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S&P Global Ratings Confirms ShafDB’s Sustainability Finance Framework Meets International Green and Social Bond Standards
Nairobi, Kenya – 6th August 2026 – S&P Global Ratings has confirmed Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s (ShafDB) Sustainability Finance Framework fully in alignment with the International…
The Architecture of Movement – Africa50 gets $20m for Infrastructure Acceleration.
Infrastructure is rarely glamorous, but it is foundational. It is the difference between a clinic that can refrigerate vaccines and one that cannot. Between…
GRANT ALERT – and how you can get a share of it.
Its not everyday DFI’s and IFI’s have grant opportunities but….. ……$3.48 million just dropped. Not for roads. Not for dams. For something quieter but…
World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Program
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2026—The Africa regions of the World Bank Group (WBG) announce the opening of the application period for the 2027 WBG Africa Fellowship Program for…
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Join the PAN-African Incubation Programme for Ed-tech startups
The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, through the timbuktoo EdTech Hub, is launching a call for applications for startups and digital solution providers working in the…
The Immigrants Left. The Jobs Didn’t Appear. What Now?
Let us talk about yesterday’s World Cup match between Mexico and South Africa. A 2-0 defeat for the South Africans, punctuated by not one,…
THE “BIG FAMILY” METAPHOR: WHAT CHINA’S OPEN DOOR ACTUALLY MEANS FOR AFRICANS
Let me tell you about a gate. Not a metaphorical one. A physical, iron-wrought, heavily administered barrier that stood between two continents for a…
CALM, NOT COMPLACENT: WHAT A RARE HANTAVIRUS CASE IN SOUTH AFRICA ACTUALLY MEANS FOR YOU
A British tourist on a cruise ship tested positive for a rare rodent-borne virus. Health officials say “don’t panic.” Here’s what that actually means—for…
DANGOTE’S EAST AFRICA BET: CAN ONE MAN’S REFINERY FIX A CONTINENT’S FUEL CRISIS?
Africa’s richest man is taking his refinery model to East Africa. Here’s what that actually means—for fuel prices, for jobs, and for anyone tired…
The truth about “Green Money”: Why Africa’s capital markets are finally talking the same language
Regulators, bankers, and sustainability experts just gathered in Lagos to figure out how to make “ESG” actually mean something. Here’s what that means for…