Africa Akinwunmi Adesina (AFDB): Any Conspiracy From The Western Block? By Jimoh Ibrahim, OFR, CFR Please wait a minute; it is about corporate governance! Yes, in a simple bank matter, and what is more, as Wolfensohn will say, corporate governance is about promoting corporate fairness, transparency,...

Lockdown: Africa Loses $65.7bn Monthly - ECA     The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has released a new report proposing to African nations various COVID-19 exit strategies following the imposition of lockdowns that helped suppress the spread of the COVID-19 in the region but with devastating...

COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns? By Chukwuma Charles Soludo   This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is...

Africa Needs $100bn Economic Stimulus - Finance Ministers   Africa needs an immediate emergency economic stimulus to the tune of $100bn, owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, the African finance ministers have said. This is contained in a statement by Communication and Media Relations Department of the group,...

Capital Market: AfDB Targets Larger Share Of $5trn ETFAs For Africa   President of African Development Bank (AFDB) Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has unveiled collaborative plans with the London Stock Exchange Group’s Africa Advisory Group (LAAG) with a view to attracting a bigger share of the $5...

AfDB, New Development Bank Partner To Fund Projects Across Africa   The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Development Bank have signed an agreement to promote new impact projects to improve lives of millions of Africans. Under the deal, the New Development Bank −a multilateral development...