The World Bank Thursday approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit and an IDA scale-up facility credit in the tune

Rachid Benmessaoud, the World Bank Nigeria country director, said on Tuesday that the World Bank Group’s support to fragile states,

The World Bank, which provides developing countries about US$60 billion a year in financial assistance, is officially phasing out its

The World Bank in its latest report forecasts that economic growth in Nigeria would edge up to at least 2.5 percent in 2018. This is

The World Bank said on Tuesday it will no longer finance upstream oil and gas projects after 2019, apart from certain gas projects in

The World Bank lowered its economic growth forecasts for Kenya as delays in spending cuts, weak credit extension, and political

Zimbabwe’s economic growth is threatened by high government spending, an untenable foreign exchange regime and inadequate reforms, a

The Afghan economy remains severely hampered by the new war with the Taliban, a World Bank report said Tuesday. “The annual economic

Rwanda’s energy rollout efforts received a boost Tuesday, following the operationalisation of $50 million to catalyse private

Twenty of the most promising African digital start-ups will take part in the XL Africa residency, the flagship initiative of the