Eastern Africa and Latin America market intelligence – Euwater 4i-SD-boletín

East African business news

• Kenyan shilling posts strongest single-day gain in 12 years. (read more)
  

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• Global ratings agency Moody’s has changed its outlook on the Kenyan banks to negative from stable. (read more)
  

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• Somalia joins Kenya, Rwanda in banning single-use plastics. Uganda is struggling with implementing the ban. (read more)
  

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• Environment Protection, Water and Natural Resources Sector has been identified as a key BETA (Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda) enabler for water infrastructure, blue economy, environment and climate change in Kenya. (read more)
  

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• Henry Okello Oryem: Uganda minister says people dying of hunger are ‘idiots’. (read more)
  

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• Will developing countries benefit from the renewables boom? The UN is helping to ensure that developing countries benefit from clean energy. (read more)

Latin American business news

• Development Bank of Latin America and the Carribean and UNDP are enhancing their joint capacities to drive the reduction of multidimensional poverty, gender equality, and environmental sustainability through effective governance in the region. (read more)
  

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• Due to heavy rains potable water service in and around Arequipa was temporarily interrupted on February 7. The disruption in service was due to unusually high sediment levels in the Chili River, which is the main water source. (read more)
  

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• For the third time, Peru will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum Leaders’ Summit, to be held in November 2024. (read more)
  

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• The Peruvian economy has entered an expansion phase, following the results of January and the preliminary results of February. (read more)
  

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• Bolivia with low inflation, but repressed and remote from reality. (read more)

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  People who misuse the water will be fined up to Bs 1,000  according to the municipal secretary of water, sanitation, environmental management and risks of the mayor’s office of the city of El Alto in Bolivia. (read more)

Fuente: Euwater 4i-SD-boletín