Updates

AfDB’s SEFA Grants $760,000 to Develop Small-Scale Renewable Energy Projects across Sub Saharan Africa

Through its Empower Invest fund, EmNEW invests in small and medium-scale renewable energy projects in Africa April 15, 2020/AfDB The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) -managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) (https://bit.ly/2XB5zug), has approved a $760,000 grant to Empower New Energy AS (EmNEW), to develop at least eight small renewable […]

IMF, World Bank Endorse G20 Respond to Allow Poorest Countries Forbearance on Loan Repayment

April 15, 2020/IMF “We strongly welcome the decision of the G20 to respond to our call to allow the poorest countries of the world that request forbearance to suspend repayment of official bilateral credit on May 1st. This is a powerful, fast-acting initiative that will do much to safeguard the […]

Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva During the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting

April 15, 2020/IMF International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva made the following remarks today during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting: “Thank you to the Saudi Presidency for steering the G20 in this unprecedented crisis, and to all of you for the remarkable efforts to […]