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Africa Must Tackle Huge Infrastructure Gap to Unlock Opportunities for Transformation – Report

Dr Adesina suggested five priority areas to fully optimize the benefits of the developing regional corridors across Africa November 10, 2023/AfDB Africa’s significant road infrastructure deficit creates increased production and transaction costs that must be addressed to scale opportunities envisaged under the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, a new report […]

New Alliance for Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones commits $3 bn investment to boost African agriculture and food production

The Alliance will raise funds through various investment windows for project preparation, project development and construction, and financing for tenant companies November 10, 2023/AfDB The African Development Bank Group, Afreximbank, Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms, the Islamic Development Bank Group and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization launched at the 2023 […]

Monetary Policy Challenges in a Global Economy

November 9, 2023/US Federal Reserve By Chair Jerome H. Powell At a policy panel at the 24th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference, hosted by the International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in today’s panel discussion. My assigned topic is U.S. monetary policy in the […]