December 07, 2018
Africa: Combating Deforestation - Optimizing the Implementation of the Redd+ Mechanism in Africa
A special session of the REDD+ mechanism was held in the Pavilion of the African Development Bank on the fourth day of COP24, 6 December 2018. Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Team to Showcase Bank's Operations At Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt
A delegation from the African development Bank will participate in the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), which will hold in Cairo, 11-18 December 2018, as co-sponsor of the event. Read more »
December 06, 2018
Africa: A New Climate Action - Digital Decarbonization of the African Continent
The African continent is one of the regions most impacted by the effects of climate change, and least capable to deal with them. The Global South in general, and Africa in… Read more »
November 29, 2018
Africa: Cop24 - Progress On Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
The Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 was by far the most ambitious effort yet made to strengthen the global response to the increasingly urgent challenges of climate change, with… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $100 Million Facility to Enhance Trade Financing Across Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (the Bank), on Thursday, 29 November, 2018, approved a second unfunded $100-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S. $50 Million Equity Investment in Africa Finance Corporation to Support Infrastructure Projects in Africa
The African Development Bank has approved an equity investment of US$50 million in Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) - a pan-African development finance institution established in… Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee to Speak On Grassroots Women's Activism At Kofi A. Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture Series
The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank, as part of its Kofi A. Annan Eminent Speakers Lecture Series, will host Leymah Roberta Gbowee, a renowned peace… Read more »
December 03, 2018
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks (Mdbs) Announced a Joint Framework for Aligning Their Activities With the Goals of the Paris Agreement
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) today announced a joint framework for aligning their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement, reinforcing their commitment to combat… Read more »
December 04, 2018
Africa: Training Young African Journalists On Climate Issues
This week in Poland, more than 20,000 delegates from 196 countries are participating in COP24, considered to be the most important climate conference, held this year in Katowice,… Read more »
December 03, 2018
Africa: African Economic Conference 2018 Focusses On Africa Visa Openness and Integration
For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations… Read more »
Africa: Paris Agreement Takes Center Stage As Climate Negotiations - Cop24 - Open in Poland
The core business of climate negotiations officially opened today, Monday 3 December, in the heart of the Silesia region of southern Poland. At the Katowice Conference Centre, more… Read more »
Africa: "Infrastructure Development Key to Accelerated Regional Integration," Says Negatu
Gabriel Negatu is the Director General for East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office at the African Development Bank. Representing the Bank Group President at… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Joins 'Moving for Climate Now' Initiative At Cop24
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Deputy Executive Secretary, Ovais Sarmad, welcomes the cyclists from Moving for Climate NOW initiative. C.Arthur Wyns Read more »
Africa: Importance of Regional and Continental Integration for Africa's Development
Africa's integration is no longer a matter of choice. Against an international backdrop of changing political and economic priorities, Africa must plot a new course for its… Read more »
Africa: Africa Economic Conference 2018 Focusses On Africa Visa Openness and Integration
For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations… Read more »
December 02, 2018
Africa: Cop24 - The African Development Bank Out in Force to Defend the Continent's Interests and Vision in the Fight Against Climate Change
The 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland. Read more »
November 29, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Loan to Extend Safe Water Supply and Sanitation to Manzini Region in Eswatini
The Board of Directors has approved a ZAR 720 million loan to finance the Manzini Region Water Supply and Sanitation Project in eSwatini (former Swaziland). The project aims to… Read more »
November 30, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Issues First Ever Sofr-Linked Transaction in Green Bond Market
On Tuesday 27 November 2018, the African Development Bank rated Aaa/AAA/AAA by Moody's/S&P/Fitch (all stable) successfully priced a dual-tranche US$ 500 million 3-year and US$… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Seyni Nafo, African Ambassador to Cop24
"To combat climate change, African countries need to develop their own resource-mobilization strategies" Read more »
November 29, 2018
Africa: PIDA Week 2018 - Experts weigh Africa's infrastructure needs against rapid urbanization and growing population
Despite challenges, "PIDA is already moving the development needle," African Development Bank expert says. Read more »
November 28, 2018
Africa: 2018 African Economic Conference in Kigali - Together for a Common Purpose to Achieve an Outcome
If you have visited Rwanda, no doubt you would have heard of Umuganda, a vast clean-up operation that takes place every last Saturday of the month. The transformative civic… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Are Becoming More Open to Each Other, 2018 Africa Visa Openness Report Shows
The year 2018 is a landmark chapter in Africa's regional integration efforts. The launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Single African Air Transport Market are… Read more »
November 27, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Entrepreneurship in Transition States Through Equity Investment in Trade and Development Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an additional equity investment of US$ 25 million in Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to enhance the latter's… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Partners With Entreprenarium Foundation to Train 1,000 Women Entrepreneurs in Africa
As part of its Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program, the African Development Bank is partnering with Entreprenarium Foundation to train 1,000 women… Read more »
Africa: The 2018 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Week Opens
Smart infrastructure investments underpinned by solid governance mechanisms and strategic partnerships, will be crucial to accelerating Africa's regional connectivity and… Read more »