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Tostan

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    • Seminar recap shares Tostan’s approach to Cotonou as part of the FRSD project
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    • First interactive knowledge sharing seminar on the Tostan non-formal education model, Cotonou, © Otswald Aguessy
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Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and German cooperation in partnership with Tostan to promote social cohesion in fragile regions of Benin

The increase in conflicts over access to resources, tensions between herders and farmers, and the risk of violent extremism in recent years in northern Benin calls for collaborative and inclusive solutions

Tostan (www.Tostan.org) and GIZ announce the launch in Benin of the project "Eco-systemic engagement for citizen-led peace and social cohesion". Funded by the Fonds Régional de Stabilisation et de Développement (FRSD), an initiative of ECOWAS and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), this project aims to promote…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • Almost one million additional people in Benin should benefit from access to drinking water thanks to the project supported by the African Development Bank
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Benin: some one million people to benefit from loan of EUR 118 million from the African Development Bank and Africa Growing Together Fund to supply more drinking water

The African Development Bank is contributing EUR 75.63 million in financial support

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of EUR 118.63 million to Benin to implement the Drinking Water Supply for Resilience in Rural Areas Programme in Abidjan with the aim of supplying drinking water to an additional 965,000 people in the West African…

Afreximbank

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    • Mr. Létondji Beheton, CEO, GDIZ (middle), symbolically laying the first block for AQAC. Looking on from left to right: Mr. Faki Adje, Deputy General Manager, Arise IIP; Ms. Emilie-Nono Ketcheuzeu, Manager-Client Relations (Francophone West & Central Africa), Afreximbank; Mr. Vijay Kumar Thota, Finance Manager, Arise IIP; and Mr. Amr Yawer, Manager-Export Development, Afreximbank
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Afreximbank and Arise IIP commence the construction of the African Quality Assurance Center in Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) Benin to boost Intra-African trade: A landmark collaboration between Afreximbank and ARISE IIP

The AQAC laboratory in GDIZ will offer world-class testing, inspection, and certification services covering food and agricultural products, ensuring that products “Made in Africa” meet the required safety and quality standards

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) and ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP) are proud to announce the commencement of construction works for the African Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC) in Glo-Djigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) in Benin on Tuesday, 27th November 2024. This landmark project is a collaboration between Afreximbank and ARISE…

International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC)

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    • Regional Workshop Series on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Organized by the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Enhance Integrated Framework (EIF) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for Key Economic Stakeholders
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Regional Workshop Series on the African Continental Free Trade Agreement Organized by the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Enhance Integrated Framework (EIF) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for Key Economic Stakeholders

Workshop Series Targeted Key Actors in the Public and Private Sectors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) (www.ITFC-IDB.org), a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) and governments of Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, organized a series of workshops in the…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Benin: United Nations (UN) expert welcomes holistic approach to countering terrorism and urges timely justice

Since 2019, hundreds of arrests, many seemingly arbitrary or without adequate notice of reasons for arrest, have been made in connection with terrorism-related crimes

A UN expert today welcomed Benin’s innovative efforts to combat terrorism and violent extremism, particularly in its northern regions and called for timely judicial process in terrorism cases, in conformity with international human rights standards. “Benin has demonstrated a forward-looking approach by combining security measures and development strategies,” said Ben…

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Experts’ Meeting for the Review of the Supplementary Draft Act and Standard Operating Procedures of Wapis Regional Platform Concludes its Work in Dakar

The experts received a presentation from Mr Richard GOTWE, Head of the WAPIS Programme, on WAPIS and its level of implementation in the ECOWAS Member States

The three (3) day meeting of government experts to examine the draft additional act establishing the regional data exchange platform of the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) and the standard operating procedures ended on Friday 25 October in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. During their meeting, the experts from the…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The State of Qatar
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Benin National Assembly Speaker Meets Qatar's Charge D'affaires

During the meeting, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries

HE Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin Louis Vlavonou met with HE Charge D'affaires of the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Benin Hamad bin Dhaen Al Kuwari. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation relations between the two countries.

Internet Society
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Internet Society Events Highlight the Importance of Encryption for Online Safety and Security

By promoting awareness and providing training on encryption, grassroots organizers are empowering communities to take control of their digital security

In support of Global Encryption Day on 21 October 2024, events are being organized across Africa by Internet Society (www.InternetSociety.org) chapters in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Benin to educate and train individuals on the importance of encryption in protecting data and privacy.   End-to-end encryption is…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • Benin's Minister of Economy and Finance, Romuald Wadagni, announces $ 2 million for the African Development Fund at the opening session of the Mid-Term Review of the 16th Replenishment of the Fund. Cotonou, October, 2024
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ADF-16: Benin to contribute $2 million to the African Development Fund

Benin becomes the seventh African country to contribute, joining Algeria, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Morocco and South Africa

Benin joins six other African countries that contribute to ADF; 74 million people in Africa have benefitted from improvements in agriculture for food security through the Fund. Benin has pledged $2 million to the next replenishment of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group.…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)

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    • Justine Gantekpin’s thriving market garden in Djeffa, expanded thanks to the support of project
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Modernizing Agriculture: African Development Fund Project Changes Lives in Benin’s Ouémé Valley

Launched in 2014 with €63.63 million in funding from the African Development Bank Group’s concessional window, the African Development Fund, the project has supported 14 localities across Benin’s Ouémé, Zou, and Atlantique districts

The sun rises early over Djeffa, a locality in southeastern Benin’s Sèmè-Podji district where Justine Gantekpin is already tending to her flourishing vegetable farm. Thanks to the African Development Fund Project for Support of Agricultural Infrastructure in the Ouémé Valley (http://apo-opa.co/3Ydp5vP), Gantekpin has expanded her farm from a small plot…