November 08, 2017
Africa: African Development Bank and Green Climate Fund in Full-Scale Partnership to Unlock Africa's Potential
If the fight against climate change is not won in Africa, it cannot be won anywhere else, said Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) while signing a… Read more »
November 07, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Kenya - Thika Highway Continues to Impact Kenyan Lives Five Years On
The long-standing partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Kenya to promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth has produced excellent… Read more »
November 09, 2017
East Africa: East Africa Gas Competence Seminar and Investment Roundtable, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The African Natural Resources Center of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is organising the East Africa gas competence seminar and investment roundtable in Dar es Salam, Tanzania… Read more »
November 07, 2017
Africa: Better-Fed Africa Will Be More Prosperous - African Development Bank's Adesina
Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank at the Opening Ceremony and Launch of the Global Nutrition Report - 2017 Scaling Up Nutrition Global… Read more »
Africa: Development Bank Chief Helps Scale Up Nutrition at Abidjan Talks
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank (AfDB)'s President and member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement will take an active part in the SUN… Read more »
November 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Will Take an Active Part in the Sun Movement Global Gathering in Abidjan Beginning Tuesday
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, African development Bank (AfDB)'s President and member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement will take an active part in the Sun… Read more »
November 03, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Norad's Evaluation Departments Host Third Knowledge Event On Private Sector Development
More than 70 representatives of the private sector, governments, multilateral agencies, regional and sub-regional development banks, development institutions, academia, civil… Read more »
November 02, 2017
Africa: AfDB Encourages Transparent Governance of Fisheries Through the Fiti
"Eating fish caught by a vessel that is opaque about its catch often amounts to eating fish from activities related to forced labour, that have been used to provide cover for human… Read more »
Africa: Four African States Apply for Fisheries Transparency Initiative Membership
Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and the Seychelles have informed the FiTI Secretariat of their desire to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). Read more »
Africa: Protecting the Bounty of Africa's Oceans - an Interview With Dr. Peter Eigen, Chair of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative International Board
Why, in your view, should African countries join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)? Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Governance Takes Centre Stage As African Governments, AfDB, Alsf and Development Partners Gather in Cape Town
Representatives of African governments, the global private sector, and international institutions, including the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Partners With Purdue University to Make Technologies Available to African Farmers
AfDB to join "Scale up" agricultural technologies conference in September 2018 Read more »
October 31, 2017
Africa: Power Sector Leadership Workshop On Governance and Loss Reduction
The Power Systems Development Department (PESD) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) will co-organize a Workshop on… Read more »
October 25, 2017
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 100 Million Line of Credit to Kenya Commercial Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved a US$ 100 million Line of Credit (LOC) to Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB). Read more »
Africa: Adesina Receives American University's Highest Honour, the 'Order of the Griffin'
Says green revolution only possible when seeds are sown on ridges of peace Read more »
Africa: Multi-Stakeholder Preparatory Workshop to the Great Green Wall
Context of the Partnership between the Bank and the PAGGW in the context of the Desert to Power Initiative. Read more »
October 24, 2017
Africa: People, Planet, and Progress in the SDG Era
As international institutions mobilize to meet the ambitious milestones of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations… Read more »
October 25, 2017
Africa: Princess Astrid of Belgium Visits AfDB Headquarters in Abidjan Wednesday
Her Royal Highness, Princess Astrid of Belgium, accompanied by a high-level delegation of members of the country's federal and regional governments and business leaders, will make… Read more »
October 20, 2017
Africa: AfDB's Agricultural Transformation Strategy to Guarantee 513 Million Tons of Additional Food Production
Adesina rallies support for technologically driven agriculture in Africa Read more »
Africa: Adesina to Set Up Fund for Young Farmers, Agripreneurs With Us $250,000 World Food Prize Money
US Vice-President praises Laureate, pledges more collaboration on food security Read more »
October 23, 2017
Africa: Adesina Caps World Food Prize Week With Speech to Youth
One day after his historic pledge to use the World Food Prize money to finance African youth and entrepreneurship in agriculture, African Development Bank President Akinwumi… Read more »
October 22, 2017
Africa: "Africa's Pathway Out of Poverty" - By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, World Food Prize Laureate Luncheon, October 20, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa
Today, I will be speaking about Africa's pathway out of poverty. For millions of rural poor, their aspiration is that they will make it out of poverty, especially through their… Read more »
Africa: New World Food Prize Africa Institute to Produce Borlaug-Adesina Fellows
Donors grow Adesina's fund for young African agripreneurs to US $600,000 Read more »
October 19, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Openoil Launch Report On How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage… Read more »
Africa: Going Digital AfDB's '50 Million Women Speak Digital Platform
Online platforms can dramatically change the digital economy and bring enormous benefits in today's digital society. They play a prominent role in the creation of 'digital value'… Read more »