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Economist: Dismantle Trade Barriers to Sustain Growth, Dangote Urges African Countries

…Commits over $20bn to Pan-African Investments May 1, 2023/Dangote Group Africa’s foremost entrepreneur and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has urged African countries to dismantle all economic barriers hindering free trade among the nations, in order to achieve sustainable growth and development across the continent. The leading private […]

Peer Learning: ADB, AfDB Exchange Views on Operational Policies

The Asian Development Bank is launching a new operating model by the end of the second quarter of 2023 which has some similar features to that currently in force at the African Development Bank April 28, 2023/AfDB In the last week of March 2023, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) hosted […]

US Fed Announces Result of Review of Supervision and Regulation of Silicon Valley Bank by Barr Vice Chair Supervision

April 28, 2023/US Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the results from the review of the supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank, led by Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr. The review finds four key takeaways on the causes of the bank’s failure: Silicon Valley […]