
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Tanzania’s Kagera Sugar company has been selected as the preferred strategic equity partner (SEP) to [...] Full text...
22 july 2023 - 06:59:39
New York, US (PANA) - Two top officials underlined the UN’s commitment to Africa’s development during a dialogue with representatives [...] Full text...
21 july 2023 - 06:19:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board has approved grants under its first round of funding [...] Full text...
21 july 2023 - 06:17:04
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The Addis-Djibouti corridor, a vital trade route and lifeline for Ethiopia's 120 million people, will [...] Full text...
21 july 2023 - 06:08:01
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Secretary-General on Thursday launched a new policy brief outlining his vision of a more [...] Full text...
19 july 2023 - 16:27:04
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi’s path towards achieving the goals of its long-term development vision, Malawi 2063, remains feasible but [...] Full text...