IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde in Kigali, Rwanda As a UN working group gathers in New York to discuss recommendations for a post-2015 development agenda, mounting evidence suggests that the legacy left by the last set of objectives – the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – is a mixed one. Released on 2 February, a report […]
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Weather-Based Insurance Benefits Farmers
A new study shows that weather-based insurance will help smallholder farmers to withstand the effects of climate change and market shocks. The study was launched recently in London where Nigerian officials also gathered to learn how they can implement the program for their farmers. The report was carried out by the CGIAR Research Program on […]
More connections for customers as Air Seychelles and Air Madagascar sign codeshare agreement
Air Seychelles’ Chief Executive Officer, Manoj Papa (second left) and Hery Rambeloson, Air Madagascar’s Commercial Passenger Director (second right) after the signing of the new codeshare agreement between the two airlines at the VIP Lounge in Seychelles International Airport. (Air Seychelles) Send to Kindle Barely two months after the first Air Seychelles aircraft landed in […]
Rand Merchant Bank Extends West African Operation To Ghana
VENTURES AFRICA – Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of First Rand Bank Limited in South Africa, will by June this year expand its presence in West Africa by opening a division in Ghana, the region’s second largest economy. RMB’s Head of Trade Finance, Minos Gerakaris, disclosed this in an interview on the sidelines of […]
Lucky Countries Or Lucky People: Will East Africans Benefit From Their Natural Resource Discoveries?
Reuters/Mohammed Nureldin Abdallah – Young men work at a collection point for used oil in the capital Khartoum, October 29, 2014. Luck has struck the region of East Africa: for a couple of years now, new announcements of natural resource discoveries are being made every few months. Mozambique has found some of the largest natural […]
Is Mugabe Jeopardizing the African Union’s Credibility?
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe (seated) waits to address the 66th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 22, 2011 (Courtesy Reuters/East). This is a guest post by Nathaniel Glidden, intern for the Council on Foreign Relations Africa Studies program. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in International Affairs with concentrations […]
