The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$10mn grant from the Green Climate Fund, for which the bank is the accredited agency, to improve Liberia’s early warning weather systems
Infrastructure
Plant-based material fabrics set to boom in collections
Fabrics made from plant-based materials are set to boom in collections for the autumn/winter 2022/23 season, according to Textiles Intelligence’s ‘Survey of the European fabric fairs for autumn/winter 2022/23’
AfDB approves US$47.09mn grant for special agro-industrial processing zone in Mozambique
The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$47.09mn grant for the first phase of Mozambique’s Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a special agro-industrial processing zone (SAPZ)
Agricultural production gets a boost in Somaliland
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) has built two training greenhouses with irrigation systems and provided necessary equipment for the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Hargeisa in Somaliland
Government of Eritrea to establish regional animal and plant health lab
The government of Eritrea has been making efforts to rehabilitate the infrastructure of the National Animal and Plant Health Laboratory (NAPHL) and equip it with high technology and equipment