March 10, 2021
Africa: Spotlight On the Bank's Women Leaders - Director Atsuko Toda Reflects On Progress Towards Gender Equality in Africa
To mark International Women's Day, and a month of celebrating women, we asked the Bank's Director for Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, Atsuko Toda, to share her thoughts… Read more »
March 09, 2021
Africa: Message By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, for the International Women's Day, March 8, 2021
As we celebrate the International Women's Day, I celebrate all women around the world. I also celebrate all women at the African Development Bank. Read more »
March 08, 2021
Africa: On International Women's Day, Acting VP Gichuri Reflects On Africa's Gender Wins
To mark International Women's Day, development leader Wambui Gichuri shares her thoughts on how far Africa has come on gender equity. She also reveals personal life lessons that… Read more »
Africa: The Africa Digital Inclusion Facility Approves Grants Worth $1.3 Million for Two Research Efforts to Enhance Women's Digital Access to Loans and Micro-Insurance
The African Development Bank has approved two grants for research that will increase African women's access to a range of digital financial services including loans and… Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day - Bank Operations Are Impacting Women and Girls At Scale
Faith Keza is a happy entrepreneur. CEO at RwandaOnline platform limited, Kigali, Rwanda. She is Rwandan. She went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study electrical… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Celebrates International Women's Day By Spotlighting Women Entrepreneurs As Key Drivers of Economic Growth
In celebration of International Women's Day, and to mark the rollout of the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Guarantee for Growth program, the African… Read more »
Africa: Strengthening Institutional Capacities for Inclusive Development in Africa Post-Covid-19
What: Webinar Read more »
March 05, 2021
Africa: The African Development Bank to Introduce First Women Beneficiaries of Afawa Guarantee for Growth Program
In celebration of International Women's Day, and to mark the rollout of the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) Guarantee for Growth program, the African… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Extends a Grant of $2 Million to Strengthen Cybersecurity and Boost Financial Inclusion in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has awarded a $2 million grant to establish the African Cybersecurity Resource Center (ACRC) for Financial Inclusion to… Read more »
Africa: Egypt - The African Development Bank Signs Agreements Worth €109 Million to Transform Sewage Coverage in Rural Areas
The African Development Bank Group has signed financing agreements of €109 million with the Government of Egypt to improve sanitation infrastructure and services for rural… Read more »
March 04, 2021
Africa: Making Finance Work for Africa Webinar - Experts Discuss African Capital Market Space, Joint African Exchanges Linkages Project
The Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) partnership, hosted by the African Development Bank, and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) have provided a recent… Read more »
March 02, 2021
Africa: Aswan II Forum - African Leaders Identify Security and Health Challenges to the Continent's Recovery
The second edition of the Aswan Forum on peace, security and development opened on Monday, 1 March in Cairo, Egypt, with African leaders identifying insecurity and the burden of… Read more »
March 04, 2021
Africa: Mining Sector Urged to Adapt to Changes Brought By Covid-19, Climate Change
The mining sector has been urged to adapt to 21st century challenges, such as climate change and the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
March 02, 2021
Africa: "I Am #afawa" Virtual Event
Women Entrepreneurs: Key Drivers of Economic Growth Read more »
Africa: Aswan Forum - Put Healthcare, Including Vaccines, At the Center of Rebuilding Africa Back Better and More Resilient - Who, African Development Bank, Africa CDC
WHO, African Development Bank and Africa CDC call for coordinated vaccination rollout and investments in local manufacture of drugs and diagnostics as a defense system for Africa Read more »
March 01, 2021
Africa: Information Is Power - Data Is Key to Closing Gender Gaps in Energy Access in Kenya
Gender-specific data, especially detailed information on how women and men use financial resources, is needed to improve interventions geared to closing the gender gap in energy… Read more »
February 24, 2021
Africa: Connecting Africa's Capital Markets
What: Webinar Read more »
Africa: Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development
What: Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development II Read more »
Africa: 9th Governing Council Meeting of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
What: 9th Governing Council meeting of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Read more »
February 23, 2021
Africa: A Fireside Chat - The New Face of African Collaboration
What: A fireside chat organized by the Africa Soft Power Project to discuss the strategic value of expanded trade opportunities to economic advancement and cultural integration in… Read more »
February 22, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank to Launch African Economic Outlook 2021
What: Virtual launch of the African Economic Outlook 2021 Read more »
February 17, 2021
Africa: Dfi Working Group Launches Report On Blended Concessional Finance for Private Sector Projects
The Mobilization of Private Finance by Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and Development Finance Institutions (DFI) Report Read more »
Africa: End of the Second Public Consultation Period for the Third Review of the Independent Review Mechanism (Irm) of the African Development Bank Group
The Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group would like to thank all who have contributed to the Second Public Consultation of its Third Review. Read more »
February 19, 2021
Africa: Investing in Local Production Capacity to Keep Africa's Fashion Industry Alive
Emanuela Gregorio, coordinator of the African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa initiative, recently sat down with Alan Kasujja, the presenter of BBC's Africa Daily podcast,… Read more »
Africa: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series Episode 6 - African Continental Free Trade Area - Opportunities for Fashion Entrepreneurs
What: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series, Episode 6 Read more »
