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Afreximbank

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    • Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of Board of Directors of Afreximbank with H.E. Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the WTO Secretariat
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Afreximbank and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat harmonize efforts to develop trade in Africa

The MOU will afford the Bank and the WTO Secretariat the opportunity to expand and deepen their collaboration to support the cotton sector beyond the C4+ countries

Today, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank or “the Bank”) (www.Afreximbank.com) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Trade Organization (WTO) to amplify the impact of their strategically aligned joint efforts of promoting global trade leveraging Africa’s unique resource endowment. The MoU will allow the two organizations to pursue a…

Orange Middle East and Africa
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Orange Digital Center inaugurated in Guinea Bissau to train young people in digital skills, boost their employability and encourage innovative entrepreneurship

This initiative responds to the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, targeting 6 sustainable development goals

Orange (https://www.Orange.com/en) is proud to inaugurate today the Orange Digital Center (ODC) Guinea-Bissau, an ecosystem dedicated to the development of digital skills to promote innovation, strengthen the employability of young people and support local entrepreneurship. The ceremony is taking place in the presence of high-level political authorities, including the Minister…

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

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    • AFC partners with UNIDO and key global organizations to enhance sustainable industrialization and support Africa’s cotton sector through the 'Partenariat pour le coton' initiative (1)
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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Signs Joint Declaration with United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Backs Cotton Partnership at World Trade Organization's (WTO) Aid-for-Trade Global Review

The partnership will focus on constructing regional hubs for sustainable textiles to boost trade competitiveness and spur economic development within Africa’s cotton sectors

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has signed a joint declaration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to enhance sustainable industrialisation and committed to support the 'Partenariat pour le coton' initiative, which seeks to enhance Africa’s role within the global textile and apparel…

United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)
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Stakeholders in Jonglei Reaffirm Pledge To End Sexual Violence

Sexual violence is not only an unfathomable personal trauma for survivors but can also be the direct cause of intercommunal violence

On the recent International Day for the Elimination of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), local authorities and civil society representatives in Jonglei State came together to manifest their collective commitment to hold perpetrators of these crimes accountable. At the event, organized by the peacekeeping…

Afreximbank

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    • Ms. Oluranti Doherty, Director of Export Development at Afreximbank (in yellow), and Mr. Leo Naut, Deputy Executive Director and Officer-in-Charge at CEDA (third from left), proudly showcase the signed collaboration MoU following the signing ceremony.
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Afreximbank signs collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Caribbean Export Development Agency

The MoU is expected to result in increased trade and investment between Africa and the Caribbean, thereby encouraging mutual economic growth and development

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) to formalise collaboration between the two institutions and provide a platform for exploring joint activities to support trade and investment flows between Africa and the Caribbean, and other collaborations. According…

Webb Fontaine
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Webb Fontaine Unveils Sourcemind Academy in Guinea

Sourcemind Academy’s Remarkable Journey – 1,082 Applicants, 108 Students and 58 Graduates

Webb Fontaine (www.WebbFontaine.com), a leading provider of solutions for trade facilitation, is pleased to announce the launch of Sourcemind Academy in Guinea. This innovative educational venture, backed by Webb Fontaine, is set to transform the tech education landscape by offering high-level training, cutting-edge pedagogical design and experienced professional trainers to…

African Energy Chamber

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    • African Energy Chamber (AEC) Drives Intra-African Energy Investment in Lagos
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African Energy Chamber (AEC) Drives Intra-African Energy Investment in Lagos

Nigerian entrepreneurs accessed investment opportunities in Africa’s leading energy markets at the Invest in African Energies roadshow in Lagos on Tuesday

The Invest in African Energies roadshow in Lagos – organized by the African Energy Chamber (AEC) (http://www.EnergyChamber.org) on June 25 – united more than 250 Nigerian entrepreneurs and investors interested in accessing opportunities in Africa’s oil and gas and energy sector. Nigeria is home to the largest number of indigenous…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • Watch Centenary Rural Development Bank General Manager for Commercial and SME Banking, Michael Jjingo talk about the Bank’s commitment to providing financing to women-led businesses
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    • Michael Jjingo (right), Gen. Manager for SME banking at “AFAWA Bank of the Year” award-winning Centenary Rural Development Bank, poses with his financing clients: Jude Colors Solutions Board Member Camillus Namata (in grey) and company representatives
    • Watch Centenary Rural Development Bank General Manager for Commercial and SME Banking, Michael Jjingo talk about the Bank’s commitment to providing financing to women-led businesses.
    • Jude Color Solutions Board Member Camillus (right), who’s women-led company benefitted from the AFAWA Guarantee for Growth program via Centenary Rural Development Bank, meets African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina, AFAWA partners and beneficiaries
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    • Centenary Rural Development Bank says it increased its women clients base by 23% in just three years, with financial services like the “Center SupaWoman” account
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Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Bank of the Year that created “SupaWoman” financial service says when women are given opportunity for financial inclusion, they can do miracles

The Supawoman product is about that woman, that underprivileged woman, that woman who is struggling to be able to grow that business

The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Bank of the Year 2024 (www.AfDB.org), Centenary Rural Development Bank, exemplifies the spirit of this year’s United Nations Micro, Small and Medium-size (MSMEs) Enterprises Day: “leveraging the power and resilience of MSMEs to accelerate sustainable development and eradicate…

Afreximbank

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    • Mr. Haytham El Maayergi, Executive Vice President of Global Trade Bank with Mr George Chitera, the Deputy Managing Director for FDH Bank Plc
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FDH Bank Malawi bags US$15-million Afreximbank loan facility

FDH Bank will deploy the proceeds of the facility to the financing of trade transactions of its clients involved in manufacturing, exports and imports

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has signed an agreement to provide FDH Bank Plc. Malawi with a US$15-million amortizing term loan facility to support the manufacturing sector, exporters and importers in Malawi. Under the terms of the agreement, signed during the just-concluded Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) in Nassau, capital city…

Alfa Romeo

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    • Alfa Romeo Junior VELOCE debuts new 280-CV 100% electric motor
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Alfa Romeo Junior VELOCE debuts new 280-CV 100% electric motor

The new electric motor will be making its debut in the new compact sports car, the sportiest version in the line-up in this configuration

A few days ahead of road tests, the development of Junior VELOCE – a version equipped with specific “made by and for” Alfa Romeo solutions (www.AlfaRomeo.com/) – is coming to an end; The dynamic development has been worked on by the same Italian team of Alfa Romeo engineers who have…