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Fourteen African countries and partners pledge over US$45 million to WHO’s first Investment Round editorial visual

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Multilateral health financing, African institutional leadership and funding predictability

Fourteen African countries and partners pledge over US$45 million to WHO’s first Investment Round

The August 2024 pledges showed African governments and partners backing a more predictable and diversified WHO funding model. The strategic question is whether the commitments strengthen WHO’s capacity to plan across its 2025 to 2028 programme cycle:and how African leadership can shape the priorities, flexibility and accountability attached to that financing.

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The Oil Shock Is Now a Test of Africa's Financing Resilience editorial visual

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The Oil Shock Is Now a Test of Africa's Financing Resilience

The oil shock has moved from a market event to a financing and competitiveness test. Higher energy costs, elevated benchmark yields and tighter global risk conditions are reaching African economies through trade, inflation, currencies, refinancing and investment. Kenya's latest data show why reserves and macroeconomic stability matter:but also why they do not remove pressure on businesses, projects and capital.