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<p>According to the World Bank, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed Rwanda&#8217;s economy into its first contraction since 1994 and onto a slower long-term growth trajectory.</p>


World Bank: How the pandemic has impacted Rwanda’s economy

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<p>The World Bank outlined a six year partnership framework that will guide the Bank in supporting Rwanda&#8217;s strategic priorities as laid down in the National Strategy for Transformation. The new framework is developed from World Bank’s comprehensive analysis of opportunities for achieving poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Rwanda as well as the challenges that the country faces. Financial Advisor, Eddie Balaba spoke to CNBC Africa for more.</p>


World Bank outlines 6-year support framework to drive Rwanda’s growth

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<p>To discuss the World Bank Group&#8217;s strategy to maximise finance for development, International Finance Corporation&#8217;s (IFC) Vice President for Economics and Private Sector, Hans Peter Lankes joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


IFC’s Peter Lankes on how to maximise finance for development

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<p>Mozambique is country rich in gas, has unsustainably high debt levels and on a slow growth trajectory that followed the 2016 hidden debt crisis, according to the World Bank (WB). It has an election on the horizon and its President Filipe Nyusi recently sealed an energy and security deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin. For more on the lay of the land, Nathan Hayes, Country Analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The World Bank says agricultural prices are expected to fall 2.6 per cent this year on average, amid ample stocks but foresees a 1.7 per cent rise in 2020 on expected cuts in U.S. crop plantings and higher costs of energy and fertilizers. For a focus on the global commodities market, Damilola Akinbami, Head of Research at Financial Derivatives joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>The World Bank (WB) says Africa&#8217;s poorest countries saw little to no progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018. The average Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score in Africa&#8217;s 38 International Development Associations (IDA), that is the IDA-eligible countries in 2018 remained unchanged at 3.1 on a scale of zero to six. Albert Zeufack, Chief Economist for Africa at the World Bank joined CNBC Africa&#8217;s Kenneth Igbomor for more.</p>


World Bank’s CPIA reports indicate stagnancy of development: How is it affecting Africa’s poorest countries?

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<p>Due to the changing nature of work in the wake of the 4th industrial revolution, many jobs have been threatened by the implementation of automation. However, the World Bank Future of Work in Africa report revealed that jobs in Africa will mostly likely not be affected by new technologies. World Bank Chief Economist for Africa, Albert Zeufack joins CNBC Africa for more.</p>


World Bank: The future of jobs in Africa is secure

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<p>According to the World Bank, agriculture employs about 65 per cent of the population in Africa and contributes 35 per cent to the continent&#8217;s gross domestic product . Head of Mobile for Development at GSMA, Yasmina McCarty joins CBNC Africa for more.</p>


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<p>On the side-lines of the Spring Meetings of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington CNBC Africa&#8217;s Gugulethu Mfuphi caught up with Dr. Albert Zeufack, World bank Chief Economist for Africa.</p>


Africa economic growth rebounds but not fast enough – WB

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<p>CNBC Africa caught up with Makhtar Diop, World Bank VP for Africa on the side-lines of the meeting and she started by asking him about the role of technology in sectors like agriculture and getting the right capital to develop these sectors.</p>


WB’s Makhtar Diop speaks on role of technology in agriculture

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<p>Rwanda has received a $55 million financing from the World Bank to reduce malnutrition. The funding will see cases of chronic malnutrition reduced by more than 10 per cent. CNBC Africa filed this report.</p>


Rwanda secures $55mn from WB to reduce chronic malnutrition

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<p>When will investors see Africa’s rich red soil as pay dirt? The rest of the world is pouring concrete over its green and arable land. Surely food will run short opening up a lucrative export business for the farmers of Africa. This is one of the questions CNBC Africa’s Chris Bishop put to Agribusiness sector Manager for the Risk guarantee arm of the World Bank MIGA Nabil Fawaz at the annual meetings in Washington.</p>


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World Bank: How the pandemic has impacted Rwanda’s economy

World Bank outlines 6-year support framework to drive Rwanda’s growth

IFC’s Peter Lankes on how to maximise finance for development

Mozambique seals energy deal with Russia on the brink of elections: What does this development hold for its growing economy?

How the US-China trade war is disrupting commodity markets

World Bank’s CPIA reports indicate stagnancy of development: How is it affecting Africa’s poorest countries?

World Bank: The future of jobs in Africa is secure

How agritech is re-shaping Africa’s agricultural value chain

Africa economic growth rebounds but not fast enough – WB

WB’s Makhtar Diop speaks on role of technology in agriculture

Rwanda secures $55mn from WB to reduce chronic malnutrition

Unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential

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World Bank: How the pandemic has impacted Rwanda’s economy

World Bank outlines 6-year support framework to drive Rwanda’s growth

IFC’s Peter Lankes on how to maximise finance for development

Mozambique seals energy deal with Russia on the brink of elections: What does this development hold for its growing economy?

How the US-China trade war is disrupting commodity markets

World Bank’s CPIA reports indicate stagnancy of development: How is it affecting Africa’s poorest countries?

World Bank: The future of jobs in Africa is secure

How agritech is re-shaping Africa’s agricultural value chain

Africa economic growth rebounds but not fast enough – WB

WB’s Makhtar Diop speaks on role of technology in agriculture

Rwanda secures $55mn from WB to reduce chronic malnutrition

Unlocking Africa’s agricultural potential

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