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UBA Celebrates Africa Day in Style, Commits to Empowering Youths for Leadership Roles

June 1, 2024/UBA Plc Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, joined the rest of the world on Friday, May 24, 2024, to mark this year’s edition of the Africa Day. The celebration which went on concurrently across all of its subsidiaries in Africa as well as in […]

Spain Champions Support for Enhanced IMF-WBG Framework: Raising SDR Impact

May 31, 2024/IMF Spain champions the call to step up the impact of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG)’s enhanced framework for scaled-up climate action—the principles of which were recently announced [add link] —and plans to double its SDR contribution […]

41 African Countries Set for Stronger Growth in 2024-AfDB Economic Outlook

The report warns that Africa is off track to meet almost all of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 May 31, 2024/AfDB East Africa is fastest growing region, West Africa to pick up, and Southern Africa to record slight increase in growth; Report proposes bold reforms of the global financial […]