Category: Sustainable Development

Afreximbank signs agreement to provide Cameroon with EUR 200-million facility to support National Development Strategy implementation H.E. Louis Paul Motaze, Minister of Finance, of the Republic of Cameroon (middle), flanked by Dr. George Elombi, Exec. VP, GLCS, Afreximbank (left), and Mr. Paul Tasong Njukang, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, in charge of Planning (right) Yaoundé, 26 January 2024: – The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) today in Yaoundé signed a EUR200 million financing facility to support the Government of Cameroon in the implementation of its National Development Strategy. Dr. George Elombi, Executive Vice-President, Governance, Legal and Corporate Services, signed the facility...

By CEASAR MBEWE In an effort to equip farmers with essential knowledge on combating fall army worms and sensitization on sustainable agriculture financing(SAFF), farmers in Samfya District, Luapula Province, have commenced trainings. Jonathan Banda, the District Agriculture Extension Methodology Officer, emphasized the importance of these trainings in arming farmers with the necessary skills to tackle the threat of Army Worms. The training initiative began in late December 2023, with Block Extension Officers, Camp Officers, and Lead Farmers, with a focus on reaching farmers across different zones. “We are monitoring the implementation of these trainings by Block and Camp officers to...

  ……..’We’ll actualize our campaign promises, change the narrative’ Wednesday, 25th January. 2024 Lusaka (Zambia Informer) ——- ‘I have come back home to help fulfil what we had promised the people during our campaigns and even when I was away (opposition), I never forgot the United Party for National Development because that is where it all begun” says Bizwell Mutale, the prodigal son, moments after jumping and swimming ashore from the sinking ‘Patriotic Front (PF) Titanic (boat). Mutale, a multifaceted personality with hands on in engineering Procurement Construction and Project Funding, business acquisition and recapitalisation, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer...

By Derrick Sinjela and Simon Banda Economic Front (EF) Spokesperson, Humphrey Kabwe is appealing to the United Party for National Development (UPND) Administration to immediately reverse the recent increment of toll gate charges, mobile money transaction charges and the automatic increment of electricity tariffs which was effected on Monday, 1st January, 2024. Mr Kabwe says these increments continue to negatively affect the costs of living and production thus causing more hardship on the already suffering citizens. Kabwe says it is unacceptable, retrogressive and being heartless to hike toll gate charges for truck’s to K1,250 from K500. “These increments of toll...