Surprising as this may sound, malnutrition and obesity are co-existing in the same households, says a global study on Africa's feeding habits. The study titled, Nourished: How Africa can build a future free from hunger and malnutrition, says that it is not uncommon to find undernutrition and obesity existing within a
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has suggested that it is time to process cocoa and produce chocolate in Africa, and to end the continent from being at the bottom of global value chains. AfDB said there is large opportunity for Africa, the largest producer of cocoa in the world, to rake
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Participants at the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)Forum in Abidjan said that Africa’s industrialisation would be achieved with proper entrepreneurship drive. Some of the Participants who spoke to the news agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Tues said that proper entrepreneurship model ought to be adopted in the region. Ms theresa Diarra, executive Assistant GCCI,
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At least a hundred and ten million of the 600 million people without access to electricity in Africa lives in urban areas. Most are within a stone throw from existing power system infrastructure. In Nigeria, Tanzania, Ghana and Liberia alone there are up to 95 million people living in urban areas.
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Billions of dollars in remittances flowed to Africa in 2017. The money could go further if it wasn't more expensive to send money to Africa than anywhere else in the world, a new World Bank study finds. Immigrants sent a $38 billion (€31.1 billion) back home to Africa in 2017, according
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More than a dozen heads of State and government, Bill Gates, ministers from 19 Commonwealth countries, scientists and private sector and international organisations have made significant financial and political commitments that will catalyse progress towards beating malaria at a time when efforts to end the preventable disease have stalled at
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The African Import Export Bank (Afreximbank) and the Russian Export Centre,in Nairobi, began a series of roadshows under a new partnership that will raise the profile of Russian aircraft and helicopters in Africa. The roadshows, which will feature presentations, will showcase a range of cutting-edge Russian aircraft and helicopters, with demonstrations
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Nearly 1 billion people in Africa will be vaccinated against yellow fever by 2026 in an ambitious United Nations campaign to eliminate epidemics of the deadly disease on the continent. The mosquito-borne viral disease is a major killer in Africa, where it can spread fast in highly populated areas with devastating
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for increased and more quality investments in Africa’s health sector to achieve universal health coverage. AfDB made the call on the occasion of World Health Day on Saturday. Member States of the United Nations agreed in 2012 to work towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
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There has been a steady decline in the extent to which countries in sub-Saharan Africa are dependent on aid, although Donor aid remains very important for the poorest countries. Recent research by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) using extensive longitudinal data confirms that aid has a modest positive impact on
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