The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a JPY 44,100,000,000 (350 million dollars) loan agreement to pay for the Bank’s support of African private sector operations. According to a statement issued by the bank on Thursday in Abuja, the loan is under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance (EPSA) initiative, a component of Japan’s Official Development Assistance to Africa.The Fifth Version of the Four Billion Dollar EPSA was signed in August 2022 in Tunis, Tunisia, at the Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8).JICA President Dr. Tanaka Akihiko and AfDB President Dr. […]