Africa: African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Receives Emeka Anyaoku Lifetime Achievement Award

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku has presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to the African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, describing him and the… Read more »

Africa: Financial Institutions' Chief Information Officers Meet At Knowledge Sharing Convention

The African Development Bank organized a knowledge sharing event of chief information officers (CIOs) from international financial institutions (IFIs) in Cape Town, 23-26… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Partners Launch Pilot Cities Diagnostics Tool in Five Cities

The tool includes key environmental and urban sustainability indicators as well as disaster risk and vulnerability, and urban footprint growth Read more »

Africa: Climate Action Summit - Three Questions to Dr Anthony Nyong, Director Climate Change and Green Growth Department

Leaders from all over the world met in New York recently to discuss efforts to tackle climate change. Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - African Development Bank Announces New Accountability Index to Measure Institutional Lending to Women

A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves Loans of €209m for Expansion of 'Great North Road'

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved loans of around €209 million to fund the expansion of a highway that links major economic hubs in… Read more »

Africa: First West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum, Hosted By African Development Bank, Opens in Abidjan

"Effective partnerships for financing are key to the fertilizer sector growth." Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - Young Africans Will "Produce the Magic" Says AU Chief As the UN Sounds Warning On Sustainable Development Goals

Leaders should devise an "incentive structure" to promote a startup culture among young Africans. "I think they will produce the magic," Albert Muchanga, the African Union's… Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - Hands Off Our Girls! African First Ladies Take Campaign Against Rape, Early Child Marriage, to UN General Assembly

Africa's first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio brought their campaign to ban early child marriage and sexual violence against women and girls before a global stage in… Read more »

Africa: The Bank Group's Swears in Its New Sanctions Commissioners

On 10 September 2019, two experts with more than 35 years of combined experience in the legal field were sworn in as the Bank Group's new sanctions commissioner and alternate… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Debars On-Track Technical Services Limited for 18 Months for Fraudulent Practices

The African Development Bank Group on 26 September 2019 announced the debarment of On-Track Technical Services Limited, a Uganda-registered engineering company, for 18 months after… Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - Women Are "Africa's Tigers" Says Congolese First Lady As African Development Bank Touts $3bn Fund

African women are on the cusp of securing gender equality. "We are convinced that the moment for African women has now come," said Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the First Lady of the… Read more »

Africa: UN General Assembly - Strong Plea to Boost Food Security Through South-South Cooperation

Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea for enhanced South-South cooperation to strengthen food… Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - African Development Bank to Help Boost Climate Change Adaptation Funding to $12.5bn

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday pledged to boost funding commitments by $12.5bn to help countries adapt to the effects of climate change between 2020… Read more »

Africa: UN General Assembly 2019 - Scaling Up Nutrition Lead Group Meets to Chart Way Forward

"Energy, passion and a lot of young people who care about nutrition" will underpin the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement's newest phase, alongside stronger private sector… Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - Sahel Threats Necessitate 'Global Response': Issoufou

Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou called on Sunday for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that threaten the arid Sahel belt. Read more »

Africa: Unga 2019 - No Room for Coal in Africa's Renewable Future: Akinwumi Adesina

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to scrap coal power stations across the continent and switch to renewable energy at United… Read more »

Africa: UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action On SDGs

With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development… Read more »

Africa: Can Africa Afford to 'Strand' Its Fossil Fuels?

In recent years, "stranded assets" have attracted a lot of interest, as climate-driven changes to our physical environment amplify the calls for a seamless transition to low-carbon… Read more »

Africa: UN Climate Action Summit - High Level Mdb Statement

Multilateral Development Banks have been at the forefront of supporting our clients' efforts to pursue ambitious climate action for more than a decade. In light of growing climate… Read more »

Africa: The Future of Development Banks Discussed As Senior Officials Meet At 20th Annual Meeting

Senior officials from the world's leading financial institutions have wrapped up their 20th annual meeting in Abidjan at the headquarters of the African Development Bank. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches U.S.$ 2 Billion 1.625 Percent Global Benchmark Due 16 September 2022

The African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA (Moody's/S&P/Fitch, all stable), has launched and priced a US$ 2 billion 3-year Global Benchmark bond due 16 September 2022, its… Read more »

Africa: Innovative Thinking Marks African Development Bank's Africa Jobs Manifesto

Employment is top of the agenda of every African leader - SVP Charles Boamah Read more »

West Africa: G5 Sahel Heads of State Throw Their Weight Behind African Development Bank's Desert to Power Initiative

Bank commits $20 million towards project preparation for the realization of the project Read more »

West Africa: G5 Sahel Summit - African Development Bank, Partners, Commit to Light Up and Power the Sahel With the Desert to Power Initiative

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has arrived in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, ahead of the G5 Sahel Summit, and was received by Burkina… Read more »