Africa’s energy transformation requires investment-driven solutions, regulatory reform, public-private collaboration and local and regional finance — priorities championed by African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies to unlock sustainable, inclusive growth May 16, 2025/AEC Africa is entering a pivotal phase in its energy transformation, characterized by a growing shift […]

May 16, 2025/IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announced today senior leadership changes at the Fund, including the planned retirement of a long serving department head and a leadership rotation across two departments. Dominique Desruelle, Director of the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD), will retire […]

Image Credit: AfDB The country’s fiscal deficit widened — from a balanced budget in 2022/23 to 4.7% of GDP in the 2023/24 financial year–– and is projected to reach 6.7% in the current fiscal year May 16, 2025/AfDB The African Development Bank has approved a $304 million loan to Botswana […]