June 10, 2023

Fatherland

June 10, 2023/ Theo Edwards

The real-life story of Uncle Owusu, after living in the UK for 38 years and at the age of 71, finally relocated to Ghana this year—to live in his 6-bedroom mansion which took him nine years to complete.

A True Story

June 19, 2020

African Development Bank COVID-19 Response

June 19, 2020/ Theo Edwards

The COVID-19 pandemic is forecast to cause Africas' GDP to drop by between $22.1 billion and $88.3 billion.

African country's experience of having fought off Ebola is working to adapt this new threat and looking to the Bank for an effective multilateral response to the crisis.

By Benson Afful

March 19, 2020

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

March 19, 2020/ Theo Edwards

Ninety-two countries where evidence of women and girls live with or at risk of undergoing FGM, fifty-one have laws against FGM.

Equality Now in partnership with End FGM European Network and End FGM/C U.S. Network, has produced a new report “Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A Call for a Global Response,” about the global prevalence of FGM/C substantially been underestimated, and present in over 90 countries.

By Sylvester Samba

October 19, 2019

Eliminating Hunger And Malnutrition, A Race Against Time

October 19, 2019/ Theo Edwards

It should be worrisome to note that the number undernourished people has been increasing steadily in Africa over the last few years, where it reached 256.1 million people in 2018 with a staggering 93 percent of those living in sub-Sahara Africa.

By Benson Afful

September 25, 2019

390 Million Africans Living In Extreme Poverty

September 25, 2019/ Theo Edwards

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has lamented that, with an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development goals. According to a press release issued on behalf of the Bank stated also that, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Sunday 22nd September, 2019, African heads of states and governments met to emphasize urgent collective action and the need for greater collaboration between the United Nations and the African Development Bank to fast-track Africa’s development.ly

By Sylvester Samba

September 19, 2019

Donors Funding Africa’s Agric Digitalization

September 19, 2019/ Theo Edwards

The digitalization of Africa’s agricultural sector has been left in the hands of donors alone, while private investment is lagging, the 2019 Digitalization of African Agriculture report has said.

By Benson Afful

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Fatherland

African Development Bank COVID-19 Response

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

Eliminating Hunger And Malnutrition, A Race Against Time

390 Million Africans Living In Extreme Poverty

Donors Funding Africa’s Agric Digitalization

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