March - 2016

NEWS & UPDATES

WHO downgrades Ebola health risk

Ebola is no longer an "extraordinary health event" and the risk of the virus spreading is low, the World Health Organization says. It...

US pulls $472m of funding for Tanzanian project

A US government aid agency has pulled $472m (£331m) of funding for a Tanzanian electricity project after criticising elections in...

Power Africa

Power Africa employs a transaction-centered approach to directly address the constraints to project development and investment in...

OPIC Opens office in Cote d'Ivoire

WASHINGTON – The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, this month...

Africa's "New Deal" on Power

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting a High Level Stakeholder Consultative Meeting on the theme “Towards a New Deal on Energy...