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• The AfDB has partnered with payments giant Mastercard and committed $300 million to MADE Alliance in a deal aimed at digitalizing farmers in Africa.
• Over three million farmers in East Africa are projected to benefit from the MADE Alliance project.
• Overall, MADE Alliance will provide digital access for 100 million people over the next decade.

A new initiative dubbed MADE Alliance, has set out to mobilizing resources in an effort to digitize farmers and their operations across Africa as the shift towards digital economy gathers pace.

In a deal being powered by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in partnership with digital payments giant, Mastercard, MADE Alliance, will see upto 300,000 farmers across East Africa benefit from the programme.

The project was launched on the sidelines of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September this year by the president of the AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi A. …

• AfDB projects mid-term economic growth across EAC will accelerate to 5.1% in 2023 and 5.8% in 2024. This will be the highest growth area in Africa.
• The region will largely be powered by growth in Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Tanzania.
• East Africa’s real GDP is riding on a strong services sector that contributed almost 50% of the economic growth in 2022.

According to the newly released African Development Bank economic outlook, the East African Community (EAC) economies will post the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth rates of over 5 percent.

AfDB’s 2023 East Africa Economic Outlook projects that EAC’s mid-term economic growth will accelerate to 5.1 per cent in 2023. The region will further post 5.8 per cent economic expansion in 2024, outpacing all other African regions. The region will largely be powered by growth in Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, …