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Mercy Ships

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World Health Day: How Mercy Ships is Empowering Local Surgeons to Create a Healthier Future

In 2024, as the Africa Mercy continued to offer direct medical services in Madagascar, Mercy Ships and NGO Operation Smile collaborated to train and mentor local health professionals in comprehensive cleft care

This year’s World Health Day theme, Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures, highlights the urgent need to end preventable maternal and newborn deaths. Around 300,000 women die due to pregnancy and childbirth complications each year, while millions of babies are stillborn and two million die within their first month of life. The…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • African Development Bank’s Tanzania Country Manager, Patricia Laverley (right), and BOAT’s Deputy Managing Director, Hamza Cherkaoui, display signed copies of the $7.5 million trade finance transaction guarantee agreement
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African Development Bank and Bank of Africa Tanzania sign $7.5 million facility to boost trade finance

The facility will support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and local corporates engaged in the import sector

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility to boost trade finance activities of the Bank of Africa in Tanzania. Under this facility, the African Development Bank will provide a guarantee of up to 100% to…

Foreign Affairs Department - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Republic of Seychelles
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Seychelles and Egypt heighten diplomatic ties through official visit in Cairo by Mr. Sylvestre Radegonde, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism

The Egyptian minister has reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to continue to support Seychelles in its capacity building efforts

Seychelles and Egypt signed a Visa Waiver Agreement for diplomatic and Official passport holders during the weekend in Cairo, Egypt. This was on the margin of a two-day official visit of Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister, Mr. Sylvestre Radegonde at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, H. E Badr Abdelatty,…

World Health Organization (WHO) - South Sudan
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Saving lives and safeguarding mothers during childbirth in South Sudan: a midwife's poignant recollection

South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios globally, with 1,223 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births

The agony experienced by mothers during childbirth evokes sorrowful memories for Mrs. Atto Christine Lino, a midwife in South Sudan. Mrs. Lino, a 28-year-old midwife, working at Gurei Primary Health Care Centre in Juba, highlights the severe challenges mothers go through while delivering babies in South Sudan. “It is always…

Presidency of the Arab Republic of Egypt
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Egypt: President El-Sisi and France’s President Macron Hold Talks at Al-Ittihadiya Palace

The two Presidents signed a joint declaration, elevating relations between Egypt and France to the level of Strategic Partnership

Today at Al-Ittihadiya Palace, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received President of France, Emmanuel Macron, who is on an official high-level visit to Egypt. An official reception ceremony was held for the French President, the national anthems were played, and the guard of honor was inspected. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed…

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Mine Awareness Day: Demining goal within reach but fears of conflict reversing progress

Significant strides have been made to tackle this deadly threat, with the United Nations Mine Action Service in South Sudan (UNMAS) destroying more than 1.2 million unexploded ordnances

The decades of brutal civil war that ravaged South Sudan left behind a terrible legacy of land littered by landmines, cluster munitions, and unexploded ordnances. Since 2004, more than 5,000 people have been killed by explosions from these devices. However, significant strides have been made to tackle this deadly threat,…

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PAC Capital Limited Named Best Transaction Advisory Firm in Nigeria at the Grand Annual Awards Ceremony 2025

As part of the PanAfrican Capital Holdings Group, PAC Capital continues to expand its footprint across Africa and globally, with a focus on impact-driven transactions that promote sustainable economic growth

PAC Capital Limited (www.PACCapitalLtd.com), a leading investment banking and advisory firm, is proud to announce its recognition as the Best Transaction Advisory Firm – Nigeria 2025 by the International Business Magazine Awards! The award celebrates PAC Capital’s consistent track record in structuring and executing high-impact transactions across various sectors, including infrastructure,…

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)

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    • Delegates gather at the 5th AFC Country & Stakeholder Symposium, themed “Making Africa’s Institutional Savings Work Better for the Continent,” to explore solutions for mobilising domestic capital for sustainable development
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Leaders from Angola, Ethiopia, Egypt & South Africa to lead discussions at Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC) 5th Country & Stakeholder Symposium

The Symposium will showcase AFC’s innovative capital mobilization strategies and financial structuring expertise, with a focus on developing new financial products and asset allocation models that attract and retain institutional investors

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricAFC.org), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, is convening the 5th edition of its Country & Stakeholder Symposium (CSS) tomorrow, April 8, 2025, from 12:30 to 14:00 WAT.  This year’s theme, “Making Africa’s Institutional Savings Work Better for the Continent,” will spotlight the urgent need to…

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    • Intra-African Trade, Investment and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) can Address Africa’s $15B Infrastructure Gap
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Intra-African Trade, Investment and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) can Address Africa’s $15B Infrastructure Gap

Speaking at ARDA Week 2025, the African Energy Chamber underscored the need for aligned policies to advance downstream oil and gas projects in Africa

NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber (AEC)  (www.EnergyChamber.org), has called for greater utilization of African financial solutions to address the continent’s $15.7 billion infrastructure deficit. With these sources of capital, the continent stands to maximize the production, processing and distribution of local oil and gas resources amid…

Merck Foundation

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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO) together with African First Ladies Africa mark World Health Day 2025 by providing over 2250 scholarships to doctors across Africa and beyond

Merck Foundation scholarships are highly significant, as they provide doctors with specialized training, helping to bridge healthcare gaps and improve patient care in underserved communities

Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks “World Health Day” 2025 in partnership with Africa’s First Ladies who are also the Ambassadors of Merck Foundation “More Than a Mother” Campaign, with a strong reaffirmation of its commitment to improving and revolutionizing healthcare access across Africa, Asia…