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Ghana’s Inflation To Remain Above 44.7% Until 2024 – AfDB Report

Ghana’s Inflation To Remain Above 44.7% Until 2024 – AfDB Report

Ghana’s inflation rate is expected to anchor above 44.7 percent until the year 2024, this is the projection from the African Development Bank. The Bank in its recently released West Africa Economic Outlook Report further projected that the country’s interest rates will continue to hover above 25 percent. The report noted that, “Within the West Africa region, inflation is projected to be highest in Ghana (45%), Nigeria (17%), Sierra Leone (27%) and the Gambia (12%). Except Nigeria, local currencies in the three other countries experienced double digit depreciation in 2022. This is expected to continue in the medium term.” For…
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Africa Has Technology, Innovation To Achieve Zero Hunger – Afdb Head

Africa Has Technology, Innovation To Achieve Zero Hunger – Afdb Head

Africa has the necessary partnerships and technologies to eradicate hunger, said African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina. What is needed is action including robust financing, Adesina said Monday during the opening session of the 8th Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW) in Durban, South Africa. “We must pull together the best of science, technology, and innovations to drive a more productive, efficient, and more competitive agricultural system,” Adesina told an audience of stakeholders in agriculture and agribusiness research and innovation in Africa. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) organized the event with the government of South…
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