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Somalia Removes Fertilizer Restrictions to Strengthen Agriculture and Improve Food Security

In the hubbub of Mogadishu, news has just dropped that Somalia’s cabinet decided to lift the ban on chemical fertilizers. This move aims to cranking up efficiency in agriculture, tackling food shortages, and minimizing how climate change has been throwing curveballs at farming in the region. Announced with a bit of fanfare on Thursday, this policy is a linchpin in the government's plan to breathe new life into the agriculture sector. This sector, by the way, is the bread and butter for over 70% of the people, plus it makes…

Somalia Launches Advanced Digital ID System to Improve Banking Services

A groundbreaking collaboration has been forged between the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) and the Somali Bankers Association (SBA). According to Abdiwali Tima’adde, the Director General at NIRA, this alliance is poised to revitalize the economy by harmonizing Somali business operations with global standards while curbing calamities like fraud and money laundering. "Beneath the facade of this partnership lies a blueprint for discussions on its potential impacts, strategies to bring registration…

the vote fails to improve representativeness

Out of 254 deputies elected in Côte d'Ivoire, 32 are women. Within the half cycle, they represent 12.5% ​​of the total selected. Far from the figures expected after the adoption in 2019 of a law requiring political parties to present at least 30% of the candidates for elected assemblies. The low representation of women in the assembly is no surprise: none of the political parties respected the quota…

Gabon desires to enhance the governance of its extractive industries

In Gabon, following the overview and compensation of the home debt, the nation now desires to enhance governance within the mining and oil sector. Libreville has determined to rejoin the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a world benchmark for selling good governance of oil, fuel and mining assets. Downside, Gabon was suspended from the EITI seven years in the past. To reintroduce…

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