Africa: At Africa Investment Forum 2018, Fashionomics Africa Cocktail Event Wows Crowd With Creative Artistry, Investment Opportunities

Investment opportunities presented by the African fashion industry was the main thrust behind a cocktail evening organised by the African Development Bank, together with the… Read more »

Africa: Combatting Climate Change - Boosting Green Investment in Africa With the African Development Bank's Afac Initiative

Launched on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank in Busan in May 2018, the African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) was the subject of a… Read more »

Africa: Egypt's Private Sector Wins Big At the Africa Investment Forum, Sees Forum Promoting Investment Opportunities

Projects from Egypt's private sector showed strongly at the just concluded Africa Investment Forum during which transactions close to US$50 billion were promoted by sponsors in… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches Africa Energy Portal

The African Development Bank has launched the Africa Energy Portal (AEP) at the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to Showcase Projects At the 2018 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week in Zimbabwe

The 2018 Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week) will take place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 26 to 29 November 2018, on the theme: "PIDA Implementation… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Invest EUR150 Million in Sanitation in Tunisia

During the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, and the president of the European Bank… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - African Financial Alliance On Climate Change (Afac) Unveils Guiding Principles

The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) unveiled its guiding principles at the recently concluded Africa Investment Forum. Launched in June 2018, AFAC aims to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Institute to Host Women's Rights Advocate, Graca Machel, to Deliver the 22nd Eminent Speakers' Lecture Series On Friday, 16 November 2018

The African Development Institute will host Her Excellency, Graca Machel as the Special Guest Speaker of the institute's Eminent Speakers' Lecture Series on Friday, 16 November… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - African Development Bank Achieves Significant Progress With Energy Projects Across Africa.

The just-concluded Africa Investment Forum successfully convened key stakeholders, and provided an unprecedented platform for effective dialogue to drive investments into the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum exceeds expectations, participants unanimously agree

The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - G20 Compact With Africa Assesses Role in Facilitating Private Sector Investments

As part of the Africa Investment Forum, ministers from the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) assess its impact and role in driving private sector investment into Africa. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Exceeds Expectations, Participants Unanimously Agree

The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Development Financial Institutions Pledge Joint Effort to Ramp Up Investment Into Africa

Major Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have agreed to join forces to help boost private investments in developing economies, particularly those in Africa. The commitment was… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Unveiling the Boardroom Deals, Key Highlights

Investment interest secured for 45 deals worth US$32 billion Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Acquires Stake in Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has acquired an equity stake in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, formerly known as PTA. Read more »

Africa: Africa Agribusiness, a Us$1 Trillion Business By 2030

As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum to make deals on investment opportunities, leaders of the continent's top agribusiness… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's IDC and African Development Bank Sign Loan Agreement to Ramp Up Industrial and Infrastructure Development in Africa

The African Development Bank and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, have signed a US$100 million and ZAR 1.3 billion loan agreement to finance industrial and… Read more »

Africa: Souk At-Tanmia Partnership to Organize Third Laureates Award Ceremony

As part of the celebrations of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Souk At-tanmia Partnership will organize its Third Laureates Award Ceremony, on Tuesday, 13 November 13, 2018 from… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - High-Tech Player Mara Announces First African-Made Smartphone

The Maraphone is high-spec, affordable, smart, transformative and in line with the Bank's Industrialize Africa High 5 priority Read more »

Africa: If You Want to Know 'The Big Five' Trends That Will Affect Business in Africa. This Is the Book to Read

For one week, Acha Leke and Mutsa Chironga studied stories from international news outlets to gauge the stories being told about Africa. What they found motivated them to change… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Delegates Underscore Pathways to Africa's Rapid Industrialisation

The industrialise Africa session at the Africa Investment Forum ran late into the evening on Thursday, with delegates focussing on how to drive investment, expand trade and… Read more »

Africa: The Trade and Development Bank and USAID Sign MOU to Power Africa

The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and USAID's Power Africa initiative have today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will finance power… Read more »

Africa: Renewable Energy in Africa - African Development Bank and Moroccan Agency Masen Join Forces to Roll Out 'Desert to Power' Initiative

The African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and Mustapha Bakkoury, President of Moroccan agency Masen (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy), have signed a… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Lusophone Africa Sets Sight On US$5 Billion in Projects Under New Development Finance Compact

Lusophone countries have identified a pipeline of more than US$5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP) projects to accelerate growth in their economies. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Calls for Increased Investments Into Pension Funds On the Continent

Africa's largest economies are leading the way, investing in equity market and pension funds but more countries need to follow suit to attract much needed foreign institutional… Read more »