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Nigeria naira sinks to new all-time low of 365.25 per dollar

August 18, 2016/Reuters The Nigerian naira traded at an all-time low of 365.25 to the dollar on Thursday in a single interbank market trade of $1 million, Thomson Reuters data showed. Interbank trading started two hours after the market opened and offered the currency sharply lower against the dollar. A […]

AfDB Group appoints Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga as General Counsel

August 18, 2016/AfDB The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga as General Counsel of the African Development Bank Group with effect from 19th September 2016. She will join the Senior Management Team of the Bank. Hélène N’Garnim-Ganga, a national of Chad, is currently the […]

AfDB Group announces $1 million emergency grant to mitigate severe malnutrition in Madagascar’s Great South Region

August 18, 2016/AfDB 15/7/2016-The African Development Bank has approved a USD 1 million emergency grant to fight the scourge of malnutrition in the Great South of Madagascar. The purpose of the grant is to improve the nutritional status of vulnerable groups by decreasing the severity of food insecurity as well […]