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Senegal: AfDB approves 88 million euros emergency budget support for COVID-19 response

The operation will target support measures providing relief to the most vulnerable households, while safeguarding jobs and enabling businesses to quickly resume May 30, 2020/AfDB The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) on Friday approved a loan of 88 million euros to Senegal, hit hard by the […]

Leadership of the AfDB: Concerned African Leaders Call for Caution

Culled—Proshare May 29, 2020 Press Statement by Concerned African Leaders Africa is facing an unprecedented challenge with the COVID-19 and all hands must be on deck to tackle the pandemic. The African Development Bank (AfDB), under the leadership of its President, Dr. Adesina Akinwumi, has been doing a remarkable job […]

How Digital Coupons Fuel China’s Economic Recovery

May 27, 2020/Alizila Daniel Rosenberg China is taking a novel approach to revive its economy, seeding digital coupons with consumers to encourage spending on everything from groceries to luxury goods. Since the worst of the Covid-19 outbreak passed in China, the country has issued over RMB5.6 billion ($788 million) in […]