The remaining phase of the project will cost $298 million, with the World Bank covering a significant $245 million through a grant.
The seven-year initiative, running from 2025 to 2030, targets 625,000 smallholder farmers and herders across 25 counties.
His call adds to growing voices from the Global South demanding that trade rules serve as tools for shared prosperity, not as instruments of dominance.
The agreement is a $185 million contract to modernize 1,000 diesel-electric locomotives, a critical upgrade for Egypt’s national railway system.
With this honour, Jim Ovia’s name is now etched among the pantheon of individuals who continue to shape our world.
