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**To Invest $15bn In Africa In 3 Years   Tayo Olanipekun, Washington DC The World Bank has said it will increase its investments in human capital in Africa by 50 per cent in the next funding cycle to include new grants and concessional finance for human capital projects totaling $15 billion in fiscal years 2021-2023. This is coming as the …

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Nigeria has been ranked among the seven worst countries in the newly released World Bank’s Human Capital Index. In the index that was released on Thursday at the World Bank-IMF Annual Meetings, in Bali, Indonesia, Nigeria ranked 152 out of 157 countries on the list. Nigeria shared the bottom of the index with countries like Chad, South Sudan, Niger, Mali, Liberia. According …

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