World Bank, AfDB, EU, IDB, offer $1.55bn donor funds to TCN for Nigeria’s power transmission lines upgrade
The transmission value chain of the Nigeria electricity industry, which has been plagued by dilapidated infrastructure, is on the
IMF sees firming recovery for Nigeria, projects growth at 1.9% in 2018
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria is on a firm road to recovery from the recession it entered in 2016
Rwanda, World Bank agree to increase electricity access through off grid renewable energy
Rwanda has signed a $50 million Scaling-Up Energy Renewable Program (SREP) financing agreement with World Bank in an effort to
World Bank says it could not monitor Abacha-loot expenditure as it was built into Nigeria’s national budget
The World Bank has clarified its role in the monitoring of the expenditure of the recovered loot by the late General Sani Abacha,
World Bank raises Nigeria’s growth forecast to 2.5% in 2017
*Claims modest rise in commodity demand, prices as driver… The World Bank has forecast that Nigeria’s economy would grow 2.5%
World Bank to provide Senegal $29 million to bolster oil sector
The World Bank will provide $29 million to help Senegal as it negotiates oil and gas contracts with producers, it said on Wednesday.
Malawi’s hopes aid embargo to be lifted after World Bank support resumed
Malawi hopes global lenders will release funds frozen over a government graft scandal three years ago now that the World Bank has
World Bank economist sidelined after demanding shorter emails and reports
The chief economist at the World Bank has stepped down from its research arm after staff were vexed by demands to write succinctly,
Russian economy seen growing from 2017 onwards: World Bank
Russia’s oil-dependent economy is expected to grow from 2017 onwards, supported by higher global crude prices and oil production
Nigeria economy slump continues as GDP contracts 0.5% in first quarter
Nigeria’s economy continued its slump and contracted for a fifth consecutive quarter in the three months through March as oil output