Africa: African Development Bank to Host Side Event At the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit

What: Event titled, "Finance, food and fertilizer: how the debt crisis affects food and farm inputs markets in Africa" on the sidelines of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health… Read more »

Africa: Africa Development Bank and Invest in Africa to Launch Microgreen Project

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Africa: African Development Bank and World Health Organisation to Transform Africa's Primary Healthcare

The African Development Bank Group and the World Health Organisation have agreed to strengthen their partnership and scale up the transformation of Africa's primary healthcare. Read more »

Africa: Unlocking Africa's Agricultural Powerhouse - African Development Bank's Adesina Outlines Way Forward At Riyadh's World Economic Forum

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina urged for a coalition of public commitment and private sector finance to awaken Africa's "staggering" agricultural… Read more »

Africa: Africa Road Builders - Two African Heads of State Receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize

The "Africa Road Builders" Selection Committee met in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on 18 April 2024 where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of… Read more »

Africa: The 14th African Taskforce On Food and Nutrition Development Meeting - Accelerating Progress On Nutrition

The 14th meeting of the African Taskforce on Food and Nutrition Development (ATFFND), held from April 3-5 in Mombasa, Kenya, brought together stakeholders dedicated to advancing… Read more »

Africa: Accolades for Expanded Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Programs to Boost African Farmers' Access to Fertilizers

Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Governing Council praises special fund, administered by the African Development Group, for innovative financing solutions to boost fertilizer… Read more »

Africa: $4 Trillion Is New Annual Financial Target to Save Sustainable Development Goals, Says African Development Bank's Adesina

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has emphasized the critical need for significantly increased financing to meet the Sustainable Development Goals… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank's Dr. Adesina Appoints Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi As Special Envoy for Middle East and North Africa and Gulf Region

The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appointed career diplomat Ambassador Jalel Trabelsi as his Special Envoy for the Middle East and North… Read more »

Africa: 2024 Annual Meetings - African Countries Urged to Define Common Position for Reform of the Global Financial Architecture

"The problem of financing will remain unresolved so long as the rules and practices of global economic and financial governance obstruct access for our countries to sizeable… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Announces Renewal of Bank-Civil Society Committee

The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the renewal of its dynamic Bank-Civil Society Committee for the 2024-2026 term. This diverse and carefully selected group… Read more »

Africa: Brazil Signs Lusophone Compact Agreement to Boost Private Sector in Africa

Brazil has officially joined the Lusophone Compact, an initiative working to accelerate private sector development in Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa, known as the PALOPs… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Global Center On Adaptation to Host Webinar On Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Water Sector

What: Webinar on Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Water Sector Projects Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank President Dr Adesina to Meet Brazil's President Lula

African Development Bank Group president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina is travelling to Brazil for a two-day official visit to meet with President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, government… Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Deepen Collaboration to Deliver As a System

The leaders of 10 multilateral development banks (MDBs) today announced joint steps to work more effectively as a system and increase the impact and scale of their work to tackle… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Rapidly Exceeding Climate Finance Targets

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina on Thursday called for more urgent action as climate change continues to wreak havoc in many African countries. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank President Dr. Adesina to Visit Brazil

African Development Bank president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, will lead a delegation on an official visit to Brazil aimed at strengthening ties with the Portuguese-speaking country and… Read more »

Africa: Africa's $824 Billion Debt Burden and Opaque Resource-Backed Loans Hinder Its Potential, African Development Bank President Warns

Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth, African… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, Giaba Combat Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing in Africa Through New Project

The African Development Bank and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) on Thursday officially launched a three-year support project to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank President Adesina to Speak On Rising Global Middle Class On Sidelines of World Bank Spring Meetings

What: Panel Session on the Rising Global Middle Class Session at the 2024 World Economy Summit Read more »

Africa: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Receives $7.3 Million to Boost Agricultural Productivity and Smallholder Farmers' Income

Global Affairs Canada has provided $7.3 million in funding to the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) to enhance sustainable agricultural productivity and smallholder… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB's Business Opportunities Seminar, 28th - -29th May 2024

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Africa: Annual Meetings 2024 - Better Allocating International Financial Resources to Speed Africa's Transformation

Back in February 2013 in Tunis, in response to a journalist who had asked her how the African Development Bank Group differed from other institutions, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, then… Read more »

Africa: African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre Issues New Report - 'Further Processing of Wood Products in Africa Will Contribute to the Continent's Industrialization and Integration'

In March 2024, the African Natural Resources Management and Investment Centre issued a new report, in English-only, "Regional timber-trade flows and trends in Africa". The report… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Publishes Report On Callable Capital

The African Development Bank has published a report clarifying the legal framework, processes and governance for a call on the callable capital by the institution. Read more »