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Global economic growth is forecast to edge up to 2.5% in 2020 as investment and trade gradually recover from last year’s significant weakness but downward risks persist, the World Bank says in its January 2020 Global Economic Prospects.

Angela Merkel, Germany Chancellor Africa’s leading guarantee institution, African Guarantee Fund (AGF) (http://www.AfricanGuaranteeFund.com/) has received an additional $33m financing from German lender KfW Development Bank in a move that will significantly boost AGF’s efforts to enable African SMEs continue to play their critical role in driving Africa’s economy.

Is the future indeed bright for Africa which is currently the most backward continent in the world?

From human rights violations to the impacts of climate change, Rotary (https://www.Rotary.org) and Makerere University are offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa to address the underlying challenges to peace in the region.

Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria President When it comes to the international stage, Nigeria just can’t do without surpassing itself regarding the negative records it is amassing.

One of the oldest institutions on the African continent, Cairo University, played host to a select group of FIFA Legends on Monday, 6 January 2020 for an interactive question and answer session as part of the FIFA Legends Talk events that focus on living football.

Guardiola One of the hottest issues in football presently is if the current manager of one of the world’s biggest football clubs, Manchester United’s Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, should be sacked as he doesn’t seem to be getting the appropriate results for the club.

Guterres It’s a safe bet to say the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is terrified of war.

Prinsloo The United States quite recently lost one of its sports legends, David Stern, who was instrumental in making the American basketball league, NBA, become accepted worldwide.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey President Suddenly, World War 3 trended on Twitter.