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An independent, award-winning African-led international #development consultancy, with strong expertise on #Africa-#China advice/support.
Mar 28, 2023 7 tweets 6 min read
📢Did you miss this?

No problem, here's a short summary of the excellent presentation by our CEO @hmryder & Dev. Finance Advisor @EtsehiwotKebret on #SDRs in #Africa at @FinDevLab yesterday!

➡️Full video: bit.ly/3KgcfpI

1/ Image The @IMFNews issued $650 billion worth of #SDRs in 2021 but 🌍 received 5% while high-income countries received at least 2/3 of the total SDRs.
So what more can be done create an equitable distribution system?

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Jun 7, 2021 13 tweets 9 min read
📣NEW📣 Our monthly #INFOGRAPHIC is here, with all you need to know about how #African countries are responding to #COVID19.

Our headline?

While deliveries are still far too low, #China has surpassed #COVAX as #Africa's top vaccine source. How and why? Read on 🧵👇🏾!

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2/ The first fact to be aware of is that #Africa accounts for under 3% of global cases, under 4% of global deaths, and under 2% of global vaccines administered.
May 14, 2021 13 tweets 11 min read
Did you know that #Africa's 55 countries account for just 1.5% of #COVID19 vaccines administered globally? Why? Incompetent governments? Vaccine hesitancy? Poor vaccine efficacy? Our new monthly #infographic report uses the data to explain... A 🧵1/
developmentreimagined.com/2021/05/14/why… To date, less than 3% of the world's #COVID19 cases have been recorded in #Africa, despite having only administered 1.5% of the world's vaccines, and 2% of the world's #COVID19 tests... 2/
Jan 18, 2021 19 tweets 14 min read
THREAD: #China’s new white paper on international development cooperation was released 1 week ago. We’ve been analyzing it in depth so you don’t have to. Here are the headlines. 1/

xinhuanet.com/english/2021-0… First, volumes. How much? On average, approx. $6.95bn a year over 2013-2018. That’s a considerable 70% increase from the $4.1bn per year from 2010-2012, in China's last such white paper (2014). 2/
Jan 16, 2021 10 tweets 8 min read
#itsourbirthday! Just three years ago, Development Reimagined was formally "born" in China. We are so proud of where we have come, and SO excited about the road ahead... a #thread 1/ Image We started as #Kenya's 1st Wholly Foreign-owned enterprise in Beijing, #China with three core values, and a vision to be a lean, mission-driven international #development consultancy like no other. Since then, we've brought in experts from 23+ countries to join our journey. 2/ Image