June 11, 2020/ITP Communications The delay in the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which was scheduled to launch in July this year, could provide much-needed breathing room for Africa’s manufacturing and construction sectors. This is according to Duncan Bonnett, Director Market Access & Research at Africa […]
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ITFC Signs US$15 million Murabaha Financing Facility to support SMEs in Bangladesh
June 11, 2020/ITFC The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-idb.org), member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, has approved a US$15 million Murabaha Financing Facility in favour of City Bank Limited in Bangladesh to support the Bank’s private sector businesses, particularly SMEs importing raw materials from the international […]
Vice-President Jennifer Blanke bids farewell to the African Development Bank
Blanke joined the Bank in early 2017 and has overseen a number of the Bank’s key programs June 10, 2020/AfDB The African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) has announced that Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, will be leaving the Bank effective July 4, 2020. Blanke joined […]
