Africa: AEC2018 - African Governance Report Calls for Better Management of Natural Resources

The African Governance Report 2018 has called for better management of the continent's natural resources to match the expected yields generated by the African Continental Free… Read more »

Africa: AEC2018 - Calls for Quality Research to Boost African Economies and Integration

Jean-Guy Afrika, a Principal Trade Expert at the African Development Bank, has tasked researchers on the continent to provide quality evidence-based studies that can help… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 - "If Climate Change Gets Any Worse, We're Simply Going to Disappear!", 12-Year Old Mounir Mbogo Warns

At just 12 years of age, Mounir Mbogo wades into the climate discourse and has sounded the alarm on climate impacts to humanity's survival. Read more »

Africa: Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Small-Scale Renewables Energy in Africa

Africa has access to a unique wealth of primary renewable energy supplies. It has enough solar, wind and hydro resources to power up the whole continent and to increase the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Investing in Youth, a Must for Africa's Future

An Ivorian youth was among a select group who took centre stage on the final day of the Africa Investment Forum - to demonstrate their business acumen and to secure investment in… Read more »

Africa: AEC 2018 - Moving the Africa Free Trade Area Agreement Ahead With Quick Win Solutions

A total of 44 African nations signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade agreement earlier this year, with only 12 out of the required 22 countries ratifying the accord,… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Nigerian Government Launch Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Support Recovery Efforts in Northeast

In collaboration with Nigeria's Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative, the African Development Bank is launching the Bank-financed Inclusive Basic Delivery and… Read more »

Africa: At Closing of the 2018 African Economic Conference, Economic Integration Is Seen As a Game-Changer for Achieving Inclusive Sustainable Development

Economic integration is a game-changing reality and African countries must fully embrace it to achieve sustainable and inclusive development that reduce poverty- and inequality in… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 Panel On Need to Prioritise Energy Efficiency in Africa

On Tuesday, the second day of the UN climate change conference (COP24) the African Development Bank held a session on energy efficiency in Africa in its Pavilion, where panellists… Read more »

Africa: Speech Delivered By President Akinwumi A. Adesina Joint Interactive Session With the Minister of Finance of Italy

Good morning everyone. Thank you Minister of Finance, Giovanni Tria, for inviting me to this special session with you this morning. Yesterday we had a great day at the Ministry of… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »