Explainer: Five megatrends shaping the rise of nonbank finance (IMF Blog by Jay Surti)

29 september 2025 - 16:23:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global financial crisis of 2008 froze the financial system. Banks pulled back credit, families [...] Full text...

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World Bank successfully closes inaugural securitisation transaction

20 september 2025 - 09:11:48
Washington, D.C., USA (PANA) - The World Bank Group, through its private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation, has closed [...] Full text...

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IMF Country Focus: Mauritius' economy depends on sustainable public finances (By Mariana Colacelli, IMF Mission Chief to Mauritius and Felix Simione, Senior Economist in IMF’s African Department)

15 july 2025 - 10:57:50
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The island of Mauritius was once the native habitat of the dodo—striking, flightless bird that [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes third review of Somalia’s Extended Credit Facility

10 july 2025 - 09:52:18
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board has completed the third review under the Extended Credit [...] Full text...

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Europe’s elusive savings and investment union: IMF Finance & Development article By Ravi Balakrishnan. Chief European economist at JP Morgan, Mahmood Pradhan, Head of global macroeconomics at the Amundi Investment Institute.

28 june 2025 - 14:28:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - An integrated capital market must be accompanied by regulatory reforms to attract substantial investment.Europe has ample [...] Full text...

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IMF concludes 2025 Article IV Consultation with Mauritius

19 june 2025 - 10:21:43
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The Mauritian economy continues to exhibit resilience with growth at 4.7 percent in 2024 and [...] Full text...

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Disclosing public debt boosts investor confidence, cuts borrowing costs: IMF Blog By Yan Liu

13 june 2025 - 08:59:03
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Public debt is projected to reach nearly 100 percent of global gross domestic product by [...] Full text...

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Luanda to host heads of state-level infrastructure financing summit under AU chairmanship

10 june 2025 - 11:57:51
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government [...] Full text...

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Fostering core government bond market resilience: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian, Kleopatra Nikolaou, Jason Wu

22 may 2025 - 08:20:34
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The smooth functioning of government bond markets is important for the safety and soundness [...] Full text...

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Debt transparency is a public good: IMF Blog By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director

18 may 2025 - 12:02:54
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) -  This topic that you discussed at the IMF Conference on Public Debt Transparency—Aligning the [...] Full text...

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IMF chief calls for balanced growth in global policy agenda

25 april 2025 - 07:31:27
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Countries must work constructively to resolve trade tensions, safeguard economic and financial stability, and double [...] Full text...

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Rising global debt requires countries to put their fiscal house in order: IMF Blog By Era Dabla-Norris, Vitor Gaspar, Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro

24 april 2025 - 07:36:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Major policy shifts underway have heightened global uncertainty. The series of recent tariff announcements by [...] Full text...

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Four strategic priorities to mobilize the resources needed to achieve 2030 and 2063 Agenda

09 april 2025 - 19:06:58
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatété, Wednesday called on Africa [...] Full text...

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World Bank enhances commitment to human capital development in Morocco

20 march 2025 - 07:32:03
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $600 million financing package for the third [...] Full text...

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Claver Gatete of the ECA calls for national resources to be mobilised for the industrialisation of Africa

17 march 2025 - 16:41:22
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mr. Gatete Claver, has called for [...] Full text...

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IMF Board completes review of Cong’s ECF arrangement

13 march 2025 - 09:49:10
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the sixth and final review of the [...] Full text...

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MENA is open to work: Tackling the jobs deficit: World Bank Bog By Ousmane Dione and Roberta Gatti

02 february 2025 - 12:32:06
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) -  The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a large reservoir of untapped human resources, with [...] Full text...

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Independent rights experts urge States to comply with ICJ ruling on Israel

31 july 2024 - 05:27:59
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - UN Member States must immediately comply with the recent “landmark ruling” by the International Court of [...] Full text...

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How can Tanzania build capacity to accelerate women’s economic empowerment? World Bank Blog By Alena Sakhonchik and Tanya D'Lima

19 june 2024 - 09:50:32
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - One key piece of the puzzle in accelerating progress towards gender equality in Tanzania is having [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: When public treasury enters the age of digital payments: World Bank Blog By Maimouna Gueye and Tenin Fatimata Dicko

11 june 2024 - 12:24:46
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ms. Idani has worked at the Treasury for several years and is going on an [...] Full text...

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AfDB taking Africa to the World

07 june 2024 - 07:47:50
London, UK (PANA) - The 10th Invest Africa Debate opened in London’s prestigious Guildhall on Thursday with the president of [...] Full text...

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Financiers for Ghana’s new Ship Repair Dock Project

05 june 2024 - 10:43:54
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A consortium, including the African Development Bank (AfDB), has signed an agreement to extend $94 million [...] Full text...

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World Bank supports Ghana to strengthen its financial sector

31 may 2024 - 09:44:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for a five-year [...] Full text...

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Mauritius economy rebounds on back of tourism, housing construction

17 may 2024 - 08:24:36
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritius economy has rebounded strongly from the pandemic on the back of buoyant tourism, [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde to benefit from World Bank RAMP Trust Fund for public asset management

16 april 2024 - 17:47:38
Washington, USA (PANA) - The World Bank on Tuesday announced the Central Bank of Cape Verde (CBCV) as the second [...] Full text...

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Fast-growing $2 trillion private credit market warrants closer watch: IMF Blog By Charles Cohen, Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Nobuyasu Sugimoto

08 april 2024 - 15:40:00
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The private credit market, in which specialized non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds [...] Full text...

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World Bank demonstrates depth of its capital markets investor base with dual tranche US$ 6 billion bonds

04 april 2024 - 10:58:01
Washington, D.C., USA (PANA) -  The World Bank on Wednesday priced two Sustainable Development Bonds, raising a total of US$ [...] Full text...

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Hidden debt hurts economies. Better disclosure laws can help ease the pain: IMF Blog By Alissa Ashcroft, Karla Vasquez, Rhoda Weeks-Brown

02 april 2024 - 15:28:55
Washington, United States (PANA) - If efforts to address record global public debt are to leave no stone unturned, then [...] Full text...

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Disgraced South African businessman Marcus Jooste commits suicide

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...

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New data show massive, wider-than-expected global gender gap

04 march 2024 - 11:54:55
ATTN EDS: EMBARGOED: NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL MONDAY, 4 MARCH, 2024, AT 15 GMT. Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - The global [...] Full text...

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World Bank’s new outcome bond helps communities remove, recycle plastic waste

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...

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World Bank increases support for human capital programme in Morocco

20 december 2023 - 08:56:19
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a new US$500 million loan aimed at improving [...] Full text...

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Libya grants pension to widows, divorcees, disabled members of the Palestinian community

20 october 2023 - 16:24:40
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the Libyan government has decided to grant a basic pension to [...] Full text...

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Higher-for-longer interest rate environment is squeezing more borrowers: IMF Blog By Tobias Adrian

11 october 2023 - 08:00:15
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s central banks have unleashed the steepest series of interest-rate increases in decades [...] Full text...

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Gender gap persists on road to the SDGs: UN Women

07 september 2023 - 20:10:24
New York, US (PANA) - The world is falling worryingly short in terms of closing the gender gap as part of [...] Full text...

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IMF Blog: Tracking global financial stability risks from higher interest rates

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...

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Empower women through social protection: UN rights office

22 july 2023 - 06:51:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows [...] Full text...

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IMF Executive Board concludes 2023 Article IV Consultation with Lesotho

20 july 2023 - 13:38:01
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Lesotho’s economy continues to face a number of challenges in the wake of the pandemic [...] Full text...

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Eid Al-Adha sacrificial lamb more expensive this year in Libya

22 june 2023 - 18:33:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - In the run-up to Eid Al-Adha, the feast of the sacrifice of the sheep, the first [...] Full text...

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More than 63,000 pensioners in Mali undergo physical check for fraud

22 june 2023 - 14:58:55
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian Social Security Fund (CMSS), which is responsible for managing pension beneficiaries in Mali, has [...] Full text...

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Social protection policies vital to addressing labour market exclusion in MENA: WB report

08 june 2023 - 09:36:53
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Labour market exclusion is at the root of poverty and vulnerability in the Middle East [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves $15 million loan to support infrastructure financing in Nigeria

18 may 2023 - 18:23:34
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$15 million [...] Full text...

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AfDB, ILX sign deal to mobilize European institutional capital for sustainable projects across Africa

23 april 2023 - 05:17:23
Amsterdam, Netherlands (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) on Saturday signed a partnership agreement [...] Full text...

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Burkina Faso: The Trade Union Action Unit condemns violation of freedom to demonstrate in France

20 april 2023 - 15:22:25
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkina Faso Trade Union Action Unit, grouping 23 trade unions, condemned on Thursday "the [...] Full text...

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End ‘alarmist narratives’ on population growth and recognise women’s rights: UNFPA

20 april 2023 - 05:53:40
New York, US (PANA) - Women’s bodies must not be held captive to government policies or “alarmist narratives” concerning population [...] Full text...

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Botswana makes significant strides toward equal treatment of women under the law

31 march 2023 - 08:24:07
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Gender equality and women’s empowerment in Botswana has progressed over the past 20 years as the [...] Full text...

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Sixth Pension Funds and Alternative Investments Africa Conference opens

16 march 2023 - 09:00:28
Pte aux Piments, Mauritius (PANA) – At the two-day conference organised by the AMETrade, Mauritian Minister of Financial Services and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president launches AU-mandated 2nd Peer Review Report

07 february 2023 - 17:57:53
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched the the Second Country Review Report (CRR) and [...] Full text...

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Ghana finance minister urges govt bondholders to sign up to debt exchange programme

07 february 2023 - 06:54:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghana struggles to meet conditions for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to [...] Full text...

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Kenya to end US$300 million bailouto Kenya Airways in 2023

20 january 2023 - 18:07:04
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will end the US$300 million annual bailout of its national airline, Kenya Airways (KQ) in [...] Full text...

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UN report calls for re-thinking social protection as the world ages

13 january 2023 - 06:12:59
New York, US (PANA) - With the number of people aged 65 and over projected to more than double by [...] Full text...

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Ghana government exempts pension funds from Debt Exchange Programme

22 december 2022 - 18:56:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana on Thursday granted exemption to all pension funds in its Domestic Debt [...] Full text...

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Workers in Ghana warn of indefinite strike from 27 December over bonds in debt echange

19 december 2022 - 18:48:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Organised labour in Ghana on Monday warned of an indefinite strike from 27 December over the [...] Full text...

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Ghana announces suspension of external debt repayments

19 december 2022 - 11:16:51
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's finance ministry on Monday announced a suspension of all debt service payments under certain categories of [...] Full text...

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IMF reaches Staff-Level Agreement on $3 billion, three-year Extended Credit Facility with Ghana

13 december 2022 - 09:58:59
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Stéphane Roudet, Mission Chief for Ghana, has [...] Full text...

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26th edition of Democratic Interrogation Space opens in Bamako

10 december 2022 - 16:44:47
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The 26th edition of the Democratic Interrogation Space (EID) opened here Saturday within the framework of [...] Full text...

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Ghana's debt exchange programme encounters roadblock

07 december 2022 - 10:19:45
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The clock is ticking to the end of the year, a deadline set by the Ghanaian [...] Full text...

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Mauritius records 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes

22 november 2022 - 07:40:00
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - There has been around 91 fatalities due to road traffic crashes in Mauritius, since the beginning of the year, down [...] Full text...

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Ghana's president Akufo-Addo rallies country to face economic crisis

31 october 2022 - 05:40:34
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo  on Sunday rallied his country in the midst of a [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM reaffirms government's commitment to further promote conditions of pensioners

02 october 2022 - 14:12:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, has reaffirmed the government's willingness [...] Full text...

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Forum on alternative investment opens in Mauritius

24 august 2022 - 15:57:25
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The concept of Alternative Investment is at the fore of the 8th Africa Environmental, Social and Governance [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to be a leading platform for trade, investments and capital-raising for Africa

15 july 2022 - 08:28:36
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius is to use its International Financial Centre (IFC) as a leading platform for trade, investments and capital-raising [...] Full text...

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Burundian govt expresses concern about living conditions of pensioners

20 february 2022 - 19:31:44
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The Burundian cabinet last week adopted two bills, one aimed at improving the living conditions of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Public power supply shut down in Abuja, five adjourning States, as electricity workers embark on strike

06 december 2021 - 17:22:25
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Public power supply has been cut in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its adjourning States [...] Full text...

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Madagascar readies to receive US$ 69 million IMF support under ECF

27 october 2021 - 09:41:29
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will disburse US$69 million to Madagascar to cover external and fiscal [...] Full text...

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Former Liberian President Taylor files suit in ECOWAS Court over non-payment of pension benefits

26 october 2021 - 15:24:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Former President Charles Taylor of Liberia has filed a suit before the ECOWAS Court here over [...] Full text...

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Libya raises minimum military pension to 900 dinars

10 october 2021 - 18:26:34
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The national unity government has decided to raise the minimum military pension to 900 dinars (about [...] Full text...

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COVID-induced inequities demand ‘New Social Contract’, says rights chief

07 october 2021 - 18:20:35
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - COVID-19 has “laid bare deep structural inequalities” everywhere, further widening a multitude of gaps, both within [...] Full text...

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UNEP announces advisory panel to support new Global Tailings Management Institute

01 october 2021 - 15:59:11
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The UN Environment Programme, the Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on Ethics of [...] Full text...

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Social protection of workers sought to cushion employees from income losses

01 september 2021 - 20:35:34
More than 4 billion people still lack any social protection, ILO report finds The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and exacerbated the [...] Full text...

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India-Africa close partnership to improve welfare of 2.5 billion people post Covid-19

18 july 2021 - 05:55:12
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Covid-19 pandemic has provided the impetus for a stronger partnership between India and Africa [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court dismisses case brought by Staff of Community alleging unfair dismissal

07 july 2021 - 18:01:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice on Tuesday, 7th July 2021, dismissed a case brought by Abel [...] Full text...

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Mauritius’ 2021 growth put at 5% if tourism flows resume in second half

25 june 2021 - 10:18:22
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will begin to recover in 2021, with its economic growth forecast at about 5 [...] Full text...

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IMF reaches staff-level deal with DR Congo on US$1.5 billion financing package

29 may 2021 - 10:14:50
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team have [...] Full text...

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2020 was not, by any means, a normal productive year -President Barrow

31 december 2020 - 22:13:18
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian leader Adama Barrow said here Thursday 2020 was not, by any means, a normal productive [...] Full text...

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Mauritius' first twins celebrate 100th anniversary

24 december 2020 - 13:44:22
Rose-Hill, Mauritius (PANA) – Two Mauritian women - Ritta Marie Noélie and Rose Marie Noëlla – on Wednesday celebrated their [...] Full text...

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Malawian President calls for mining sector transparency

08 december 2020 - 23:27:10
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera Tuesday called for transparency and partnership in Africa's mining industry. The Malawian [...] Full text...

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It’s time to make peace with nature, UN chief urges

02 december 2020 - 17:50:56
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian president announces 10 social measures on 60th anniversary of independence

28 november 2020 - 12:29:03
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Cheikh El Ghazouani Saturday announced 10 measures for the most vulnerable segments of [...] Full text...

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Liberia to pay impeached Supreme Court Judge $200,000 for rights violation

10 november 2020 - 17:02:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered Liberia to pay Counsellor Kabineh Muhammad Jan’neh, an impeached [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: AXYS Group launches its 5th Investment Fund, the AXIOM Africa Equity Fund

25 september 2020 - 14:26:46
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian-based AXYS Group Thursday launched its fifth investment fund, the AXIOM Africa Equity Fund, with [...] Full text...

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Equal pay essential to build a world of dignity and justice for all, UN says

18 september 2020 - 16:53:47
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking the first ever International Equal Pay Day, on Friday, drawing [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Stock Exchange launches New Receivables Trading Platform

19 august 2020 - 12:51:33
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has announced the launch of Zimbabwe Receivables Marketplace Limited (ZRM) following [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa appoints deputy, Constantino Chiwenga, as new Health Minister

04 august 2020 - 18:09:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed one of his two deputies, Constantino Chiwenga, as the new [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: National Assembly approves bill modifying retirement age

24 july 2020 - 18:08:10
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Assembly of Mauritania has approved a bill to repeal and replace certain provisions of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: African unclaimed asset wealth tipped to rescue SMEs from COVID-19 crisis (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

10 july 2020 - 08:30:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries and Central Banks should direct funds from inactive financial assets held in local bank [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS Court orders Niger to compensate Nigerien firm for violating its Rights to property

02 july 2020 - 13:31:04
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The ECOWAS Court of Justice has ordered the Republic of Niger to pay 5,787,456,482 CFA in [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Military Court Martial demotes, dismisses serving Army General found guilty of corruption, other offences

16 june 2020 - 17:05:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The world of Maj.-Gen. Hakeem Oladapo Otiki, who is due for retirement on account of years [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari gets seven-day ultimatum to give details of all foreign loans obtained and locations of projects executed

31 may 2020 - 17:21:06
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A major anti-corruption group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has handed President Muhammadu Buhari [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to introduce Covid-19 bill to provide legal impetus to post-lockdown measures

02 may 2020 - 10:24:38
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Attorney General and Agro-Industry and Food Security Minister Maneesh Gobin said here Friday a Covid-19 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Congo gives emergency aid to more than 10,000 households vulnerable to virus

30 april 2020 - 09:45:39
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - More than 10,000 vulnerable households in Congo received emergency aid in Brazzaville on Wednesday to cope [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe Govt gives power to insurance and pensions regulator to convert the value of assets

16 march 2020 - 18:31:35
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's Treasury has given the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) power to reevaluate assets and liabilities [...] Full text...

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Mauritius Financial Services Commission hosts pension supervisors’ international conference

26 february 2020 - 13:44:15
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The international conference of the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) is due to open [...] Full text...

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AfDB slams World Bank President’s comments on Africa’s debt profile

16 february 2020 - 09:54:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In several news reports, World Bank President, David Malpass, was recently quoted as saying that [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, South Africa face no risk of debt distress: AfDB tells World Bank

14 february 2020 - 10:03:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), a development financier with a global footprint, has disputed the World [...] Full text...

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Tunisia resumes talks with IMF

13 february 2020 - 19:50:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has resumed negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the financial assistance it is [...] Full text...

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Burundi: The party-state actively preparing extra-ordinary congress for next Sunday

25 january 2020 - 00:26:25
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA)  -  The National Council for the Defense of Democracy/Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) is actively [...] Full text...

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Congo: Sopéco launches mobile payment application

14 december 2019 - 16:03:37
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Congo Posts and Savings Company (Sopéco) launched here Friday a mobile payment application called Post [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nationwide blackout imminent as electricity workers embark on indefinite strike

11 december 2019 - 13:38:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nationwide blackout is imminent in Nigeria as the nation’s electricity workers in the power sector began [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates Human Rights Day

10 december 2019 - 13:04:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Social Integration, Social Security and National Solidarity, Mrs Fazila Jeewa-Daureeawoo, on Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Italian citizen arrested in Cape Verde on suspicion of murdering compatriot

29 november 2019 - 11:28:28
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's National Police have arrested a 48-year-old Italian on suspicion of killing his compatriot. The [...] Full text...

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Addis to host AfDB financial, capital markets initiative workshop

11 november 2019 - 17:34:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) will host its 8th annual workshop on [...] Full text...

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Mauritius goes to the polls on Thursday

04 november 2019 - 17:47:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A total of 941,719 registered voters will Thursday, 7 November, 2019, go to the polls to [...] Full text...

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Benin has a deficit of more than 10,000 kindergarten and primary school teachers

02 november 2019 - 11:16:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is facing a deficit of more than 10,000 teachers for kindergarten and primary schools, according [...] Full text...

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AfDB, partners gear up for new heights at 2019 Africa Investment Forum

17 october 2019 - 15:49:06
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will [...] Full text...

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2019 Africa Investment Forum: AfDB, partners gear up for new heights

17 october 2019 - 15:43:50
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - In just a few weeks, the second edition of the annual Africa Investment Forum will [...] Full text...

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All set for second Africa Investment Forum

08 october 2019 - 19:46:40
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The second edition of the Africa Investment Forum, a game-changer to tilt capital flow into [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari presents 2020 budget proposal, pegs crude oil benchmark at US$57

08 october 2019 - 17:23:57
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday presented to the National Assembly for approval, a federal government [...] Full text...

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Former tourism minister, Prisca Mupfumira, granted bail

27 september 2019 - 21:31:12
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  The High Court of Zimbabwe Friday granted bail to former Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister [...] Full text...

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Anohu named AfDB Investment Forum chief

03 september 2019 - 19:02:18
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) late Tuesday named Chinelo Anohu head of the Bank's Africa Investment [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Anohu named AfDB Investment Forum chief

03 september 2019 - 18:26:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) late Tuesday named Chinelo Anohu head of the Bank's Africa Investment [...] Full text...

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'We told her to resign,' close associates to sacked Zimbabwe Tourism minister say

09 august 2019 - 18:51:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Close associates of fired Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister, Prisca Mupfumira, told PANA here that [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe mulls launching second pension fund

09 august 2019 - 16:12:47
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwean Government is set to launch a pension fund, similar to South Africa’s Public Investment [...] Full text...

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Old and forgotten, social protection for Zimbabwe's pension -Analysis by PANA Correspondentclines

06 august 2019 - 13:47:00
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - As the Zimbabwe dollar continues to devalue, pensioners are slowly coming to terms with the reality [...] Full text...

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Africa must boost industrial capacity to benefit from free-trade zone - AfDB

03 august 2019 - 09:03:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African nations will need to boost output of goods and services and integrate payment systems [...] Full text...

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Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa urges Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate high-ranking officials

31 july 2019 - 14:24:53
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has urged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to carry [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Industry and Commerce Minister, Ndlovu, appointed acting Tourism minister

30 july 2019 - 14:45:32
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has appointed Industry and Commerce minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, as Acting Minister [...] Full text...

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Senior Zanu PF official denies being arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission

30 july 2019 - 04:09:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Ruling ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has denied rumours that he had been arrested [...] Full text...

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Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe leap to defence of detained Tourism minister Mupfumira

28 july 2019 - 13:33:10
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)   -   Opposition leaders have come to the defence of detained Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Prisca Mupfumira, [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Tourism minister Mupfumira remanded for 21 days

27 july 2019 - 15:12:58
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Environment, Tourism and Hospitality minister Prisca Mupfumira has been remanded into custody for the next 21 [...] Full text...

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Detained Zimbabwe Tourism minister charged with prejudicing the state of US$114.7 million

26 july 2019 - 16:56:30
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister, Prisca Mupfumira, is being charged of prejudicing the state [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s Environment, Tourism minister arrested over alleged abuse of office

25 july 2019 - 10:45:56
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Prisca Mupfumira has been arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption [...] Full text...

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Africa, Nigeria now best investment destinations, says AfDB

13 july 2019 - 06:39:46
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa, and in particular Nigeria, has become the best place for investment following the consummation of [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gov't, parastatals owe TelOne US$93 million

29 june 2019 - 17:33:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - TelOne Zimbabwe, one of government's leading telecommunication parastatals, is owed US$93 million from government and other [...] Full text...

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Ensure that widows are ‘not left out or left behind’ - UN chief

23 june 2019 - 00:47:09
New York, US (PANA) - On International Widow’s Day, marked on Sunday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is asking everyone to [...] Full text...

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Bread shortages loom in Zimbabwe on the back of monopolies

14 june 2019 - 15:33:29
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Bread shortages may loom in Zimbabwe after scarcity of the basic commodity started to emerge last [...] Full text...

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Former President Ian Khama's retirement benefits: Gifts for a man who has everything - Chronicled by PANA

12 june 2019 - 21:10:54
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The former President of Botswana, Ian Khama Seretse Khama, received enough gifts to last him his [...] Full text...

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Mauritius launches financial literacy programme

12 june 2019 - 12:55:37
Bambous, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Financial Services and Good Governance ministry and the Financial Services Commission on Wednesday launched [...] Full text...

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CBM power project gets government nod in Botswana

21 may 2019 - 14:56:13
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Australian miner Tlou Energy has been nominated preferred bidder for the development of a maximum of [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde allocates pension to victims of mistreatment under unique party regime

15 may 2019 - 20:35:11
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -  The Cape Verdean government has submitted to parliament a draft bill that grants pension of [...] Full text...

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Housing development creates economic growth, says Botswana minister

15 may 2019 - 19:24:16
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Vincent Seretse, Botswana's Minister of Infrastructure & Housing Development, says housing development provides for short-term employment [...] Full text...

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Congolese pensioners claim 15 months ' pension arrears

27 april 2019 - 09:41:30
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Retirees of the Congolese public service rose from a general meeting of the national coordination of associations [...] Full text...

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Mauritius sets to become a high-income economy

25 april 2019 - 13:47:39
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Labour, Industrial Relations, Employment and Training Minister, Soodesh Callichurn, on Thursday said that Mauritius is [...] Full text...

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AfDB helps Nigerian financier to boost local currency-based fundraising

12 april 2019 - 14:37:52
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$15-million investment package to [...] Full text...

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Botswana’s non-bank financial institutions regulatory authority releases 2018 statistical bulletin

27 march 2019 - 00:34:49
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s Non-Bank Financial Institutions Regulatory Authority (NBFIRA) Tuesday released its 2018 Statistical Bulletin, officials said here. The [...] Full text...

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New currency not helping Zimbabwean businesses

17 march 2019 - 09:05:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says government's recently-introduced new currency, the 'real time gross settlement [...] Full text...

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AfDB to double its Investment in Climate Change Control

15 march 2019 - 13:52:54
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank's (AfDB) will double its financial commitments to combat climate change to [...] Full text...

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French President Macron decries lack of international environment accord

14 march 2019 - 23:28:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) -  Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron decried here Thursday the lack of an internationally binding environment law [...] Full text...

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Reforms have improved women’s economic inclusion but gaps remain – WBG study

27 february 2019 - 18:53:58
Washington, U.S. (PANA) - Globally, women are accorded only three-quarters of the legal rights that men enjoy, according to a [...] Full text...

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Budget shows South Africa heading for serious economic and political trouble - Report

23 february 2019 - 16:19:11
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA)   South Africa is sailing into very serious political and economic trouble, the South African Institution of Race [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to host conference on pension funds and alternative investments Africa

20 february 2019 - 08:36:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will host the Pension Funds and Alternative Investments Africa Conference on 20-21 March, AMETrade Ltd, an [...] Full text...

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INTERVIEW: Africa on right track to fight poverty through trade (Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)

15 february 2019 - 14:04:03
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The rich world must work hard to find the resources urgently required to beef up [...] Full text...

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Congolese gov't to solve pensioners' problems

19 december 2018 - 11:18:48
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government has pledged to implement recommendations of the National Forum on Retirement in Congo [...] Full text...

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African Financial Alliance on Climate Change unveils guiding principles

12 november 2018 - 14:37:32
Johannesburge, South Africa (PANA) - The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) unveiled its guiding principles at the recently-concluded [...] Full text...

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Investment interest secured for 45 deals, worth US$32bn, at AIF

10 november 2018 - 11:39:18
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The first of its kind transaction-based Investment Forum in Africa, on Friday unveiled the conclusions [...] Full text...

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Africa agribusiness projected to reach US$1 trillion business by 2030

10 november 2018 - 10:58:40
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) in [...] Full text...

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Investors' future in Africa is bright - AfDB President

06 november 2018 - 14:03:05
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is removing barriers that have stemmed the flow of investment finance [...] Full text...

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Mauritius celebrates International Day of Older Persons

11 october 2018 - 15:52:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, on Thursday hailed the vast contribution made by the elderly in [...] Full text...

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Mozambique presents nearly 30 projects to AIF for development

23 september 2018 - 11:17:12
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Investors and members of Mozambique’s business and financial community have presented nearly 30 development projects to [...] Full text...

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AfDB, MCB Group launch African Domestic Bond Fund

17 september 2018 - 14:47:21
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Mauritius Commercial Bank Group (MCB) have launched the African [...] Full text...

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AfDB President, Adesina, to embark on 4-day working visit to Canada

13 september 2018 - 15:38:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, will lead a delegation [...] Full text...

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“Africa is the place to be,” AfDB President tells Chinese business leaders

06 september 2018 - 14:55:03
Beijing, China (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has urged Chinese business leaders [...] Full text...

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Tunisian economy picks up with robust performance in tourism

01 september 2018 - 07:49:31
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - There are encouraging signs that economic activity is picking up in Tunisia following a 2.6 percent [...] Full text...

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AfDB makes major appointments to its management cadre

01 august 2018 - 15:07:58
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced three major appointments ti its management cadre, [...] Full text...

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AIF Road Show takes place in Cairo

27 july 2018 - 15:39:16
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Over 80 Egyptian public- and private-sector entities attended the African Investment Forum (AIF) road show organised [...] Full text...

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Kenyatta, Adesina call for accelerated private sector investment in infrastructure

20 july 2018 - 14:37:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, has made an urgent call for developing and funding bankable infrastructure projects [...] Full text...

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AfDB unveils broader vision for industrialising Africa

21 may 2018 - 04:24:25
Busan, Korea (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina on Monday emphasised the Bank’s vision for industrialisation [...] Full text...

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Tunisia grapples with high unemployment, rising debt, flaring inflation

27 march 2018 - 08:16:47
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Despite a modest recovery Tunisia experienced in 2017, the North African country continues to face elevated [...] Full text...

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Unemployment to remain high, quality jobs harder to find in 2018 – ILO

23 january 2018 - 06:00:57
Geneva, Switizerland (PANA) – While the global economy has kept up modest growth, the total number of unemployed people will [...] Full text...

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Botswana death row inmate escapes hanging

09 january 2018 - 17:49:32
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday set free a death row inmate, Tsholefelo Maselwa, who was [...] Full text...

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IMF says Senegal needs fiscal space for investment in infrastructure

19 december 2017 - 09:22:06
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal’s growth is expected to exceed 6 percent in 2017 for the third year in a [...] Full text...

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Rwandan commercial bank switches to investment business

06 december 2017 - 17:08:25
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Bank of Kigali has turned into an investment company instead of being a mere finance [...] Full text...

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Retired public servants demand improved pension scheme

24 november 2017 - 15:25:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Retired public servants in Kenya want an improved pension package and recognition from the Government for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's economy registers 1.4 per cent growth in Q3 2017

20 november 2017 - 17:49:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday announced that the nation’s economic growth accelerated in [...] Full text...

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Financing for low-carbon, climate-resilient future takes centre stage at UN climate conference

14 november 2017 - 07:14:34
Bonn, Germany (PANA) – The urgent need to raise the funda to meet the funding goals of the Paris Agreement, [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius Commercial Bank found guilty of money laundering

13 october 2017 - 17:14:32
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB), the country's largest bank, was on Friday found guilty of money laundering [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Despite robust economic growth, Senegal reels under rising public debt

20 september 2017 - 09:29:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegal’s economic growth is expected to remain robust above 6 percent, and inflation to be contained [...] Full text...

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South Africa: AfDB Chief reels out bank's achievements in Southern Africa

19 august 2017 - 14:06:13
Pretoria, South Africa (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Fitch rates AfDB 'AAA'

08 august 2017 - 16:46:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fitch Ratings has affirmed the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: ‘Tunisian economy slowly improves amidst challenges’ – IMF

04 august 2017 - 06:05:07
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Economic growth is slowly improving in Tunisia, but strong consumption is fuelling inflation and further increasing [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: NEPAD proposes regional information hub to stimulate investment in Africa

25 july 2017 - 05:19:29
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) has advocated the [...] Full text...

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US: IMF underlines donor support for Tunisia's economic reform efforts

13 june 2017 - 06:59:58
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Continued support of the donor community for Tunisia’s reform efforts remains crucial, the Executive Board [...] Full text...

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India: 'Africa and India – sharing the development journey' - Adesina

25 may 2017 - 12:23:49
Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - Africa, like India, is a continent of rich and compelling diversity as both continents share a [...] Full text...

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India: Deliberations at AfDB Annual Meetings underscore win-win, Africa-India cooperation

23 may 2017 - 15:56:50
Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - The 52nd Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and [...] Full text...

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India: 'The time for Africa is now – we can’t slow down, we must quicken the pace' - Adesina

23 may 2017 - 05:25:52
Ahmedabad, India (PANA) - "India is the perfect place for the African Development Bank (AfDB) to focus on the transformative [...] Full text...

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US: UN forum highlights stronger partnerships for financing sustainable development

19 april 2017 - 07:57:44
New York, US (PANA) – Underlining the importance of sustainable finance for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable [...] Full text...

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US: UN body discusses changing population age structures, sustainable devt

04 april 2017 - 06:39:56
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations advisory body on issues related to population and development on Monday kicked [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Trade and Development Bank to set up Regional Headquarters in Mauritius

21 march 2017 - 14:58:31
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday said that the Trade and Development Bank (TDB [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Housing dilemma grips Tanzania's new capital

03 march 2017 - 10:13:18
Dodoma, Tanzania (PANA) - Finding office space for ministries and residential accommodation for advance groups of Tanzania's civil servants moving [...] Full text...

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Sudan: UNAMID expresses "serious concern" over attempts by former staffers to disrupt operations

15 december 2016 - 19:44:06
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has expressed “serious concern” over recently repeated [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Angry former UNAMID staffers protest 'non-payment of pensions'

14 december 2016 - 09:27:14
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Angry former staffers of the African Union-United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Darfur blocked the entry [...] Full text...

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Morocco: IMF cautions Morocco on growth related risks in advanced market economies

02 december 2016 - 16:22:15
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Improved fiscal management and diversification of the economy have strengthened Morocco’s resilience, an International Monetary Fund [...] Full text...

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Central African Republic: Weak security environment takes toll on CAR economy

04 november 2016 - 19:34:08
Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) – Deterioration in the security environment, despite the ongoing dialogue with armed groups in Central [...] Full text...

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Sudan: Sudan gets rid of subsidies on fuel, electricity

04 november 2016 - 14:31:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- Sudan’s Finance Minister Badr Eddin Mahmood has announced the government's budget for 2017 indicating a deficit of [...] Full text...

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China: China launches development company for African infrastructure

07 september 2016 - 12:19:27
Guagzhou, China (PANA) - China on Wednesday announced the start of operations of a new company to help solve Africa’s [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian govt to invest US$3.05 trillion for infrastructural development

18 august 2016 - 21:59:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - ‎The Nigerian government on Thursday said it will invest about US$3.05 trillion over the next 30 [...] Full text...

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US: IMF approves US$3.47bn liquidity line to propel Morocco’s economic progress

02 august 2016 - 19:33:29
Washington, DC, US (PANA) – Morocco has secured a two-year, $3.47 billion liquidity line for continuing its economic reforms and [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: ECOWAS Court exonerates Sierra Leone of Human Rights violation

20 may 2016 - 15:44:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Community Court of Justice, ECOWAS, has dismissed as ‘baseless’, a case brought by 180 former [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Zuma's decision to fire finance minister cost taxpayers US6.6 billion

10 may 2016 - 13:47:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The CEO of the Public Investment Corporation which uses public funds to support private [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF cautions Seychelles on fiscal costs of poverty reduction

24 march 2016 - 09:21:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Measures announced by President James Michel of Seychelles in February to address widespread concern [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: 90 per cent of domestic workers excluded from social protection – UN

15 march 2016 - 08:02:15
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sixty million of the world’s 67 million domestic workers – 80 per cent of whom are [...] Full text...

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Switzerland: Large gender gaps remain across global labour market - ILO

08 march 2016 - 07:12:38
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite some modest gains in some regions in the world, millions of women are losing ground [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: President’s pension hits headlines this week in Mauritius

27 february 2016 - 14:02:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Can a former President of the Republic of Mauritius take on a paid job after retiring [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief tasks global investors on clean energy

27 january 2016 - 19:02:54
New York, US (PANA) - More than 500 global investors gathered at UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday to [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: IMF approves action by Tanzania's new leadership to contain govt arrears

22 january 2016 - 18:06:11
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's macroeconomic performance remains strong and medium-term prospects are favourable, the Executive Board [...] Full text...

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Gambia: HDI ranks Gambia 175th in the world

13 january 2016 - 11:34:28
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Human Development Index (HDI) launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has ranked Gambia [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt to set up infrastructural fund to address decayed infrastructure

29 october 2015 - 20:43:27
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to set up a US$25 billion Infrastructural Fund to address the problems of the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN report says private sector investments addressing climate change

08 october 2015 - 16:29:50
New York, US (PANA) - Private sector investments are shifting to address the challenges posed by climate change, and this [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: World undergoing major population shift with far-reaching implications for migration - WB/IMF report

07 october 2015 - 19:13:09
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - As migrants and refugees from Africa and the Middle East continue to arrive in [...] Full text...

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UN: UN trade report urges measures to ease financial uncertainty

07 october 2015 - 16:08:42
New York, US (PANA) - According to the 2015 Trade and Development Report, launched on Wednesday by the UN Conference [...] Full text...

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