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« Le développement et la croissance des entreprises appartenant aux femmes sur le continent est une priorité pour la Banque africaine de développement », Marieme Esther Dassanou, coordinatrice du programme « Discrimination positive en matière de fina

Marieme Esther Dassanou est la coordinatrice du programme « Discrimination positive en matière de financement pour les femmes d’Afrique » (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, AFAWA en anglais), une initiative phare de la Banque africaine de développement (https://www.AfDB.org/) dont l’objectif est de combler le déficit

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Conversation with Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa programme

Marieme Esther Dassanou is the Coordinator of Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) the African Development Bank’s (https://www.AfDB.org/) flagship pan-African initiative, which aims to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women entrepreneurs in Africa. She previously led IFC’s Gender Secretariat’s

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Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 pushed victims of child trafficking and exploitation into further isolation – Save the Children

One in twenty child victims of sexual exploitation worldwide is under eight years old; increase in demand for child pornography in Europe; ahead of *World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (Thursday 30 July 30th), Save the Children releases report on child trafficking and exploitation; the [COVID-19](https://www.savethechildren.

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Coronavirus – Uganda: Results of COVID-19 tests done on 28th July 2020

Number of new confirmed cases: 5 Number of Ugandan truck drivers confirmed: 0 Number of alerts confirmed: 4 Number of contacts confirmed: 1 Number of returnees confirmed: 0 Cumulative confirmed cases of Ugandans to-date: 1,140 Cumulative Ugandan recoveries to-date: 1,028 COVID-19 deaths: 0 COVID-19

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Coronavirus – Zambia: World Food Programme (WFP) supports poor urban Zambians hit by COVID-19

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) this week completed a first distribution of cash to Zambians in urban areas impacted by COVID-19, reaching some 180,000 vulnerable residents in Lusaka and Kafue. The plan is to assist more than 650,000 people over the next six months. ‘’The

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Coronavirus – Morocco: Operation SALAMA reaches millions of Moroccans with pandemic information, supplies, support

When the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Morocco in March, alarm spread through the country. “At the start of the pandemic, we were very worried about our health,” Halima*, a migrant woman from Madagascar, told UNFPA. A state of emergency was declared, and strict movement restrictions were implemented. Within three

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Coronavirus – République du Congo : Résumé de l’enquête sur les impacts du COVID19 sur la sécurité alimentaire à Brazzaville

INFORMATIONS CLÉS • Une forte hausse de l’insécurité alimentaire est observée à Brazzaville à la suite des impacts du Covid-19. • On estime que plus du tiers (35,3%) des ménages de Brazzaville sont en insécurité alimentaire, soit environ 700 000 personnes. • Les arrondissements les plus affectés sont les trois

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Coronavirus – Somalia: Update on COVID-19 in Somalia (28th July 2020)

New cases confirmed: 16 Somaliland: 6 Jubbaland: 4 Benadir: 6 Male: 11 Female: 5 Recovery: 19 Death: 0 Total confirmed cases: 3,212 Total recoveries: 1,562 Total deaths: 93 Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-somalia-update-on-covid19-in-somalia-28th-july-2020?lang=en

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Coronavírus – Moçambique: Mais 19 casos de COVID-19 notificados no país (28 Julho 2020)

Moçambique registou esta terça-feira, 28.07, mais 19 casos de infecção pelo novo coronavírus, elevando o cumulativo para 1720 pessoas diagnósticadas a doença desde o início da pandemia. Segundo o comunicado de actualização de dados da COVID-19, emitido pelo Ministério da Saúde, os novos infectados saem de um

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Coronavirus – Zambia: COVID-19 Daily Status Update (28th July 2020)

450 new confirmed cases; 2 deaths; 380 recoveries New cases reported from: 366 Lusaka, 31 Kitwe, 17 Choma, 13 Chingola, 13 Ndola, 6 Chililabombwe, 2 Mansa, 1 Mazabuka, 1 Solwezi Deaths reported from: 2 Lusaka (Community deaths) Recoveries reported from: 260 Lusaka, 76 Southern, 39 Central, 4 Luapula, 1 Western

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Coronavirus – South Africa: Total number of COVID-19 cases increases to 452529

COVID-19 Update: In the last 24 hours, there has been a total of 7120 new cases which takes the overall number of cases to 452529. Click the link to view the full report: https://bit.ly/2Dbwt3G Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-south-africa-total-

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Coronavirus – African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (861,265) deaths (18,187), and recoveries (508,008)

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (861,265) deaths (18,187), and recoveries (508,008) by region: Central (45,805 cases; 896 deaths; 30,213 recoveries): Burundi (378; 1; 301), Cameroon (16,708; 385; 14,539), CAR (4,599; 59; 1,546), Chad (922; 75; 810), Congo