World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...
A coalition of leading African civil society groups called on the World Bank to exit its investments in for-profit hospitals, ...
Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called ...
The World Bank Group and the AfDB have pledged a combined donation of $48 billion to provide electricity to 300 million Africans, half ...
World Bank President Ajay Banga said boosting access to electricity is the key to unlocking the demographic dividend in the ...
International lenders have pledged an additional $8 billion to support a $48 billion World Bank and African Development Bank ...
With contributions from the World Bank, African Development Bank, Rockefeller Foundation and others, the initiative seeks to ...
The World Bank Group has reaffirmed its commitment to tackling Africa’s energy deficit, aiming to provide electricity to half of ...
World Bank director of infrastructure in Western and central Africa Franz Drees-Gross stated: “Of the 680 million people globally without electricity access, 570 million live in sub-Saharan Africa.
The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a $1.6 billion landmark investment programme to bolster regional power ...
South Africa's central bank cut its main lending rate by another 25 basis points to 7.50% in a decision announced on Thursday.
Nigeria's central bank expects the economy to expand by 4.17% this year, Governor Olayemi Cardoso said on Thursday, driven by ...