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Africa Singapore Business Forum Returns 24-25 August 2016

9/5/2016/IE Singapore International Enterprise (IE) Singapore’s Africa Singapore Business Forum (ASBF) is the premier platform for fostering investment, trade and thought leadership between Asia and Africa. It is slated to return 24-25 August for the fourth time. This year’s keynote speaker is Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore […]

Swaziland secures $63-million AfDB loan to finance smallholder irrigation project

9/5/2016/AfDB Swaziland has secured a US $63 million (ZAR 2.01 billion) loan to finance the second phase of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) in the southeastern part of the country. The LUSIP II, approved by the African Development Bank Board on Wednesday, May 5, 2016, is a […]

African Development Bank President meets with ADEA Steering Committee Delegation

9/5/2016/AfDB A delegation of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Steering Committee, led by Oley Dibba-Wadda, ADEA Executive Secretary, met with Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), on April 25, 2016 at the Bank’s offices in Abidjan. The purpose of the meeting […]