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Aligning investment and trade law with sustainable development and climate goals in Africa
06 Feb 2025 05:15 GMT
… According to the African Development Bank, Africa needs $3 … sectors like agriculture and energy, where subsidies and tariffs … adaptation, and sustainable agriculture initiatives. Expanding access to … solutions. Countries like Gabon and Kenya are leading …
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How Tanzania became Africa’s No 2 maize producer
05 Feb 2025 01:23 GMT
… fertiliser subsidies, mechanisation, and market infrastructure.
South Africa …
Prior to the subsidy, farmers applied an average … in neighbouring South African countries. Ministry data … from subsistence farming to commercial agriculture.
“Farmers should aim …
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The War on Words: Smear Campaigns and Disinformation Targeting Africa Uncensored and Media Actors in Kenya
31 Jan 2025 15:55 GMT
… which had introduced the fertilizer subsidy program, to begin with. … article that explored how ex-Agriculture CS Peter Munya was … is consistent with bot farms or troll farms within a network.
… media house in East and Central Africa, was also the subject of …
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COMMITMENT BY HEADS OF STATE: ‘Together, we can light up Africa
29 Jan 2025 14:40 GMT
… electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, highlight ing … of Burundi
Burundi’s Evariste Ndayishimiye stated that the East African … across four key sectors—agriculture, mining, infrastructure and … costs and significant state subsidies.
To address this, …
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Top 10 African countries with the most affordable groceries at the start of 2025
28 Jan 2025 18:01 GMT
… While many African countries have become dependent on the farmers market, grocery … to give large-scale food subsidies, freeing up funding for … from Numbeo.
Top 10 African countries with the most affordable … Rwanda
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Tanzania
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South Africa …
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Rate chokehold on African economies is set to loosen slowly
27 Jan 2025 06:52 GMT
… protectionist US policies on their economies and inflation.
South Africa … markets.
South African Reserve Bank Governor … comparisons and their agriculture sectors recover from … Africa economist at Bloomberg Economics.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo …
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Malawi is 4th in Africa’s highest fuel prices
20 Jan 2025 07:50 GMT
… continues to rank among Africa’s most expensive fuel … on the continent include; Central African Republic at $1.718 … consumer purchasing power. Our agricultural and import-dependent economy faces … to various taxes and subsidies for gasoline, with events …
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COLONIAL AFRICA: Economic dependency and the legacy of exploitation
18 Jan 2025 13:48 GMT
… coffee replaced subsistence farming, leaving African communities dependent on … , such as the Congo, were plundered for copper … subsidies to their farmers make it difficult for African agricultural … wealth extracted from Africa during the mercantilist and …
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In Africa, Local Communities Protect More Wildlife Than Do Parks
14 Jan 2025 12:22 GMT
… dedicated to bolstering local African conservation initiatives, demonstrates … percent.
Since 2014, Congolese officials have been … communities.”
Most of Africa’s conservancies cover grasslands … depend heavily on subsidies from international conservation groups …
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Resilient China-Africa partnership: Navigating challenges together
08 Jan 2025 10:58 GMT
… in Africa.
Beijing's development projects have transformed the Congo… energy, water, agriculture and infrastructure that would contribute … the Middle East, protectionism, political turmoil in several … won admiration from African leaders. This has made …