July 16, 2025
Burkina Faso: In Burkina Faso, Cashew Cultivation Is a Lever for Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Development
Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ (PADA/REDD+) exemplified sustainable development. The project… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Africa: Turning the Tide - Democratic Republic of Congo's Emergency Food Production Project Sows Resilience, Plants Hope
In the early morning, the fields stretch as far as the eye can see, bathed in the soft light of the rising sun. In Kwilu, Kasai, and Tshopo provinces of the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
July 04, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank to Host Workshop On Water-Energy-Food Nexus Investment Framework
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Sudan: Sudan - AfDB Approves $93.6 Million to Combat Food Crisis in Conflict-Hit Regions
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved a comprehensive financing package worth $93.6 million to combat severe food insecurity in Sudan's most… Read more »
June 20, 2025
Africa: The Field Officer and the Farmer - How African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism-Backed Investments Foster Enduring Partnerships
That smile -- the one that starts deep within and lights up when something good is happening -- is instantly recognizable. That distinctive smile graced Mama Naumi Kamau's face as… Read more »
May 29, 2025
Togo: Togo - African Development Bank and Togolese Government Sign Agriculture-Related Financing Agreements of Approximately $39 Million
The African Development Bank and the government of Togo have signed financing agreements worth a total of $38.9 million (approximately FCFA 22.44 billion) to support the… Read more »
May 26, 2025
Zimbabwe: From Despair to Hope - Zimbabwe Breaks New Ground With Compensation Program for Displaced Farmers
The international community has described Zimbabwe's payment of compensation to white farmers as a new chapter in national healing. The payment is part of the Zimbabwe Arrears… Read more »
May 27, 2025
Burundi: Burundi Joins a New Regional Dynamic to Modernize Its Agriculture
The Burundian government and the African Development Bank launched the Burundi component of the Burundi-Rwanda Integrated Development Project (BRIDEP) in Bujumbura on 20 May 2025.… Read more »
Africa: At African Development Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings, Young Agripreneurs Transforming Africa's Agriculture in Spotlight
An Ivorian entrepreneur who started up a snack food business with about $100, then transformed it into a multinational supplier of a popular potato chip, is crediting the African… Read more »
May 21, 2025
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe - African Development Fund Approves $10.12 Million Grant to Boost Agricultural Production and Strengthen Resilience in Drought-Prone Rural Regions
The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors has approved a $10.12 million grant from its African Development Fund to boost sustainable agricultural production and… Read more »
May 06, 2025
Africa: African Youth Transform Agriculture With Capital That Works
With 237,000 jobs created and nearly 100,000 youth beneficiaries across 18 countries, the ENABLE Youth Programme is a clear testament to how Africa's human capital can be unleashed… Read more »
May 03, 2025
Zambia: Transforming Zambia's Agricultural Landscape - African Development Bank Approves Guarantee for Zambeef's Expansion Project
The African Development Bank Group has approved a Zambian Kwacha-denominated Risk Sharing Credit Guarantee to support Zambeef Products Plc's $100 million expansion programme across… Read more »
May 08, 2025
Senegal: Launch of Pavie II - Empowering Women and Youth for Food Sovereignty Project in Senegal
What: Launch of the second phase of the Project for Support and Promotion of Women's and Youth's Entrepreneurial Initiatives (PAVIE II) Read more »
May 07, 2025
Uganda: African Development Bank Approves $8.79 Million to Boost Clean Cooking in Uganda
The African Development Bank Group has recently approved $8.79 million in financing for the Uganda Biogas and Electric Cooking Project (UBEP), an ambitious initiative to expand… Read more »
May 03, 2025
Zambia: Transforming Zambia's Agricultural Landscape - African Development Bank Approves $32m Guarantee for Zambeef's Expansion Project
The African Development Bank Group has approved a Zambian Kwacha-denominated Risk Sharing Credit Guarantee of $32 million to support Zambeef Products Plc's $100 million expansion… Read more »
April 16, 2025
Africa: Annual Meetings 2025 / The Taat Programme - The Bold Wager On Agricultural Innovation to Feed Africa and Tackle Climate Change
Launched in 2018, TAAT aims to reinforce one of the Bank's strategic "High 5" priorities: "Feed Africa." Seven years after its inception, the programme has demonstrated the power… Read more »
April 14, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria's Cross River State Second to Commence Construction of Its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone
Nigeria's Cross River State became the second to mark construction of a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone after the country's Vice President Kashim Shettima and African… Read more »
April 10, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria's Food and Agriculture Revolution Takes Off Backed By the African Development Bank
Nigeria began on Tuesday the journey to significantly transform its food and agriculture sector by launching the construction of the $510 million Special Agro-Industrial Processing… Read more »
April 08, 2025
Nigeria: Nigeria's Agro-Revolution - Construction of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (Sapz) Begins
Nigeria's food and agriculture sector is set to enter a new era of industrialization, as the Nigerian government, the African Development Bank, and the State government of Kaduna… Read more »
March 28, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves $50 Million Trust Fund to End School-Age Hunger in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved the establishment of a fund to help put an end to hunger and malnutrition amongst school age-children in Africa. Read more »
March 24, 2025
Africa: Experts Urge Stronger Collaboration to Boost Smallholder Farmer Financing
Agricultural policy experts have called for deeper collaboration between commercial banks and farmers, along with the adoption of quality digital platforms in renewed efforts to… Read more »
March 21, 2025
Africa: African Ministers Advocate Digitalization to Support Smallholder Farmers
Agricultural ministers from several African countries have called for the digitalization of the sector over the next five years (2025-2030) to address problems of risk and the… Read more »
Africa: No Child Should Be Forced to Choose Between Hunger and Education, King Letsie III and African Development Bank President Adesina Declare
A school feeding organization in Kenya, Food4Education, left King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi… Read more »
March 19, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Mulls $500 Million Facility to Mobilize Financing for Smallholder Farmers
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has announced plans to launch a $500 million facility designed to unlock $10 billion in financing for smallholder… Read more »
Africa: Ministers Call for Increased Financing to Boost African Smallholder Productivity
Agriculture ministers have reaffirmed the importance of scaling up financing for smallholder farmers to enhance agricultural productivity through targeted subsidies, irrigation… Read more »
