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Africa: World Bank Approves $115 Million to Support Senegal’s Fiscal Reforms and Strengthen Public Financial Management

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago05 mins

Washington — The World Bank has approved $115 million in concessional financing to support Senegal’s efforts to improve public debt sustainability, strengthen public financial management, and increase domestic resource mobilization. The financing, provided through the International Development Association (IDA), will help implement the government’s flagship reform program, the 2025-2029 Senegal Program for Transparency in Public…

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Africa: Report Exposes Hidden Crisis in Southern Africa’s Public Health Sector – Gender Equality on Paper, Patriarchy in Practice

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago04 mins

A new report released by WomenLift Health lays bare a critical but often overlooked barrier to resilient health systems in Southern Africa: a persistent leadership gap for women in the public health sector, despite decades of progressive gender equality policies. Based on a comprehensive stakeholder analysis across ten countries including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi,…

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Africa: Time to Rethink Health Financing – It’s Not Just a Public Sector Concern

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

By Hatice Beton, Roberto Durán-Fernández, Dennis Ostwald and Rifat Atun As G7 leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up their summit in Kananaskis June 16, a critical issue was absent from the agenda: the future of global health financing. Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, trade conflicts and cuts to development aid, health has been sidelined…

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Africa: 10th African Public Service Day Under the Theme: ‘Enhancing the Agility and Resilience of Public Institutions to Achieve Equitable Governance and Rapidly Address Historical Service Delivery Gaps’, 21 to 23 June 2025

eriinfo.com1 month ago04 mins

What: The African Union Commission (AUC), through its Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, in partnership with the Government of Ethiopia through the Ethiopian Civil Service Commission, will host the 10th Continental Africa Public Service Day (APSD). When: 21-23 June 2025 Where: African Union HQ, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Registration form to participate in the…

Delayed roll-out of public cloud was strategic, says Huawei

eriinfo.com1 month ago07 mins

Diego Han, director of Ecosystem Development at Huawei Cloud Sub-Saharan Africa. Huawei says its delayed public roll-out of a cloud platform was a deliberate strategic move to ensure scalability, in-house R&D integration and the development of transformation expertise it now offers globally. The company believes this approach positions it well as the market shifts from…

Public money, private plans: MPs demand Post Office transparency

eriinfo.com1 month ago09 mins

Tensions reached boiling point in a Wednesday meeting of parliament’s select committee on economic development & trade after Post Office business rescue practitioners Anoosh Rooplal and Juanita Damons requested that parts of their presentation on their plan to save the ailing state-owned company be held in private, away from the media. MPs across the political…

Africa: Mpox Remains Public Health Emergency of International Concern – WHO

eriinfo.com1 month ago07 mins

PREMIUM TIMES review of WHO global mpox trends shows that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains the epicentre, consistently reporting between 200 and 600 new weekly cases. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has maintained that Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General,…