October 16
Africa: World Food Day - How the New Made Alliance Will Use Digital Technologies to Help Farmers in Africa Feed the Continent
The African Development Bank Group and Mastercard are co-chairing a new initiative called Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance Africa, which aims to provide… Read more »
October 09
Congo-Kinshasa: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, an African Development Bank-Funded Agroforestry Project Is Rebuilding Biodiversity and Enhancing Livelihoods
In a farming community located in the south-central Democratic Republic of Congo, Dorcas Tshabu is turning a childhood dream into a reality. Situated 20 kilometers from the city of… Read more »
October 07
Benin: Modernizing Agriculture - African Development Fund Project Changes Lives in Benin's Ouémé Valley
The sun rises early over Djeffa, a locality in southeastern Benin's Sèmè-Podji district where Justine Gantekpin is already tending to her flourishing vegetable farm.… Read more »
October 04
Africa: Food Industries Investment Forum
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September 28
Lesotho: Lesotho's King Letsie III, African Development Bank Group and Global Philanthropies Forge Strategic Partnership to End School-Age Hunger
The African Development Bank Group and The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) today signed a Letter of Intent formalizing a commitment to establish the End School-Age… Read more »
September 23
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank Grants $129 Million Loan to Agricultural Project Generating Decent Jobs for Young People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 20 September 2024 approved a $129.71 million loan to Tanzania for the implementation of a youth-focused agribusiness… Read more »
September 16
Africa: African Development Bank Group Calls for Increased Investment and Innovation for Sustainable Agriculture
The African Development Bank has urged greater financing of sustainable agricultural policies, practices and innovation. Bank officials made the call at three events hosted by the… Read more »
September 13
Tunisia: Tunisia - A New Lease of Life for Kairouan's Wheat and Olive Farms Life
Faced with lingering drought, Tunisia's olive and wheat farmers have been struggling for years. Read more »
August 23
Africa: African Development Bank, African Union Launch Landmark Initiative to Eradicate Malnutrition Across Africa
The African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank Group's African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) initiative, in collaboration with the government of Senegal, have… Read more »
August 21
Africa: African Development Bank At the African Food Systems Summit 2024
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August 19
Uganda: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism to Launch Fertilizer Financing Project in Uganda
What: Launch of the Fertilizer Financing for Sustainable Agriculture Management Project in Uganda Who: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, The African Fertilizer… Read more »
July 18
Congo-Kinshasa: African Development Bank Group Grants $260 Million Loan to Strengthen Agricultural Sector and Value Chains
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of $260.4 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help finance the Project to Support the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mozambican Farmers Gear Up for Planting Season With Timely $2 Million Fertilizer Financing Boost
With the planting season fast approaching, Mozambican farmers are busy preparing their fields. Fertilizer is crucial for a successful harvest, and many farmers are lining up to… Read more »
July 12
South Sudan: African Development Bank Group Approves $46 Million Grant Funding for Agricultural Productivity, Food Security and Resilience
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $46.2 million grant to support the first phase of the Climate Resilient Agri-Food System Transformation… Read more »
July 13
Nigeria: Nigeria's Food Importation Policy Could Destroy Country's Agriculture, Warns Akinwumi Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said the decision by Nigeria's government to allow massive food importation risks destroying the… Read more »
June 24
Cote d'Ivoire: Cultivating Hope - Ivorian Cocoa Farmers' Path to Empowerment
On a misty morning in rural Cote d'Ivoire, Delphine Papo deviates from her usual routine. Instead of trekking 4 kilometers through the fog to her cocoa plantation, she's headed to… Read more »
June 20
Sudan: African Development Bank, WFP Project Boosts Wheat Production in War-Torn Sudan Amid Soaring Hunger
An emergency wheat production project in Sudan financed by the African Development Bank and executed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has increased wheat production… Read more »
June 12
Mozambique: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism to Launch Fertilizer Financing Scheme in Mozambique
What: Launch of Fertilizer Financing for Sustainable Agriculture Management Project in Mozambique Who: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism When: Friday, 14 June 2024;… Read more »
June 07
Senegal: Senegal - African Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank Fund Livestock Project to Improve Animal Product Quality
The project three project components -- animal productivity, products and product processing, animal product marketing and skill enhancement, and project coordination and… Read more »
June 04
Africa: African Development Bank, African Union, United States Government, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Cgiar Advance Ties to Boost Africa's Food Production
Top development organisations have pledged to forge partnerships to expand the Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS), an initiative aimed at building resilient African food… Read more »
May 28
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - African Development Bank Funds Two Major Projects to Support Agricultural Value Chains
Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the Burkina Faso component of Project 2 of the Food and Nutrition Insecurity Resilience Programme in the Sahel (P2-P2RS) and… Read more »
May 26
Senegal: African Development Bank 2024 Annual Meetings Side Event - Post Dakar 2: Achieving Food Sovereignty and Resilience
What: African Development Bank 2024 Annual Meetings side event: Post Dakar 2: Achieving Food Sovereignty and Resilience Read more »
May 21
Africa: Pledges for a Stronger Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism to Increase Food Production in Africa
African heads of state have committed to supporting the full operationalization of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, a step that will empower it to invest in… Read more »
May 17
Benin: Benin - A Government and African Development Bank Project Launched to Boost the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector
Benin and the African Development Bank officially launched the Project to Promote Sustainable Aquaculture and the Competitiveness of Fisheries Value Chains in Cotonou on 15 May… Read more »
May 15
Malawi: Malawi - African Development Fund Commits $22.7 Million Grant to Bolster Agricultural Productivity and Climate Resilience
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on 15 May 2024 approved a $22.7 million budget support grant for Malawi to implement a national program to reform the… Read more »