The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has kicked off the Prosper Africa Build Together initiative by requesting $80 million from Congress to build trade and investment between the U.S. and Africa.Dana Banks, U.S. senior director for Africa at …
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The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new push to expand business ties between U.S. companies and Africa, with a focus on clean energy, health, agribusiness and transportation infrastructure on the continent. U.S. industry executives welcomed…
While people in South Sudan have enjoyed independence for the past 10 years, one longstanding problem – food insecurity – still hangs over the world’s newest nation despite vast areas of arable land.A World Food Program report published in June said 60…
In a report this month, the World Bank predicts Zimbabwe’s economy will grow 3.9% this year even as the country sees an alarming rise in poverty levels, especially in urban areas. The report says a record 7.9 million Zimbabweans are “extremely” poor, e…
Hundreds of displaced families trampled down the stairs carrying stained mattresses, logs and kindling for cooking and sacks of clothing and food. The families, more than 5,000 people in all, had fled battles in the northern Tigray region to Shire, a…
The World Bank said on Friday it had temporarily paused payments to operations in Mali following a military coup, while the man expected to become the new prime minister warned sanctions would only complicate the country’s crisis.The World Bank’s actio…
Taipei-Business sentiment among export-oriented manufacturers in Taiwan improved in April from the previous month, as the global economy continued to recover, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) said Tuesday.In the service sector, however,…
Taipei-Business sentiment among export-oriented manufacturers in Taiwan improved in April from the previous month, as the global economy continued to recover, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) said Tuesday.In the service sector, however,…
Taipei-Business sentiment among export-oriented manufacturers in Taiwan improved in April from the previous month, as the global economy continued to recover, the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER) said Tuesday.In the service sector, however,…
Taipei-A wet weather front has helped raise water levels in reservoirs across the country, providing precious water amid a severe drought, the Water Resources Agency (WRA) said Wednesday.According to the WRA’s latest estimate, some 2.82 million cubic m…