Sub-Saharan Africa Archives

WBG AFRICA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Gambeta News

Ph.D. candidates and recent graduates (within three years of Ph.D. completion) from Sub-Saharan Africa, are eligible to apply for the World Bank Group-Africa Fellowship Program World Bank Group-Africa Fellows are eligible to spend six months getting hands-on experience at World Bank Group headquarters in Washington D.C. or country offices Fellows will work on research, economic policy, technical assistance, and lending operations that contribute to the World Bank Group goal of eliminating poverty and increasing shared…

NIGERIA DIASPORA REMITTANCES REACHES US$24bn

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Gambeta News

Remittances from Nigerian Diasporas hits US$24 billion in 2018 Remittances from diasporas of Africa’s most populated country – Nigeria in 2018 reached US$24.3 billion. This is the highest figure across Sub-Saharan Africa and it is also US$2 billion higher than the inflows in 2017. World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief shows that; last year (2018) immigrants sent US$46 billion to their home countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This is in fact a 10 percent increase when comparing…

KENYA CLIMBS TO THIRD ON LARGEST TOURISM ECONOMY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Posted on April 16, 2019 by Gambeta News

WTTC ranked Kenya as third largest tourism economy in sub-saharan Africa. According to report from World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), kenya has move to third just behind South Africa and Nigeria as the largest tourism economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. The growth just demonstrate how well the nation has progress over the last decade. In 2018, Travel and Tourism grew 5.6 percent to contribute Sh790 billion and 1.1 million jobs to the Kenyan economy. This growth is faster than the global average of…