14/10/2016/AfDB The African Water Facility (AWF) held a three-day event from September 28 to 30, 2016 to launch the Improved Sanitation Value Chain (ISVC) project, which aims to serve the urban poor in Arba Minch Town, one of the major cities of Southern Ethiopia. The AWF €1.5-million grant to the […]
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World Food Day: Adapting Africa’s agriculture to the exigencies of climate change
14/10/2016/AfDB This World Food Day, Sunday, October 16, 2016, will mark the 71st anniversary of the creation of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) whose primary objective is to free humanity from hunger and malnutrition. Focusing on “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too,” the theme resonates with […]
Data Response: Inflation Hits 17.9% in September; Rises at Slowest Rate Since January
14/10/2016/Cordros Research Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose to 17.9% (on a year-on-year basis) in September, 24bps higher than August’s figure. This marks the eleventh consecutive month of uptrend in the CPI, and broadly validates our expectation for the month – dousing consensus by 10bps. This again speaks to the […]
