Tags Country Director World Bank Appoints New Country Director for Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda Vivian Kwame September 7, 2020 Nairobi, September 7, 2020- Keith Hansen, an American, has been appointed as the new Country director for four African countries:
Tags Covid-19 World Bank Hands Kenya $150mn to Upgrade Urban Informal Settlements Pamela Okutoyi August 10, 2020 Some 1.7 million urban poor families in Kenya are set to have their living conditions upgraded through modernised basic infrastructure
Tags Covid-19 Africa’s Food Import Bill Matches the Size of Tunisia’s Economy Regina Komi July 10, 2020 Africa’s food import bill is likely to balloon, lifted by a deadly mix of shocks including the Covid-19 pandemic, desert
Tags Ecoligo Flower Farm to Build Kenya’s First Floating Solar Station Pamela Okutoyi June 23, 2020 Kenya’s first floating solar power station is set to be constructed by a flower farm, opening a new chapter in
Tags Angola Uganda to Top Africa in Economy Growth This Year Vivian Kwame June 15, 2020 Uganda is on course to posting the largest economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year despite being marred by the
Tags Djibouti World Bank Ranks Djibouti Most Expensive Country in Africa Faith Jelagat June 15, 2020 Djibouti is the most expensive country in Africa while its neighbour Eritrea in the Horn of Africa enjoys the lowest
Tags East Africa Report: Tanzania More Urbanised Than Kenya Faith Jelagat June 8, 2020 Tanzania is the most urbanised country in East Africa, according to data compiled by researchers at Yale and Columbia universities.
Tags Afghanistan Kenya Posts Fastest Electrification Rate In Africa Pamela Okutoyi May 29, 2020 Kenya leads Africa in the pace at which it is electrifying its population through a mix of grid and off-grid
Tags : Nigeria Nigeria Now Has Largest Population Without Electricity Globally Vivian Kwame May 28, 2020 Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have for the first time each replaced India as countries with the largest
Tags Africa Revealed: 70pc Of Sub-Saharan African Countries Apply For World Bank Loans Amid Covid-19 Crisis Regina Komi May 20, 2020 At least 70 percent of sub-Saharan African economies have approached the World Bank for loans to finance their budget shortfalls