24 april 2024 - 04:55:59
New York, US (PANA) - Top UN officials launched a fresh global campaign to tackle the climate emergency on Tuesday, [...] Full text...
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) will invest 4 billion rands (aproximately $211 million) in its [...] Full text...
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Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Wednesday welcomed the introduction of legislation in the [...] Full text...
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New York, US (PANA) - The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday highlighted the urgent need to boost [...] Full text...
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdulhamid Al-Dbaiba, has decided to support [...] Full text...
08 april 2024 - 13:06:54
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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06 april 2024 - 07:02:50
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The destruction wrought across the Gaza Strip by Israel in the six months since the beginning [...] Full text...
29 march 2024 - 13:17:05
Port Harcourt, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a US$75 million loan agreement with Nigeria’s Indorama [...] 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...
25 march 2024 - 10:31:27
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – As Senegalese await official results of Sunday's presidential election from the Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA), the [...] Full text...
25 march 2024 - 05:17:02
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Early results from Sunday's presidential election in Senegal put opposition leader Mr. Bassirou Diomaye Faye in the [...] Full text...
24 march 2024 - 18:04:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Voting has officially ended in Senegal's delayed presidential election on Sunday to choose the successor of [...] Full text...
24 march 2024 - 14:24:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Voting is progressing smoothly in Senegal's delayed presidential election on Sunday in which voters are choosing [...] Full text...
19 march 2024 - 13:10:08
New York, US (PANA) - UN humanitarians reiterated their resolve on Tuesday to help the people of Gaza where increasing [...] 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 - 06:05:43
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - As Ghana continues to reel under a debilitating disruption of Internet services following a massive disruption to [...] Full text...
18 march 2024 - 08:46:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Mobile network companies in Ghana are working hard as they slowly reconnected the country to the [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 08:36:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, Togo, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping [...] Full text...
13 march 2024 - 05:40:38
New York, US (PANA) - The fight against child mortality has reached an historic milestone, the UN announced on Wednesday, [...] Full text...
12 march 2024 - 16:56:03
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania has made important strides in reducing infant and child mortality, but the authorities [...] Full text...
08 march 2024 - 21:53:12
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appealed to leaders in Nigeria [...] 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 - 14:27:59
Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The Eastern Africa region is likely to suffer from a protracted environmental pollution whose effects could [...] Full text...
07 march 2024 - 08:14:33
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria faces a serious poverty-reduction challenge: Almost half of Nigerians are estimated to live below the [...] Full text...
06 march 2024 - 07:29:31
Washington, United States (PANA) - The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented acceleration of digital transformation across the globe – with [...] Full text...
05 march 2024 - 19:19:34
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A rare opportunity to deliver desperately needed supplies to hospitals in northern Gaza for the first [...] Full text...
02 march 2024 - 11:41:31
Abu Dhabi, UAE (PANA) – World Trade Organisation (WTO) members concluded the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) in Abu Dhabi, United [...] 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 - 13:05:30
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A new World Bank report finds that annual average losses to gross domestic product (GDP) [...] Full text...
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Washington DC, USA (PANA) - It’s fitting that G20 finance ministers and central bank governors will meet this week at [...] Full text...
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (PANA) - After decades of accelerating globalisation, since 2008 international trade has grown at roughly [...] Full text...
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Lomé, Togo (PANA) - It’s important to celebrate – there are reasons to celebrate. We should take this positive energy [...] Full text...
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Bangui, CAR (PANA) – One hundred and fourteen million people are forcibly displaced from their homes across the world, with [...] Full text...
20 february 2024 - 14:50:31
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The challenges of international migration continue to top the headlines. Yet, the number of [...] Full text...
15 february 2024 - 14:22:01
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of National Unity, [...] Full text...
14 february 2024 - 07:43:51
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a significant initiative aimed at addressing urgent challenges [...] Full text...
13 february 2024 - 08:18:21
Washington, United States (PANA) - The World Bank has extended a facility of close to $300 million to the Eastern [...] Full text...
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Minister of Industry and Trade, Moussa Alassane Diallo, Saturday laid the foundation stone of a [...] Full text...
12 february 2024 - 06:44:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Failure to educate girls costs approximately $15 to $30 trillion in lifetime earnings for [...] Full text...
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Washington, United States (PANA) - In the early 1970s, conflict in the Middle East set off a spike in oil [...] 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...
30 january 2024 - 19:17:37
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Like many of its neighbours, Benin is experiencing growing threats of conflict.
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Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Thursday announced a roadmap to hire a coach for the [...] 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...
25 january 2024 - 07:47:11
Washington, United States (PANA) - As 2024 starts, the good news is that there haven’t been any notable requests by [...] Full text...
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The US on Tuesday announced the provision of $45 million in new funding through the [...] 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...
20 january 2024 - 06:37:07
Madrid, Spain (PANA) - International tourism bounced back during 2023 and is expected to make a “full recovery” to pre-COVID [...] 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 - 15:00:41
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland (PANA) – At a moment of growing fragmentation and polarization, the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2024 served [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 07:04:48
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Climate change is one of the biggest risks to global development, as high temperatures, [...] Full text...
19 january 2024 - 06:01:03
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - US Secretary Antony Blinken is to undertake a six-day travel to four African countries from [...] 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...
16 january 2024 - 05:34:53
New York, US (PANA) - Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and [...] Full text...
15 january 2024 - 09:05:49
Washington, United States (PANA) - We are on the brink of a technological revolution that could jumpstart productivity, boost global [...] Full text...
12 january 2024 - 14:10:50
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - More than 234,000 Burundian refugees, almost half of the total supposedly living in exile abroad, returned [...] Full text...
10 january 2024 - 17:26:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global unemployment is expected to rise this year, with growing inequality and stagnant productivity also a [...] Full text...
03 january 2024 - 12:26:32
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Protesters in Libya's southern region of Fezzan have announced the closure of the al Charara oilfield, [...] Full text...
29 december 2023 - 08:21:15
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Maritime Business Chamber (MBC) says the turmoil in the Middle East, [...] Full text...
20 december 2023 - 08:06:51
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF} Board on Tuesday approved a new 36-month Extended Credit Facility (ECF) [...] Full text...
19 december 2023 - 15:07:41
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The budget for 2024 for the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Employment Promotion has [...] 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...
18 december 2023 - 06:52:12
Washington, United States (PANA) - Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) grew an estimated 3.8% in 2023, a moderation [...] Full text...
16 december 2023 - 07:07:42
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Spokesperson has welcomed the announcement on Friday by the Israeli cabinet that the [...] Full text...
15 december 2023 - 06:47:13
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a US$300 million Programme-for-Results loan to support the [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 16:50:24
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 14:34:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has in the past been successful in translating economic growth into improved living standards of [...] Full text...
14 december 2023 - 06:24:27
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - The Executive Boards of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank’s International Development [...] Full text...
13 december 2023 - 16:12:07
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Government of Nigeria avoided a fiscal cliff by implementing bold reforms, including ending the gasoline [...] 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...
13 december 2023 - 07:30:59
Washington DC, USA (PANA) — As part of an overall $35 million package of support, the World Bank has announced [...] Full text...
12 december 2023 - 11:51:50
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a new International Development Association (IDA) credit of US$15 million [...] 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 - 17:42:47
Dubai, UAE (PANA) - One innovative solution to some of the most pressing global challenges humanity is facing today can [...] Full text...
10 december 2023 - 17:23:18
Doha, Qatar (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that with ‘forces of fragmentation’ gaining ground now is [...] Full text...
06 december 2023 - 19:37:52
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) – Responding aggressively, simultaneously, and comprehensively is the only option for confronting today’s intertwined development challenges around [...] 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...
02 december 2023 - 15:22:31
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - When it comes to skills development and innovation, youth from Africa have something to say. Based [...] Full text...
01 december 2023 - 07:00:09
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Full disclosure: This issue of Finance & Development was produced entirely with human intelligence. [...] 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...
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 - 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 - 07:30:39
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has signed an agreement with WEMA Bank Plc, [...] Full text...
11 november 2023 - 15:24:08
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), and Mohamed Benchaâboun, President of the [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 18:10:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Sometimes people have to go through periods of hardship in their lives, like natural disasters, unemployment, [...] Full text...
10 november 2023 - 17:25:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if [...] Full text...
09 november 2023 - 07:24:35
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Europe’s economic recovery is getting a much-needed boost from rising wages and higher incomes. But in [...] Full text...
08 november 2023 - 06:56:30
New York, US (PANA) - The world risks failing the 880 million people living the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 18:44:31
Paris, France (PANA) - New data from the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has revealed a worrying rise [...] Full text...
02 november 2023 - 12:51:25
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team and the Somali authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on [...] 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...
01 november 2023 - 07:31:39
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a US$300 [...] 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 - 12:05:30
Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - Algeria's economy has reached its pre-pandemic level in 2022, the recovery extending to the first half [...] Full text...
26 october 2023 - 07:22:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s interventions in South Africa, between 2023 and 2028, focuses on improving [...] 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...
25 october 2023 - 07:01:49
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The World Bank unveiled a new partnership with the Islamic Development Bank on Tuesday to [...] Full text...
23 october 2023 - 19:01:35
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – At over 30%, unemployment is South Africa’s biggest contemporary challenge. Of course, there are [...] Full text...
23 october 2023 - 16:47:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The second edition of the Chinese-Malian Cooperation Forum began here last Friday under the theme "Let's [...] Full text...
23 october 2023 - 07:46:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - When analysing poverty, only looking at unemployment rates will be insufficient and misleading. Instead, job quality [...] Full text...
19 october 2023 - 18:31:33
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The first Pan-African Forum on Digital Professions opened in Cotonou on Wednesday.
Organised by the 10,000-member coders [...] 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 - 16:46:53
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to the world to renew its commitment to a [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 10:50:04
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) – The first Country Economic Memorandum for Comoros, published on Tuesday by the World Bank, notes that [...] Full text...
17 october 2023 - 10:18:02
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - Central banks could keep interest rates higher for longer as they fight to curb [...] 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...
16 october 2023 - 10:54:46
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – With the help of other African nations, South Africa aims to position itself as [...] Full text...
15 october 2023 - 17:45:39
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, on Sunday called for action following her [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 10:57:19
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA - The world is fraught with profound forces and rapid changes as nations face declining progress in [...] Full text...
13 october 2023 - 08:37:35
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo, a small country on Africa’s west coast, is home to a young and growing population. [...] 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...
11 october 2023 - 07:49:06
Washington, United States (PANA) - Millions of girls and young women’s across Eastern and Southern Africa will gain greater access [...] 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 - 09:20:52
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) executive director Dr Crispian Olver says South Africa’s energy transition and [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 13:20:01
Washington, United States (PANA) - Growth of the economies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to [...] Full text...
05 october 2023 - 06:17:23
New York, US (PANA) - Global leaders issued a resounding call for reform and renewed multilateral cooperation during the General [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 19:33:36
Washington DC, US (PANA) = Governments around the world face a lot of pressure to do something to help jobseekers, [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 18:46:45
Washington DC, US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic outlook remains bleak amid an elusive growth recovery, according to the latest [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 17:05:04
Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - A senior UN human rights official on Wednesday called on authorities in Liberia to take all necessary [...] Full text...
04 october 2023 - 11:08:02
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global economy is at “a critical juncture”, with some economies thriving and expanding, while others [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 06:04:57
Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA is set to make a decision and announce the venue selections before the end of [...] Full text...
03 october 2023 - 05:27:48
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief insisted [...] 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...
27 september 2023 - 10:14:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – The Kenyan education system is rapidly welcoming new educational technologies to enrich learning.
These technologies are also [...] Full text...
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Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has described humanitarian charity, SOS, as a "genuinely philanthropic" group that has [...] Full text...
23 september 2023 - 10:03:24
Washington DC, United States (PANA) - The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing [...] Full text...
22 september 2023 - 10:48:36
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Friday welcomed the announcement that [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 16:47:00
New York, US (PANA) - “Horrendous heat is having horrendous effects,” the UN chief declared on Wednesday, as a broad [...] Full text...
20 september 2023 - 16:32:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - France and the United States were two countries that championed so-called international condemnation of and outrage [...] 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...
18 september 2023 - 17:06:48
New York, US (PANA) - Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...] Full text...
08 september 2023 - 19:41:32
New Delhi, India (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in New Delhi for the annual G20 summit with [...] Full text...
06 september 2023 - 16:43:37
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion fund to accelerate [...] 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...
05 september 2023 - 12:26:49
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 5th West African Mining Week will be held from 28 to 30 September 2023 [...] Full text...
05 september 2023 - 12:15:31
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The Senates of the Democratic Republic of Congo and France are committed to revitalising their [...] Full text...
02 september 2023 - 10:38:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders convening in Nairobi for the African Climate week and inaugural Climate Summit must pursue [...] Full text...
01 september 2023 - 15:27:17
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN migration agency (IOM) called on Friday for the setting up of a humanitarian corridor [...] 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...
27 august 2023 - 05:58:47
New York, US (PANA) - Wastewater, long seen as an environmental and health hazard, possesses untapped potential as an alternative [...] Full text...
23 august 2023 - 06:44:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - ChatGPT is not coming for your job and might even enhance it, experts from the International [...] 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 - 08:27:12
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The effects of climate change, of rising temperatures and global warming on agriculture and health, will [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 11:42:23
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - In 1990, about half of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and two-thirds [...] Full text...
15 august 2023 - 07:21:57
Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Independent international engineering and consulting firm, ILF Consulting Engineers (ILF), has entered into a partnership agreement [...] Full text...
04 august 2023 - 12:53:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Sudan’s conflict has had a devastating impact on local aid workers, even as they take the [...] Full text...
03 august 2023 - 09:55:15
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Solomon Quaynor, has concluded a [...] Full text...
02 august 2023 - 12:55:39
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwean Football Association (ZIFA) has begun the search for the next Warriors' coach after they called [...] 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 - 06:51:29
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows [...] Full text...
20 july 2023 - 09:23:58
Washington DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank is taking bold new steps to increase its lending capacity, a major [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 16:57:23
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - In 2022 Cape Verde witnessed strong economic growth, led by the sectors of tourism, transport, [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 16:14:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African leaders due to meet in Nairobi on Sunday, will focus on revitalising continental trade, which [...] Full text...
14 july 2023 - 07:30:30
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian authorities have made commendable efforts over the past two years to stabilise the economy, despite [...] Full text...
12 july 2023 - 14:53:18
Washington DC, USA (PANA) - Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems in many low- and middle-income countries do [...] Full text...
11 july 2023 - 19:06:35
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s economy grew by 9.2% in the first quarter of 2023, following 8.2% growth in 2022, [...] Full text...
04 july 2023 - 11:52:54
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has promised that investigations will continue to shed "all possible [...] Full text...
30 june 2023 - 08:22:41
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $150 million in financing to improve the capacity of Senegal's [...] Full text...
26 june 2023 - 18:29:42
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - A renewed effort and increased investment in developing and modernizing the roads and ports network in [...] Full text...
24 june 2023 - 14:15:53
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - Over the next few years, the World Bank will finance several projects in Tunisia worth $500 [...] Full text...
24 june 2023 - 09:59:51
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank on Friday approved $100 million in International Development Association (IDA) financing to [...] Full text...
21 june 2023 - 07:50:00
Takoradi, Ghana (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$23.04 million loan [...] Full text...
16 june 2023 - 08:32:43
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank Group on Thursday announced a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with Tunisia [...] Full text...
14 june 2023 - 05:33:12
New York, US (PANA) - A “cascade of crises” is putting global progress towards ensuring the rights of persons with [...] Full text...
13 june 2023 - 16:42:25
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - Officially recorded remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are estimated to grow by [...] Full text...
12 june 2023 - 18:36:44
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Monday approved a $100 million credit to strengthen [...] Full text...
09 june 2023 - 10:42:08
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group (WBG) has announced a months-long global tour for new president Ajay [...] Full text...
08 june 2023 - 10:03:25
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Over the next five years, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will invest in cross-border electricity [...] Full text...
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...
06 june 2023 - 14:36:25
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) -The Gambia's economy has displayed remarkable resilience in the face of global economic challenges, according to the [...] Full text...
06 june 2023 - 06:03:10
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Government of Ghana on Monday received $150 million additional financing from the International Development Association [...] Full text...
03 june 2023 - 07:54:09
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola aims to accelerate economic diversification, private investment, and jobs by creating more favourable business conditions [...] Full text...
01 june 2023 - 05:28:58
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes in [...] Full text...
29 may 2023 - 12:35:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Over 500 journalists have lost their jobs since the outbreak of the fighting in Sudan on [...] Full text...
26 may 2023 - 13:44:24
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The United Kingdom government has announced the launch of the first two projects under [...] Full text...
25 may 2023 - 06:00:00
New York, US (PANA) - The robust growth that many African countries experienced before COVID-19 was lost to the pandemic, [...] Full text...
24 may 2023 - 06:01:20
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (PANA) - The Africa Investment Forum has presented four renewable energy and sustainability projects worth nearly [...] Full text...
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...
17 may 2023 - 20:06:29
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya will gradually shift its horticulture exports, including fruits and flowers, to Europe from air transport [...] Full text...
17 may 2023 - 07:48:58
Washington, DC, US (PANA) — The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has endorsed a new Country Partnership Framework [...] Full text...
16 may 2023 - 08:47:08
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Addressing the need for climate change adaptation, accelerating trade and economic management and strengthening institutions in [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 15:16:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya, Marc-Andre Franche, has said [...] Full text...
10 may 2023 - 10:54:48
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - In a time of energy transition and rising demand for metals and minerals, resource-rich governments [...] Full text...
08 may 2023 - 14:37:53
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Migration can serve as a force for growth and shared prosperity in all countries, [...] Full text...
01 may 2023 - 18:11:24
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The World Bank Group has begun work to assess the business and investment climate in [...] Full text...