The USAID/Ghana Local Governance Decentralization Program (LOGODEP) recently held a two-day closeout workshop in Busua, Ghana, to discuss the five-year program's results. Read More »

A second review of a financial and economic program sponsored by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Extended Credit Facility (ECF) to aid Ghana was the focus of an IMF team's recent visit to the African nation. Read More »

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently approved a $71.8 million Extended Credit Facility (ECF) Arrangement with a $44.9 million augmentation for Liberia through a three-month extension by IMF's executive board. Read More »

The goal of the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) West African Seed Program (WASP) since its 2012 inception has been to boost West Africa's agricultural sector by increasing the supply of quality certified seeds to the region. Read More »

Two new Food for Progress agreements to boost trade and agricultural development in Ghana's poultry industry were unveiled on Tuesday by U.S. Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Ghanaian Minister of Food and Agriculture Fifi Kwetey. Read More »

U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order late last week to terminate a national emergency declared in Liberia in July 2004. Read More »

An online press conference by the Africa Progress Panel on the upcoming COP21 climate-change conference and treaty talks will take place at 2 p.m. GMT on Thursday. Read More »

U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Krysta Harden, leaders from five states' departments of agriculture, and representatives from 26 U.S. agribusinesses and organizations are on a mission trip to sub-Saharan Africa this week to help expand export opportunities for U.S. food and agricultural products. Read More »

The United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Ghana Local Governance Decentralization Program (LOGODEP) is conducting its closeout workshop that ends Nov. 12 in Busua, Ghana. USAID oversees a variety of programs aimed at stemming global poverty. The organization has been at work in Ghana since 1957, providing programs to enhance food security, improve healthcare. Read More »

The Global Development's Frontier 100 Forum focused on the rapid growth of Africa's private sector and the continent's new role as the home to several leading companies. The theme for the invitation-only event was “African Business in the World-Class Space." The forum's keynote speaker was Solomon Asamoah, African Development Bank’s vice president of infrastructure. Read More »

A Liberian review mission by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) wrapped up Oct. 30. Carlo Sdralevich conducted a review of the Liberian government's economic program, which is backed by the IMF, and conducted its Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The mission also revealed that the nation is still feeling the economic strain caused by the Ebola outbreak. Read More »

The Global Development’s Frontier 100 Forum celebrated the growth of Africa's private sector during the "African Business in the World-Class Space” event that took place Oct. 19 and Oct. 20 in Washington, D.C. The keynote speaker was Solomon Asamoah, African Development Bank’s vice president of infrastructure. He urged Africa's leaders to develop stronger business environments. Read More »

A program recently developed by the World Bank hopes to expand access to higher education for students in Benin. eLearning Benin allows students to access approximately 20 distance learning programs from universities around the world as an alternative to brick and mortar institutions within the country. The project was developed through the Youth Innovation Fund. Read More »

The U.S. Agency for International Development's U.S. Global Development Lab awarded $14.1 million in new grants to 32 organizations from around the globe as part of its Development Innovation Ventures program. A year-round open competition, the DIV program is aimed at finding breakthrough development solutions with strong potential to change millions of peoples' lives. Read More »

Islamic Development Bank signed two developments financing agreements worth $91 million (USD) with Tajikistan and Togo during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meetings in Lima, Peru. The first agreement, totaling $70 million (USD), established between Tajikistan Minister of Finance Abdusalom K. Kurboniyon and IDB Group President Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali. Read More »

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and U.S. President Barack Obama met at the 70th United Nation's General Assembly on Sept. 29 to confirm their continued partnership of bringing power to Africa. The meeting comes on the heels of President Obama's Power Africa initiative that looks to ensure that Sub-Saharan Africans have double the access to electricity. Read More »

The International Year of Light 2015 is a worldwide initiative of the United Nations to raise awareness of how optical technologies promote sustainable development and provide solutions to worldwide challenges in energy, education, agriculture, communications and health. Among the event's founders are the American Institute of Physics and the American Physical Society. Read More »

The World Bank Group endorsed a Country Partnership Framework (CPF), a World Bank lending program of up to US$1 billion and a International Finance Corporation (IFC) financing of up to US$1 billion, for Côte d’Ivoire on Sept. 29. Due to years of stability, the World Bank Board extended the CPF to the Ivory Coast in order to modernize the economy and efface the disparities that were created from years of struggle. Read More »

RESOLVE President and CEO Stephen D’Esposito joined Chelsea Clinton and other leaders at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York on Sept. 27 to announce a new CGI Commitment to Action, “ReGrow West Africa: Post-Ebola Private Sector Recovery.” ReGrow West Africa was selected for its “exemplary approach to addressing a critical challenge.” Read More »

A group from the International Monetary Fund visited Dakar, Senegal earlier this month to discuss a three-year agreement under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) approved in June. The PSI is a flexible tool allowing low-income countries that do not want -- or need -- financial assistance to still receive the IMF's advice and support without a borrowing arrangement.  Read More »