March 30, 2020
Sudan: TAAT: Wheat Farmers in Sudan Record Increased Yields After Adoption of Proven Technologies
Sudanese wheat farmers are in a joyous mood. Read more »
September 28, 2019
Burkina Faso: TAAT Deploys Climate Smart Technologies to Boost Sorghum Production in the Sahel
Sorghum is the fifth most produced grain globally. Read more »
Benin: TAAT Excites Beninese Farmers with Pro Vitamin A Cassava Varieties
A staple to about 350 million people in sub Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of State as a poverty fighter. However, the crop is yet to prove its… Read more »
March 08, 2020
Africa: Interview of Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development
TAAT initiative participant and Zimbabwean smallholder farmer Gertrude Marisa poses with Dr. Jennifer Blanke in Marisa's field of healthy maize plants. Read more »
February 12, 2020
Africa: In Morocco Youth Take Up Agriculture and Make Good Money With African Development Bank Support
In Morocco, the African Development Bank has helped thousands of young people towards a new future in agriculture. Read more »
January 29, 2020
Nigeria: 'Agriculture Is the Most Important Business in the World,' African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Tells Students
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina reminded students of the important role they have to play in the continent's economic development, as he was conferred with an… Read more »
January 28, 2020
Africa: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Governing Council Calls for More Investments in Africa's Fertilizer Value Chain
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism's Governing Council closed its eighth meeting with a call for increased investment to boost agricultural yields and build the industry… Read more »
December 19, 2019
Sudan: African Development Bank Approves $60 Million Loan to Support Elnefeidi Group's Agricultural Expansion
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $60m loan to Elnefeidi Group Holding Company to help finance its long-term agriculture and food expansion… Read more »
November 22, 2019
Africa: Interview With Jennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development At the African Development Bank Group, Ahead of the 2019 Gender Summit
The African Development Bank and the government of Rwanda are hosting the Global Gender Summit from 25 to 27 November in Kigali. The Summit is being organised by the Multilateral… Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: The Africa Investment Forum: An Accelerator for Africa's Agricultural Transformation
This week, business leaders, project developers, development finance professionals, institutional investors representing pension and sovereign wealth funds, as well as policymakers… Read more »
November 11, 2019
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - There's Never Been a Better Time to Invest in Africa Than Now, Infrastructure, Agriculture Investment Opportunities Abound
It was a presidential start on Monday to the African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »
November 05, 2019
Africa: Agribusiness - Africa's New Investment Frontier
In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave of home-brewed brands that are fast becoming household names. Products… Read more »
October 17, 2019
Africa: Prepare for the Agriculture of Tomorrow, African Development Bank President Challenges High School Students At Global Symposium
Young people from around the world gathered in Des Moines Iowa at the Global Youth Institute on Thursday to interact with Nobel and World Food Prize laureates. Read more »
October 18, 2019
Africa: World Food Prize and World Hunger Fighters Foundation Launch Fellowship for Young African Agribusiness Innovators
The World Food Prize Foundation and the newly launched World Hunger Fighters Foundation are partnering to provide year-long fellowships for young African food innovators and… Read more »
October 09, 2019
Malawi: The African Development Bank Approves $13.2 Million for Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture Development and Watershed Management
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $13.2 million financing package from the African Development Fund for a fisheries and aquaculture development project in Malawi.… Read more »
September 06, 2019
Africa: African Green Revolution Forum 2019 - African Development Bank, Partners Relaunch Agriculture Platform
Platform important tool for learning lessons from each other and to help move Africa to a more dynamic agriculture Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank, African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership Sign $5.4 Million Agreements to Foster Fertilizer Market in Nigeria and Tanzania
The African Development Bank and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) have signed two grant agreements to implement trade credit guarantees worth $5.4 million… Read more »
August 30, 2019
Africa: Ticad7 - Invest in Africa's Food Markets to Win the War On Hunger and Boost Nutrition - African Development Bank
"There is a business case for governments to invest in grey matter - Jennifer Blanke Read more »
August 29, 2019
Africa: Ticad7 - Digital Agriculture Next Frontier for Economic Development in Africa
"There's risk, yes, but there are juicy returns, now is the time for all of us to run in that direction." - Jennifer Blanke Read more »
June 27, 2019
South Africa: Agripreneurs Forum Welcomes Young Entrepreneurs and Investors
The third African Youth Agripreneurs Forum and AgriPitch competition, a platform connecting sector start-ups with potential partners and financiers, has opened in Cape Town under… Read more »
June 14, 2019
Africa: Korea Program On International Agriculture (Kopia)
Korea imported 900,000 tons of rice every year in the 1970s and became self-sufficient in five years. What made this happen? Read more »
May 31, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Provides €100 Million Partial Guarantee for Commercial Agriculture in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, meeting in Abidjan on 29 May 2019, approved a €100 million partial credit guarantee (PCG) to the structured finance… Read more »
April 10, 2019
Africa: Agriculture Fast Track Fund to Launch 17 New Projects in Support of Agribusiness SMEs in Ghana and Seven Other African Countries
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Africa: African Development Bank President Tells African Youth to Get Into Agriculture
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has urged African youth to get involved in agriculture, saying that the Bank has invested massively in jobs for youth in rural… Read more »
March 21, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank, Mamo Panel Call for Increased Efforts Towards a Thriving African Agriculture
Experts from the Malabo Montpellier (MaMo) Panel and the African Development Bank, meeting in Abidjan to synthesise three new reports developed by the MaMo Panel, have called for… Read more »