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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) has approved a Partial Risk Guarantee (PRG) of $100 million to support the Sahofika hydro-power project in Madagascar, which will add 205 MW of renewable energy generation capacity to the national grid, benefitting over 2 million
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Aujourd'hui, Alioune Ndiaye, Directeur Général d'Orange Afrique et Moyen-Orient (www.Orange.com), et Kathinka Kurz, responsable du programme de partenariats pour le développement avec le secteur privé (develoPPP.de) à la GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), ont signé un accord de partenariat pour développer
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The World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series (http://bit.ly/2YZEkrR), a new and exciting international rugby sevens competition, will be launched in February 2020 to boost rugby sevens’ development across the globe. With sevens experiencing exponential growth from a performance and fan engagement perspective, World Rugby is launching men’s
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The Springboks’ successful 2019 season is reflected by the nominations in a number of the main categories in the annual SA Rugby Awards, with World Player of the Year Pieter-Steph du Toit and fellow global nominee, Cheslin Kolbe, both ranked in the top five local players for the season.
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/) has approved a €109 million facility for the development of sewage disposal and wastewater treatment plants for rural areas in Luxor Governorate in Egypt’s Upper Nile region. The Integrated Rural Sanitation in Upper Egypt – Luxor (IRSUE-
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Nuradin Osman, AGCO (www.AGCOcorp.com) Vice President and General Manager, Africa has been sworn-in to the Governing Council of the newly established College of Agriculture and Technology in Isan-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The five-man Governing Council for the college was announced by the Governor of Ekiti
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Nuradin Osman, vice-président et directeur général d’AGCO (http://www.AGCOcorp.com) pour l’Afrique, a prêté serment devant le Conseil de gouvernance du Collège d’Agriculture et de Technologie nouvellement créé à Isan-Ekiti, dans l’État d’Ekiti, au Nigéria. La composition du Conseil de gouvernance de
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[Vodacom Tanzania](http://www.vodacom.tz/) (https://www.Vodacom.co.tz/) has partnered with leading online money transfer service [WorldRemit](https://www.worldremit.com/) (https://www.WorldRemit.com) to enable ten million M-Pesa customers to receive money directly to their M-Pesa wallets from friends and family living abroad.
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The IMF team and the Cabo Verdean authorities reached a staff-level agreement on the first review under the program supported by the Policy Coordination Instrument [1](#_ftn1), that will be submitted for approval by IMF management and Executive Board; The medium-term fiscal framework supports the authorities’ continued efforts
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $5 million to enable the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to scale up its outreach and impact to 1,000 select youth entrepreneurs. The grant follows the signing of a letter of
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EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) vient de publier un rapport intitulé « Benin as a paradigm for improving country risk in Africa » (Le Bénin, un modèle en matière d’amélioration du risque pays). EXX Africa a procédé à un examen complet des risques politiques, économiques et sécuritaires auxquels ce pays d’
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EXX Africa (www.EXXAfrica.com) publishes a special report on Benin as a paradigm for improving country risk in Africa. EXX Africa conducted a comprehensive review of the political, economic and security risks facing the country in the coming year and years. Since 2016, the government has embarked on a