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AfDB launches $618M investment in digital and creative enterprises

Tech & Business
  • AfDB estimates that the size of global digital wealth will skyrocket from $217 billion in 2022 to over $1 trillion by 2031. 
  • The Investments in Digital and Creative Enterprises programme launched in Abuja ushering in a new era for the continent.
  • Nigeria accounts for almost 30% of Africa’s funded ventures, with at least 180 startups.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched The Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (I-DICE) program in Abuja. This marks one of the latest initiatives to boost Africa’s digital transformation which the AfDB estimates will generate $712 billion by 2050 in Africa and $1 trillion in global value by 2030.

This program comes at a defining moment as Africa expands its exports of digital and creative services beyond the continent spurring the rise of new unicorn startups.

The I-DICE is an initiative that partners with the Federal Government of Nigeria. It aims to promote entrepreneurship …

Princess Zahra Aga Khan, Chair of the Executive Committee of The Aga Khan Health Services laying the foundation stone of the Cancer Care Centre, Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam. She is with Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister of Health of the United Republic of Tanzania among other dignitaries present. www.theexchange.africa

Cancer Care Center to be developed at Aga Khan Hospital Tanzania

Investing
  • The Cancer Care Centre will serve as a key hub for the innovative Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP)
  • The Project has the forward-looking goal of reducing cancer morbidity and mortality in the targeted regions of Dar es Salaam and Mwanza
  • The TCCP is expected to directly benefit approximately 1.7 million people and will work with regional health management teams, as well as council health management teams

The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam, has laid the foundation stone for its state-of-the-art Cancer Care Centre.

Launched by the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) in January 2020, the Cancer Care Centre will serve as a key hub for the innovative Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project (TCCP).

The Project has the forward-looking goal of reducing cancer morbidity and mortality in the targeted regions of Dar es Salaam and Mwanza. It is a four-year, public-private initiative funded by Agence Française de Development (AFD), as well …