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Financing Social Policy (English)

Malawi: Govt moves to cut spending (https://mwnation.com/govt-moves-to-cut-spending/ )

Ghana: Germany Pledges €65m Support to Ghana (https://allafrica.com/stories/202511040595.html )

Nigeria: Okumagba Commends Oborevwori's 2026 Budget Proposals As Bold and Promising (https://allafrica.com/stories/202511270174.html )

African Development Fund commits $14 million grant to scaling up climate resilience across the Sahel (https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-fund-commits-14-million-grant-scaling-climate-resilience-across-sahel-88893 )

Nigeria: African Development Bank Group loans $500 million to support economic governance and energy transition (https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/nigeria-african-development-bank-group-loans-500-million-support-economic-governance-and-energy-transition-88948  )

Tanzania: African Development Bank approves $24 million to advance private sector-led agro-industrial growth in Tanzania (https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-bank-approves-24-million-advance-private-sector-led-agro-industrial-growth-tanzania-88918 )

Liberia: African Development Fund invests over $7 million to complete run-of-river hydropower plant and related infrastructure project (https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/liberia-african-development-fund-invests-over-7-million-complete-run-river-hydropower-plant-and-related-infrastructure-project-88901 )

Nigeria :How Jigawa’s underfunded rural health system fuels infant, maternal mortality (https://www.premiumtimesng.com/health/health-investigations/838828-how-jigawas-underfunded-rural-health-system-fuels-infant-maternal-mortality.html )

Ghana: Ghana launches 2023 SDG budget and expenditure report, earns high praise from UNICEF (https://www.mofep.gov.gh/news-and-events/2025-11-25/ghana-launches-2023-sdg-budget-and-expenditure-report-earns-high-praise-from-unicef )

Uganda: Equity bank to increase agriculture lending (https://observer.ug/business/equity-bank-to-increase-agriculture-lending/ )

Zambia in USD 50 million investment boost from China (https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/11/25/zambia-in-usd-50-million-investment-boost-from-china/ )

Zambia: Over 1,500 Milenge households receive Food Security Package Inputs (https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/11/26/over-1500-milenge-households-receive-fsp-inputs/ )

Zimbabwe: East African housing financier ShafDB deepens Zim footprint (https://www.theindependent.co.zw/local-news/article/200048746/east-african-housing-financier-shafdb-deepens-zim-footprint )

The government announced on October 10, 2025, that it would finance the Free Senior High School (FSHS) program through the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND)( https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general-news/getfund-to-finance-free-shs-education-minister/2025/3/)

South Africa: Sustainability of social grants: high unemployment and a limited tax base continue to strain public finances. (https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/lifestyle/over-19-million-south-africans-benefit-as-state-allocates-r267-billion-to-social/hz35sjs )

Kenya: African Development Fund approves $73 million to empower Kenyan youth through science and technology development and entrepreneurship hubs (https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/african-development-fund-approves-73-million-empower-kenyan-youth-through-science-and-technology-development-and-entrepreneurship-hubs-88028 )