Africa: Africa50 to Announce New Strategy, New Investments, and New Members At Its Shareholder Meeting in Dakar On September 12

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, will hold its third Shareholders Meeting in Dakar on Tuesday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the King Fahd Hotel. Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Validate AfDB's Feed Africa Strategy At African Green Revolution Forum

African leaders and partners in the agriculture sector have validated the Feed Africa Strategy of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as a viable tool towards the transformation of… Read more »

Africa: The Frontier for Climate Resilience Begins With Smallholder Farmers

Tackling climate change in Africa will work effectively if efforts are first geared towards eliminating challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent, experts say. Read more »

Africa: Bringing Policymakers Together to Turn Extractives Into Development Outcomes

Turning extractive resources (mining, oil and gas) into development outcomes has proven to be a challenge for African governments and developing countries in general. The channels… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Congressional Delegation Visits the African Development Bank

US congressional delegation visits the AfDB (l-r): Representative Charlie Dent (R-PA), Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL), Senator Christopher Coons… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Steadily Pioneers Major Strategy Shift in Africa's Agriculture Financing

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has deepened agriculture with an initial investment of US $774 million in six countries in Africa to ignite economic growth and make agriculture… Read more »

Africa: Women in Agriculture Must Be Facilitated, Panel Hears

Today's technological advances and innovations in agriculture should touch every aspects of women's lives in order for them to have the desired impact on African societies. Read more »

Africa: Invitation to the AGRF Youth in Agriculture Resource Platform

The African Development Bank is pleased to invite you to AGRF Youth in Agriculture Resource Platform organised by the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (AHAI) and the ENABLE… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $55-Million (Including U.S.$ 7 Million From GEF) Loan for Three Solar PV Projects in Egypt

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved three senior loans for a total amount of US$ 55 million to finance three solar PV Projects under… Read more »

Africa: The Future of Africa Depends On Agriculture

by Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Set to Accelerate Africa's Path to Prosperity By Growing Economies and Jobs Through Agriculture

Over 750 delegates and high-level dignitaries, including African Heads of States, Ministers, and key stakeholders in the agricultural sector, are convening this week in Côte… Read more »

Africa: French President Macron Appoints AfDB's Vanessa Moungar to New Presidential Council for Africa

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has appointed Vanessa Moungar, the African Development Bank's Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, to his Presidential Council… Read more »

Africa: Unlocking Capital Flows for Forest Development in Africa

AFIC speakers Read more »

Africa: ALSF, Uneca, and African Union Cooperate to Develop a Modeling Mining Laws

For more than a decade, Africa has enjoyed a mineral boom, producing more than 10% of the world's minerals by value, from over 30% of its global mineral reserves. And yet, despite… Read more »

Africa: 2017 World Water Week - AfDB Joins Global Community to Address Water Challenges

As a leading financing partner on water and sanitation services in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and two of its flagship water initiatives: the African Water… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Trains 129 Young "Agripreneurs" in Liberia

Monday, August 28, 2017 was a special day for young entrepreneurs in Liberia. After Côte d'Ivoire in December 2016, the Bank is supporting the Government of Liberia to… Read more »

Africa: How to Make the Green Revolution a Reality in Africa

In this interview, she speaks on the seventh African Green Revolution Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from 4-8 September 2017; how to mitigate the impact of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Wants Greater Focus On Implementation, As African Green Revolution Forum Begins in Abidjan

The ground is already ploughed. Together, let us now sow the seeds of hope and reap a harvest so plentiful in the years ahead." - Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President Read more »

Africa: Senior Leadership Appointments Announced At the African Development Bank

Dr. Victor B. Oladokun, Director, Communication and External Relations Read more »

Africa: 2017 World Water Week - "Water and Waste: Reduce and Reuse" Focus On Africa

Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), the annual World Water Week (WWW) is the largest global event for the water sector and development-related… Read more »

Africa: Placing Women At the Center of African Legal Capacity-Building

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) staff recently attended the first Women Advancing Africa Forum (WAA), a new flagship conference on women's contributions to Africa's… Read more »

Africa: Integrity in Development Projects - African Development Bank Debars Chongqing International Construction Corporation for Fraud

"It is the duty of the African Development Bank to ensure that the funds it receives from donors are used exclusively to further the socio-economic development of the institution's… Read more »

Africa: African Green Revolution Forum 2017 to Highlight Place of Agriculture in Diversification of African Economies

The 2017 African Green Revolution Forum will be held from September 4-8 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire and aims to stress the capacity of agriculture and agribusiness to drive… Read more »

Africa: World Fashion Day - AfDB Moving the Continent Up the Textile and Clothing Value Chain With Fashionomics Africa

Some stakeholders in the textile and clothing industry have described Fashionomics Africa as a veritable platform to tap Africa's huge potential for fashion. Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Makes Clarion Call for Action On Challenges Hampering Growth At 37th SADC Heads of State Summit

The African Development Bank has given its support to Southern African leaders in their efforts to accelerate development and growth in the region. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina… Read more »