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For the past five decades, the African Development Bank AfDBGroup has been at the forefront of driving Africa’s economic transformation, leveraging its diverse resources and unique know-how as an indigenous development finance
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Alabama Penny Savings Bank organized in Birmingham
Alabama Penny Savings Bank organized in Birmingham. Eighty-five Blacks reported lynched in 1890. Savannah State College established.
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Zimbabwe security forces ordered mobile money ban: sources
Zimbabwe’s security force leaders sidelined the nation’s economic chiefs and forced the government to issue an order to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile money transactions, people familiar with the situation
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Nigeria: 2020 Budget - Senate Pegs Oil Price Benchmark At $28 Per Barrel
The Senate on Tuesday put the benchmark price for crude oil in the 2020 budget at $28 per
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South Africa: COVID-19 - Bank Accused of Freezing Asylum Seekers' Accounts During Lockdown
Refugees can't renew permits because offices are closed
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East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months
East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region's mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax
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Pioneer of blood plasma research, Dr Charles Richard Drew, establishes a pioneer
Pioneer of blood plasma research, Dr Charles Richard Drew, establishes a pioneer blood bank in New York City, 1941
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Co-op Bank, Laikipia unveil Sh300m enterprise fund
Co-operative Bank of Kenya has launched a Sh300 million enterprise fund with Laikipia County to offer affordable financing and business support to co-operatives and entrepreneurs.
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - How Recovery Funding Will Be Disbursed
According to a letter by the Central Bank to all the 16 local banks as well as Limited Liability Micro-finance institutions, the fund will be disbursed through local financial
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U.S. Bank and the Vikings Kick Off $1 Million Effort to Enhance Minnesota's Places to Play
U.S. Bank and the Minnesota Vikings are teaming up to invest $1 million over the next three years with U.S. Bank Places to Play, an effort to make Minnesota an even greater place to live, raise a family and create lifelong
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Sierra Leone Commercial Bank urges customers to use Visa and mobile banking
As the world moves gradually away from use of paper currency to cashless transactions, which carry the convenience of safety and security from theft, management of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the country’s largest profitable financial service provider has urged customers to utilize the various
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TSD FLASH! - No Freedom Award in 2020; Slave Haven sets reopening; election lawsuit; music video vibe: Usher's "I Cry"
Officials with The National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) announced Friday the cancellation of this year’s planned version of the museum’s flagship fundraising event, with a focus forward now on next year’s 30th anniversary of the Freedom
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Kenya: Local Debt Grows With Sh106 Billion Bretton Woods Loan
Given Kenya's classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Rwanda: MPs Want Clear Plan to Increase Agricultural Loans
MP Théogène Munyangeyo, Chairperson of the Committee, said that agriculture received only 1.5 per cent of the total loans provided by commercial banks in Rwanda in the 2018/2019 financial
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Black Enterprise hosts inaugural 40 Under 40 Summit, celebrating emerging leaders - DefenderNetwork.com
 BLACK ENTERPRISE will present its first ever 40 Under 40 Summit, May 20, in partnership with Amazon. This one-of-a-kind virtual experience will bring together a cohort of high-achieving young professionals and speakers who will share their insights and strategies to build
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Pugh, Mary E. (1959- )
Mary E. Pugh, founder of Pugh Capital Management, a successful investment firm in Seattle, was the first black woman and youngest person to be named Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Born to a Boeing engineer father and real estate agent mother, Pugh’s family lived
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BBVA Compass, WNBA and NBA treat Phoenix students to a lesson in financial education
BBVA Compass teamed up with WNBA and NBA stars Thursday to share with students at Machan Elementary School in Phoenix the importance of financial literacy and how a solid foundation can open doors to a brighter
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Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses
Comerica Bank recently announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the
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Seychelles: Small Business Owners in Seychelles Share Mixed Reactions to Government Credit Line
Small business owners in Seychelles are having mixed reactions to a credit line facility put in place by the Central Bank to help micro, small and medium enterprises impacted by
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NAACP economic development chair helps local entrepreneurs –
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Mangudya likens money changers to coronavirus
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday likened parallel market dealers to the coronavirus which is causing havoc to the
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Boston Bank of Commerce
Incorporated on June 30, 1982, with Juan M. Cofield as its leading founder and president from 1982-1983, Boston Bank of Commerce is the only fully insured Black-owned and operated bank in Boston and New England. A successor to Unity Bank and Trust, Boston's first Black-owned Bank, the Boston Bank
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Economic distancing: 60 million face extreme poverty - World Bank
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World Bank encouraged by Caribbean private sector participation in infrastructure development - Stabroek News
New data generated by the World Bank indicates that private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in developing countries, including those in the Caribbean, has seen what it describes as a “very modest uptick” in the second half of the year against the backdrop of the advent of a COVID-19 pandemic
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Success squatters - Stabroek News
While the squatters at Success were slowly being submerged under water and the police were firing pellet rounds, President Irfaan Ali was at the Providence Stadium in dream mode. The article Success squatters appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Uganda's $12b Budget Offers Tax Waivers, Credit Access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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Jamaica preparing National Adaptation Plan
The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change is in the process of developing Jamaica's first National Adaptation Plan (NAP). Portfolio Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr. said that during this financial year, Jamaica...
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Nigeria: President Buhari to AfDB President, Adesina: "I'll Stand by You"
State House — President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in his bid to get re-elected as President of the African Development Bank
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Third cease order served on concrete facility - Stabroek News
With no permission granted for the construction of a concrete manufacturing facility adjacent to South Ruimveldt Gardens, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the Ministry of Housing and Water have served orders to the principals of the development to cease
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