Africa

The Islamic Bank of Guinea has signed a partnership with C2M Group to finance the construction, sale or purchase of houses for its customers

The African Development Bank agreed $140m loan to finance the construction of the 50-megawatt Malagarasi hydropower plant in Western Tanzania

The Community Development Association of Naqada, an NGO dedicated to expanding economic opportunities, contributed to create a community bakery to empower rural women

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $84.22 million in loans and grants to boost electricity access to nearly 80,000 rural households in southern areas

CCREAD - the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development- graduated 51 trainees after 9 months free training in various programs

Imam Sufo Mussa fights every day in his mosque to help victims of jihadist violence

Kola Lamikanra, a Nigerian-born entrepreneur, will launch a platform Lingua54, aimed at matching supply and demand for private African language lessons

The country loses one position and ranks 3rd after Singapore and the USA in foreign direct investment into India for the fiscal year 2020-2021

Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta and Evariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi signed deals yesterday to remove trade barriers and foster the use of Lake Victoria as a source for livelihoods

Co-sponsored by the country's government, the World Health Assembly adopted a new resolution to revitalise and accelerate efforts to end malaria

NGOs around the world are mobilising to support the local authorities to help the population affected by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption

In Ian Brennan's new album "We Are An Island, But We Are Not Alone", he recorded a group called Comorian in unconventional locations - an abandoned car or just outside in the rain or in view of passersby on the Comoros Islands