November 14, 2023
Africa: Public Procurement - Experience-Sharing and Skills Enhancement for African Stakeholders At Appn General Assembly in Abidjan
The third General Assembly of the African Public Procurement Network (APPN) got underway in Abidjan on Monday, intending to ensure that representatives from APPN member countries… Read more »
November 08, 2023
Togo: Togo - African Development Bank and Government Agree to Accelerate Implementation of 2021-2026 Country Strategy Paper
The Government of Togo and the African Development Bank have agreed to increase the pace of ongoing projects on the structural transformation and diversification of the country's… Read more »
November 03, 2023
Ghana: Ghana - African Development Fund Approves $102.59 Million Grant for Government's Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $102.59 million grant in budget support to the Ghana government's Fiscal Consolidation and Economic… Read more »
October 25, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Commits €203 Million Loan to Land-Use Development and Promotion of the Private Sector in the Far North
The African Development Bank is providing significant financial support to Cameroon for major road infrastructure works in the country's Far North. Read more »
October 18, 2023
Nigeria: African Development Bank, African Guarantee Fund Kick Off Afawa Finance Series Nigeria to Unlock Financing for Women-Led Start-Ups
Consul-General of the Kingdom of Netherlands, HE Michel Deelen; Special Assistant to Nigeria's Minister for Women Affairs Dr Fatimah Abdullahi; African Guarantee Fund Group CEO… Read more »
Guinea: Guinea - Agricultural Supplies Delivered As Part of the African Development Bank's Emergency Food Production Project
The transitional government in Guinea, in partnership with the African Development Bank Group, has received a large consignment of agricultural supplies in Guinea's western town of… Read more »
October 16, 2023
Gambia: 24-Kilometre Road Co-Financed By African Development Bank and the EU Game-Changer for Livelihoods in the Gambia
Gambian President Adama Barrow has commissioned the 24-kilometer Senegambia Bridge access road co-financed by the African Development Bank and the European Union, saying it is a… Read more »
October 10, 2023
West Africa: African Development Bank Builds Capacity in 4,500 Small Enterprises in Guinea, Ghana and Benin
The launch press conference of the Project to Build the Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Guinea, Ghana and Benin © AfDB 2023 Read more »
October 09, 2023
Gambia: Gambia - African Development Bank Grants Nearly $7 Million to Improve Governance and Strengthen Fiscal Resilience
The African Development Bank grants financial support to The Gambia to improve its governance and fiscal resilience Read more »
October 05, 2023
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank's 2023 Country Focus Report Calls for a Concerted Effort to Seize Investment Opportunities
The African Development Bank has called on Benin to adopt a concerted approach to seize investment opportunities in agriculture, energy, transport and green industry, in its 2023… Read more »
West Africa: West Africa - African Development Bank, Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development Sign Loan Agreement for $50 Million and €50 Million to Enhance Regional Food Security
The African Development Bank Group and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed an agreement for a dual currency line of credit comprising $50 million and… Read more »
Mali: Mali's Natural Capital Offers Opportunities for Private Climate Finance and Green Growth, Says the African Development Bank's 2023 Country Focus Report
During the launch workshop of the African Development Bank 2023 Country Focus Report for Mali, the Malian private sector learned of investment opportunities to be seized in the… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Gambia: African Development Bank Head Adesina Receives Gambia's Highest National Honour
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has conferred the country's highest national award, 'the Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of The Gambia, on African Development Bank… Read more »
October 02, 2023
Gambia: The Gambia and the African Development Bank Group to Boost Rice Output and Uplift Youth and Women Entrepreneurs
Dr Adesina (left) and The Gambia President Barrow (right) with a local rice producer Read more »
West Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2023 - West Africa Aims to Accelerate the Construction of the Abidjan to Lagos Highway
Representatives from more than 30 regional and international development finance institutions took part in the first roundtable on the Abidjan-Lagos highway. Read more »
September 29, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank-Financed Solar Irrigation Scheme Improves Farmers' Lives in Togo
Hounlessondji Kpadonou, a respected farmer in the village of Aglanvikopé, in the Bas-Mono region of southern Togo, has been tilling the soil with passion since he retired… Read more »
September 21, 2023
West Africa: African Development Bank and Ecowas Assess Regional Integration Strategy
The Director General of the Nigeria Country Department, Lamin Barrow (centre left) and the President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray (centre right) led the African… Read more »
September 19, 2023
Africa: Burkina Faso - The First Session of the Monitoring Committee On Cooperation With the African Development Bank Takes Stock of the Outlook for Project Funding
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September 13, 2023
Africa: Adja Sembene Fall, Senegalese 'Agripreneur' and African Development Bank Agripitch Competition Winner Says Digital Marketing Key to Luxury Tea Startup Success
AgriPitch Competition winner Adja Sembene Fall, earned $25,000 in seed money for her Contanna Tea Company. Read more »
September 06, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank to Hold 2-Day Inception Workshop to Kick-Start 22 New Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programmes in Nigeria
What: Special Agro Industrial Processing Zones Program Phase II (SAPZ Phase II) Inception Workshop Read more »
September 04, 2023
Benin: Community Gearing Up for Progress As Renovated Lomé-Cotonou Road Slashes Travel Times
Matthew Antwi, lorry driver and coconut haulier, is wasting less time and feeling calmer thanks to the renovated road and its new lighting. Read more »
Africa: Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 / Side Event - Post-Dakar 2 - Food Sovereignty and Resilience
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August 30, 2023
Senegal: African Development Bank Embraces 'Risky' Entrepreneurs - Young Fishers in Senegal Increase Their Incomes Threefold and Turn Their Backs On Illegal Immigration
These young people in Senegal have turned their back on illegal immigration thanks to the support provided by the PAVIE project. Read more »
Liberia: 'African Development Bank's Interventions Have Impacted Our Country,' Liberian Envoy Tells Constituency Executive Director
Liberia's President George Manneh Weah has lauded the African Development Bank for its "significant" support in fostering growth and development in the West African country. Read more »
August 10, 2023
Guinea: Guinea - Transitional Government and African Development Bank Group Sign $28 Million Loan Agreement for Agropastoral Development, Digitization and Market Access
The African Development Bank Group signed an agreement with the transitional government in Guinea for a $28 million loan to support agropastoral development, digitization and… Read more »