June 26, 2018
Africa: Speech Delivered By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, At the Launch of the Mécanisme Incitatif De Financement Agricole (Mifa), June 25, 2018, Lome, Togo
Your Excellency and my dear brother, President Faure Gnassingbe, the Prime Minister, Honorable Ministers and members of the Government, Read more »
June 13, 2018
Africa: Promoting Food Security - African Development Bank Approves U.S.$ 15m Equity Investment in Africa Food Security Fund to Boost Agri-Business in Africa
In an effort to boost agri-business and enhance food security in Africa, the African Development Bank Board has approved a US$15 million equity investment in Africa Food Security… Read more »
May 24, 2018
Africa: FAPA Donors and AFAP Sign Grant Agreement in Support of Local Supply and Utilization of Fertilizer in Africa
On the sidelines of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Busan, Korea, the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) (link is external) donors and… Read more »
May 25, 2018
Africa: The African Development Bank and the Global Green Growth Institute Partner to Fast-track Green Growth in Africa
The African Development Bank (link is external) and the Global Green Growth Institute (link is external) (GGGI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)… Read more »
May 30, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank to Host U.S. $3 Million Rockefeller Trust Fund to Spur Agriculture and Youth Employment in Africa
The African Development Bank Group has established a US $3-million Rockefeller Trust Fund, a joint effort of the Bank and The Rockefeller Foundation to help spur Africa’s… Read more »
May 22, 2018
Africa: Private Sector Liaison Officers' Network and DFIs Share Ideas on Climate Smart Agriculture
The Private Sector Liaison Officers’ Network (PSLO) organized a Climate Smart Agriculture mission in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire,13-17 May 2018. During the four-day program,… Read more »
June 06, 2018
Sudan: African Development Bank Supports Agricultural Value Chain Development to Improve Household Incomes and Food Security in the Sudan
To boost agricultural production and productivity in the Sudan, the Bank approved US $42 million in concessional grants from the African Development Fund to support the National… Read more »
May 16, 2018
Africa: EUR 200 Million to Develop Morocco's Agricultural Value Chains and Reinforce Sustainable Job Creation
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved EUR 200 million loan to support inclusive and Sustainable Development of Agricultural Value Chains in Morocco. Read more »
May 09, 2018
Cote d'Ivoire: Young Agripreneurs Showcase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2018 Agripitch Competition
The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Côte d'Ivoire, held an innovation and entrepreneurship competition and an African Youth Agripreneur… Read more »
May 07, 2018
Africa: Accelerating Agri-Business Development in Ethiopia With the Agriculture Fast Track Fund
The African Development Bank has signed two grant agreements to finance agri-business development projects through the Agriculture Fast Track Fund. Read more »
April 27, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Launches "Say No to Famine" Project in Somalia
Food security and healthy food for all Africans Read more »
Somalia: African Development Bank Launches "Say No to Famine" Project in Somalia Food Security and Healthy Food for All Africans
The African Development Bank's Deputy Director General for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, represented the institution at the launch of the Say No to Famine - Short-Term Regional… Read more »
February 23, 2018
Mozambique: African Development Bank and Mozambique Sign U.S.$ 29 Million Grant Agreements to Finance Agriculture and Skills Acquisition Projects
On Wednesday, 21 February 2018, the African Development Bank and the Government of Mozambique signed grant agreements for two operations totaling US$ 29 million. Read more »
February 22, 2018
Africa: Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group Distinguished Speaker At the 94th Annual Us Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum
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Africa: President Adesina Is Distinguished Speaker At 2018 United States - Agricultural Outlook Forum
President of the African Development Bank and 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Akinwumi Adesina, will be the Distinguished Speaker at the 2018 US Agricultural Outlook Forum, to be… Read more »
January 18, 2018
Angola: Angola and the African Development Bank Sign U.S.$ 101 Million to Support Agricultural Value Chains Development in Cabinda Province
The African Development Bank is fully engaged in ensuring efficient and sustainable agricultural production projects in its regional member countries. This can drive economic… Read more »
January 16, 2018
Nigeria: African Development Bank Inspires Nigerian School Children With 'Farming Is Cool' Competition
As part of its goal to see a generational shift in agriculture on the continent, the African Development Bank has taken its 'Farming is Cool' initiative to school children in… Read more »
December 21, 2017
Africa: Building the Next Generation of African Agricultural Economists
Building the next generation of African agricultural economists was one of the key highlights of a Structural Transformation of the African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS)… Read more »
December 05, 2017
Africa: Agricultural Growth Should Drive Structural Transformation, Says Expert
Unless there a good focus on agricultural and economic transformation, efforts at structural transformation of African countries won't amount to much, says Neway Gebreab, former… Read more »
November 20, 2017
Africa: High-Level Officials and Private Sector Leaders to Chart Actionable Plan to Accelerate Africa's Agricultural Transformation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with Initiative for Global Development (IGD) and Grow Africa is organizing the first high-level convening,… Read more »
November 06, 2017
Eritrea: AfDB Supports Inclusive Growth Through Agriculture and Infrastructure Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the institution's intervention strategy in Eritrea for 2017-2019. Read more »
October 20, 2017
Africa: AfDB's Agricultural Transformation Strategy to Guarantee 513 Million Tons of Additional Food Production
Adesina rallies support for technologically driven agriculture in Africa Read more »
Africa: Adesina to Set Up Fund for Young Farmers, Agripreneurs With Us $250,000 World Food Prize Money
US Vice-President praises Laureate, pledges more collaboration on food security Read more »
October 23, 2017
Africa: Adesina Caps World Food Prize Week With Speech to Youth
One day after his historic pledge to use the World Food Prize money to finance African youth and entrepreneurship in agriculture, African Development Bank President Akinwumi… Read more »
October 22, 2017
Africa: New World Food Prize Africa Institute to Produce Borlaug-Adesina Fellows
Donors grow Adesina's fund for young African agripreneurs to US $600,000 Read more »