Kebur Azbaha

UK Diplomat passionate about international development, economics and trade. 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇬🇧🇨🇭🇦🇫🇨🇳. Views my own. Retweets not endorsement.

[Bureau of African Affairs @AsstSecStateAF]

Joint Statement on Sudan: Political Track Media Note
https://t.co/1CMxlopYxq

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Pleased to see @IFC_org partnering with @RioTinto to advance the Rincón Lithium Project in Salta, Argentina.

Our $400M investment—part of a $1.175B financing package we helped mobilize—will support jobs across the mineral value chain while strengthening critical minerals supply for the energy transition. https://t.co/u0GebwthEP @IFC_LAC

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

Pleased to see @IFC_org partner with #UAE’s @ADPortsGroup to expand port services in #Egypt—supporting trade, connectivity, and job creation.
I also met MD & Group CEO Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi to discuss how we can further strengthen our partnership across the region. https://t.co/R5CaHHuqCk

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

The future of development starts with you.

If you’re an undergraduate or postgraduate student eager to make an impact, the @WorldBank Group Pioneers Internship Program is your opportunity to help #EndPoverty and build a #LivablePlanet.

Apply by Feb 17. https://t.co/MHznOZAY2i

[Dr. Rajiv J. Shah @rajshah]

The next era of impact will be driven by data.

That’s why @RockefellerFdn just launched the Development Finance Observatory with @Google and @ONE Data—bringing aid, debt, and private finance into one clear view. Read more:

[IMF @IMFNews]

People often mix up the IMF and @WorldBank. Our latest Ask an Economist explains the difference in 60 seconds.

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

New IFC survey of 2,200+ firms shows ~40% in emerging markets already use AI—but deep adoption is still rare. Firms that embed #AI across their operations see the biggest productivity gains. Accelerating diffusion could unlock the next wave of growth. https://t.co/0XUs1zBOnM #EmergingMarkets #Productivity

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

From lithium to copper, minerals and metals are shaping the future of global growth. Smart policies, skilled workers, and strong infrastructure can turn resource wealth into lasting opportunity. See how the @WorldBank Group is helping countries unlock this potential: https://t.co/7NBUV86dnT

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

#WEF26 may be ending, but the work isn’t. The global economy needs private investment, jobs, and resilience more than ever.

Get the latest insights from @WorldBank’s Global Economic Prospects: https://t.co/JvDvw9G2iJ

[Makhtar Diop @Diop_IFC]

The future of development finance is mobilizing private capital at scale.
@IFC_org’s Emerging Markets Securitization Program is helping make that future real—unlocking private investment to drive growth and resilience in emerging markets.

[David Whineray @DavidWhineray]

Great to visit 🇺🇸 @gatesfoundation in Seattle this week. Excellent meetings. 🇬🇧 @FCDOGovUK & 🇺🇸 @gatesfoundation leading investors in 🇺🇳 @WHO, @GlobalFund & @gavi. Our partnership, and work of our global health teams, critical in ensuring more people live longer, healthier lives

[Ambassador Barbara Woodward @BWoodward_UN]

It's been a privilege to lead @UKUN_NewYork for the last 5 years.

Thank you for the friendship & collaboration across the UN in our shared commitment to multilateralism & the pursuit of the Charter’s promise:

A world where rights triumph over force & hope triumphs over despair.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

The Rt Hon David Lammy MP @DavidLammy has been appointed as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice @MoJGovUK.

He will also be Deputy Prime Minister.

[UK Prime Minister @10DowningStreet]

The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP @YvetteCooperMP has been appointed as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs @FCDOGovUK.

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

The confirmation of famine in Gaza City is utterly horrifying and wholly preventable.

The Israeli government’s refusal to allow sufficient aid into Gaza has caused this man-made catastrophe. This is a moral outrage.

My statement: https://t.co/vstUFPIokj

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine. 

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.

[Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy @StateDeptGHSD]

@StateDeptGHSD is pleased to welcome @FCDOGovUK Director David Whineray and the FCDO delegation to discuss the 🇺🇸 U.S. and 🇬🇧 UK’s shared commitment to global health security coordination, multilateral reform, and innovative partnerships.

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

The peace signed by the DRC & Rwanda, facilitated by the US, can be a foundation for a much needed end to violence in the region.

I congratulated @Presidence_RDC on the Agreement, urged implementation and welcomed DRC's continued engagement in negotiations in Doha.

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

We are only asking for 1% of what the world spent last year on defence. And we can save over 100m lives.

Let’s get our collective priorities right.

My speech at #ECOSOCHAS: https://t.co/25SiyoS7yd

@MaritzaChanV @KSzczerski @BobRae48

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

Briefed Member States in NY on Humanitarian Reset.
 
Regroup, reform, renew – 4 priorities:
 
🔹 Define lifesaving work
🔹 Deliver more efficiently
🔹 Devolve power
🔹 Defend values
 
This will need a huge collective effort.