The African Development Bank Group's board of directors on Friday approved a $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis, the bank said in a statement.
The $1.5 billion facility is an unprecedented comprehensive initiative to sup
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Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi
Josephine Okojie-Okeiyi is a journalist with over five years’ reporting experience. She writes on industry, agriculture, commodities, climate change, and environmental issues.
She is fellow of Thomson Reuters Foundation and Bloomberg Media Initiative for Africa.
