Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Billion Dollar Boost for African Female Entrepreneurs

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Reinventing Ways of Acting and Thinking for More Efficient Projects

Greater donor mobilization is needed to support the project preparation process that is so strategic for investment on the continent." These are the words of Patricia de Lille,… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - African Development Bank U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Team Up to Mobilise Private Capital for Africa's Development

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the African Development Bank Group, today signed an agreement to mobilize private capital in support of development… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, Credit Suisse, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Ghana Cocoa Board Ink $600 Million Loan Agreement to Boost Cocoa Production

Agreement is a turning point for scaling up the cocoa value chain - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - MOU Brings Good News for Africa's Rail Networks

Another deal signed on second day of the Africa Investment Forum 2019 Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum / Family Businesses - An Underestimated Economic Driving Force

Family businesses are rarely viewed as a sector which could influence economic growth, but the Africa Investment Forum is recognising them as important players on the continent. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - "No Country On the Continent Left Behind," Says Akinwumi Adesina

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has given the assurance that no country would be left behind as the institution accelerates its development… Read more »

Africa: The Africa Investment Forum - An Accelerator for Africa's Agricultural Transformation

This week, business leaders, project developers, development finance professionals, institutional investors representing pension and sovereign wealth funds, as well as policymakers… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - Achieving an African Economy Four Times Bigger With Only a 50 Percent Increase in Energy Demand

Africa has the potential to expand the continental economy fourfold, with energy demands expanding by only 50 percent, according to a new report. The International Energy Agency… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - Historic Signing of High-Speed Railway Construction Concession Agreement for Ghana

The African Development Bank has thrown its weight behind a concession agreement for the construction of a high-speed railway in Accra, Ghana's capital. Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum Kicks off Delivering on the Promise to Redefine and Unpack the Continent's Investment Opportunities

$500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity… Read more »

Africa: 2019 African Investment Forum Builds On 2018 Successes, Attracts Growing International Interest

The Africa Investment Forum is making phenomenal progress in attracting interest from all over the world since launching at the Sandton Convention Centre last year. The value of… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - There's Never Been a Better Time to Invest in Africa Than Now, Infrastructure, Agriculture Investment Opportunities Abound

It was a presidential start on Monday to the African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index - African Union Commission, African Development Bank Report Shows Wins in Visa Restrictions Across Africa

For the first time, African travellers have liberal access to over half the continent, the 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index published by the African Union Commission and African… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum Kicks Off Delivering On the Promise to Redefine and Unpack the Continent's Investment Opportunities

The 2019 Africa Investment Forum opened on Monday living up to its promise to move from commitment to action. Read more »

Africa: Free-to-air Broadcast live television feeds from the 2019 Africa Investment Forum, South Africa 11-13 Nov, 2019

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Africa: Increased Private Sector Engagement Is Critical to Move the Needle On Africa's Infrastructure Financing - Pierre Guislain, Vice-President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialisation, African Development Bank

The numbers tell the story. Africa's infrastructure needs currently amount to a whopping $130 to $170 billion per year with a financing gap of $68 million to $108 billion. While… Read more »

Africa: "News With a Human Face" in Focus At African Development Bank and Thomson Reuters Foundation Workshop for African Journalists

"The training opened my eyes to see Africa as it is, and not as it is portrayed in the media," said Thando Magudulela, a journalist with the South African Broadcasting Corporation,… Read more »

Africa: Why the Africa Investment Forum Matters for the Continent's Energy Transformation - - Wale Shonibare, Acting Vice-President, Power, Energy, Climate Change & Green Growth, African Development Bank

The African Development Bank's New Deal on Energy for Africa underlines the urgency to power the continent in order to end energy poverty, catalyze industrialization, and stimulate… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - "Short On Talk, Heavy On Deals", African Development Bank, South African Government and Partners Affirm

The Africa Investment Forum will be short on talk and heavy on deals, the South African Government, the African Development Bank and key partners affirmed at a press conference… Read more »

Africa: Why Global and Pan African Investors Need to Set Their Sights On the 2019 Africa Investment Forum

The year 2019 will be one of the defining moments in Africa's investment landscape. Bigger, bolder and more ambitious projects await delegates and investors as we prepare to kick… Read more »

Africa: Africa Can Be World's Next Economic Hub If Supported With Right Policies

With the right policies and linkages, Africa can become an indispensable global economic hub, Singapore's Senior Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam noted Tuesday, commending the… Read more »

Africa: Agribusiness - Africa's New Investment Frontier

In the past decade, a stroll along the aisles of any African supermarket is revealing: there is a new wave of home-brewed brands that are fast becoming household names. Products… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Receives Honorary Doctorate From Bowen University

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has been awarded an Honoris Causa from Bowen University in Nigeria. The award, which was presented at the 14th… Read more »

Africa: 'Today Is a Day of Joy for Africa' - African Development Bank Celebrates Historic Capital Increase

The African Development Bank on Thursday celebrated a historic $115 billion increase from its shareholders, the largest in the bank's 55-year history. Read more »