The World Bank has blamed poor institutional capacity at the state level for the weak performance of Nigeria’s $700 million Sustainable Urban and Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) …
The World Bank has announced the resumption of funding to Uganda, nearly two years after suspending new financing to the country due to the enactment of the controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act …
The Association of Meter Manufacturers of Nigeria (AMMON) has raised strong objections to the continued award of meter supply contracts to Chinese companies, despite Nigeria’s robust local production capacity. In …
The World Bank has revised its economic growth forecast for Kenya down to 4.5% for 2025, cutting half a percentage point from its earlier projection. The global lender cited rising …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the World Bank-funded West Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (WARDIP), has started a two-day technical workshop aimed at improving …
The World Bank has revealed that Nigeria’s economy grew at its fastest rate in almost 10 years in 2024, driven by strong performance in the fourth quarter and better management …
The Organised Private Sector of Nigeria (OPSN) has called on the Federal Government to urgently introduce targeted economic stimulus packages to prevent the poverty rate from rising to 56 per …
The senator representing Ondo South and Chairman of Global Fleet Group, Jimoh Ibrahim, has stressed the need for Africa to embrace data-driven development to boost its economy and governance. Speaking …
Africa’s richest man and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has expressed happiness over his recent appointment into the World Bank’s Private Sector Investment Lab. This group was created to …
Nigeria has approached the World Bank for a fresh $10.50 million loan to strengthen the Central Bank of Nigeria’s technical capacity and modernise the country’s domestic payment system. The move …