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ECOWAS Gender Centre Staff Prepare Budget Framework in Senegal
News Ghana
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September 2, 2025
The Economic Community of West African States Gender Development Centre concluded a four-day strategic retreat in Senegal focused on implementing new budgeting procedures and preparing its 2026-2028 financial plan. Staff from the ECOWAS Gender...
Nigerian banks lead African trade surge
Zawya
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When First Bank, Nigeria’s oldest lender, opened its first cross-border branch in Ghana in 1997, it was such a novel idea that it took seven years before United Bank for Africa (UBA) followed the example in 2004. Then the idea caught on, with...
UK unveils £5m pact with AGRA to support Africa’s agriculture trade
Business Insider Africa
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September 2, 2025
The United Kingdom has unveiled a £5 million partnership with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to enhance agricultural trade and strengthen food systems across the continent. The announcement was made on Monday by Lord Collins...
Business : Senegal Calls On Malaysian Companies To Invest And Use It As Gateway To Africa
Bernama
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August 26, 2025
By Rosemarie Khoo KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Senegal is inviting Malaysian companies to invest and form strategic partnerships in the West African nation as part of its ambition to become Malaysia’s gateway to Africa, which has a huge...
EPL clubs flex financial muscle with record $4B transfer spending
Sabah
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September 2, 2025
Premier League clubs showcased their financial firepower this summer, pouring more than 3 billion pounds ($4 billion) into new signings. The English top flight has long enjoyed a monetary edge over rival European leagues, fueled by far more...
Le Rouge
The Telluride Daily Planet - Colorado
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A bustling Saturday morning at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s market, streams of people jostling. Among the flowers and tomatoes, blueberries and cucumbers, there is a booth for Srodeck’s Quality Polish Food. Tonight we’re going to see the Detroit soccer...
Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) meets The Gambia First Lady & 13 First Ladies of Africa and Asia at 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative Summit to discuss the strategy to reshape patient care in The Gambia
Middle East News 247
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September 7, 2025
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the 7th Edition of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative – MFFLI Summit 2025 recently. It was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. Frank...
Western Balkans smugglers pushing West Africa deeper into cocaine trade, report says
The Straits Times
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September 2, 2025
DAKAR - Western Balkans criminal groups, who are among Europe's top cocaine traffickers, are entrenching themselves in West Africa in a sign of the region's growing significance on the smuggling route from Latin America to the EU, a report has...
Senegalese officials laud progress in implementing FOCAC Beijing Summit outcomes
Xinhua News Agency
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DAKAR, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- Senegalese officials, political leaders, and scholars spoke highly of the progress made in implementing the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Beijing Summit at an event held Friday in Dakar, the...
ABH Announces Top 20 Entrepreneurs
Business Ghana
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The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) (https://AfricaBusinessHeroes.org/) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today revealed the Top 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the 2025 Semi-Finals, taking place in...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Supporting FG’s Social Service Delivery
New Telegraph
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September 1, 2025
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this...
Bagudu Commends World Bank For Enhancing Nigeria’s Social Service Delivery
Daily Independent
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September 1, 2025
1 Chibuzor Emejor Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made...
Minister praises World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Tribune Online
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The Minister made this disclosure...
World Bank’s PforR instrument enhancing social service delivery -Bagudu
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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September 1, 2025
Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has commended the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The minister gave the...
Bagudu lauds World Bank for enhancing FG’s social service delivery
Prompt News Online
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September 1, 2025
By Tony Obiechina Abuja Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Senator Abubakar Bagudu, has praised the Programme-for-Results (PforR) instrument of the World Bank for its role in delivering social amenities effectively to Nigerians. The...
Moyes must boldly axe "magic" Everton star who's worth more than Ndiaye
Football FanCast
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September 7, 2025
Everton have approached the 2025/26 season with a clear strategy, blending summer acquisitions with tactical continuity. The Toffees began the campaign with a narrow 1-0 defeat at Elland Road but bounced back strongly with a 2-0 home win against...
TVET in Africa: Skills for economic growth, not just survival
Graphic
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September 1, 2025
James Attah Ansah and Charles Ekornunye Ansah Opinion Sep - 01 - 2025 , 09:57 4 minutes read In the heart of bustling Accra, 22-year-old Amina wires a solar panel to a rooftop, her movements confident and precise. She didn’t learn this at a...
Mauritanian Banker Takes Helm of African Development Bank
News Ghana
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September 1, 2025
Dr. Sidi Ould Tah officially assumed leadership of the African Development Bank today, becoming the first Mauritanian president in the institution’s history as he succeeds Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. The transition comes at a pivotal moment...
Senegal's Ministry Of Energy Joins African Energy Week (AEW) 2025 As Diamond Partner Amid Rising Oil And Gas Success
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Having recently emerged as a major oil and gas producer in West Africa, Senegal's Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Mines will participate as a Diamond Partner at this year's African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African...
Senegal’s rating downgrade: credit agencies are punishing countries that don’t check their numbers
The Conversation
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August 29, 2025
Senegal’s dramatic two-notch credit rating downgrade in February 2025 by the credit rating agency Moody’s was followed by a Standard & Poor’s downgrade in July. Moody’s decision marked a three-notch deterioration in Senegal’s rating in four...