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Stringent measures needed to deal with illicit financial transactions in Africa – Akufo-Addo

May 25, 2022 Foreign illicit financial transactions and tax evasion by multinational companies are draining Africa’s domestic resources and depriving it of crucial investment funds. This is according...

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May 25, 2022 / Comments (0)

Africa’s recovery pathways offer enormous opportunities

April 26, 2021 Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has reminded global audiences of the continent’s vast opportunities for green growth. He sounded a note of...

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April 26, 2021 / Comments (0)

Africa’s growth prospects bullish despite pandemic constraints

March 17, 2021 Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3.4 per cent growth in 2021, the African Development Bank said in its 2021 African Economic Outlook...

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March 17, 2021 / Comments (0)

Food security, agriculture, AfCFTA crucial for Africa’s post-COVID-19 recovery – African Economic Conference

December 11, 2020 “The agriculture sector is among the most vulnerable. Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration,” African Development Bank...

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December 11, 2020 / Comments (0)

AfDB seeks more support for Ghana’s National Development Bank

December 1, 2020 With a little over a month for the National Development Bank of Ghana to commence operations, the outgoing Acting Country Manager of the African Development Bank, Sebastian Okeke, says his...

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December 1, 2020 / Comments (0)

Partners commit US$500m to Dev’t Bank

November 24, 2020 The Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) which was recently registered has already received commitments of over US$500 million from investors and development partners, Minister of Finance, Mr...

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November 24, 2020 / Comments (0)

African countries making headway in tackling tax evasion and money laundering-2020 Tax Transparency report

July 1, 2020 African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the latest Tax...

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July 1, 2020 / Comments (0)

COCOBOD gets US$600m to boost cocoa production

November 13, 2019 Agreement is a turning point for scaling up the cocoa value chain – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Ghana is bankable, cocoa is bankable and of course Africa is bankable...

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November 13, 2019 / Comments (0)