January 25, 2023
Africa: Tunisians Anticipate Productive Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit
There is keen interest from Tunisia in this week's three-day Africa Food Summit taking place near the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Some of Tunisia's leading agricultural… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Ethiopia: Whistles and Whips - Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Program Results in Sounds of Success in Ethiopia's Lowlands
(Korofto, Adama District, Ethiopia) If the shrill sounds of policemen's whistles echoing across Ethiopia's Awash River Valley do not seem out of place, the crack of whips in the… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Senegal: Pre-Africa Food Summit Press Conference (Dakar 2)
What: Dakar 2 Summit launch press conference Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: Second International Summit On Food Production in Africa to Open in Dakar
Heads of state and government to chair sessions on developing country food and agriculture delivery compacts, spur commitment to political action toward eliminating hunger,… Read more »
January 17, 2023
Africa: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Welcomes $10.15 Million From the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation to Boost Fertilizer Supply to 850,000 African Smallholder Farmers
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has welcomed $10.15 million in new funding from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). The financing will target… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Feed Africa - Food Sovereignty and Resilience
WHO: The African Development Bank Group, Government of Senegal, the African Union Commission Read more »
December 17, 2022
Africa: Senegal - African Development Bank Grants About Eur 40 Million for the Development of Livestock Production and Productivity
The African Development Bank provides financial support to develop livestock production and productivity in Senegal Read more »
December 09, 2022
Africa: Achieving Zero Hunger in Africa Is Within Reach, Say Global Agriculture Leaders in Rome Ahead of 2023 Africa Food Summit in Dakar
Eradicating hunger in Africa by 2030 is possible, said global agriculture leaders in Rome. Meeting ahead of the African Food Summit (Dakar 2) to be hosted by President Macky Sall… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone - African Development Fund Extends Additional Grant Funding of $12 Million to Boost Drive for Self-Sufficiency in Rice
The African Development Bank is supporting Sierra Leone to achieve self sufficiency in rice, a key staple food Read more »
November 24, 2022
Liberia: Liberia - African Development Bank Group Approves $5.12 Million Financing for Emergency Food Production Program
The Board of directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved financing for the Emergency Food Production Program in Liberia. This paves the way for the government to… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Ghana: Ghana - African Development Fund Approves $27.9 Million Grant for Savannah Agriculture Value Chain Development Project (Sadp)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $27.9 million grant to Ghana for the development of agricultural value chains in the Savannah region. The… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: COP27 - African Ministers Explore Ways to Scale Up Food Production to Feed the Continent, Bolster Resilience
African agriculture ministers attending the United Nations climate summit in Egypt reiterated a commitment to work with development partners to unlock the continent's agriculture… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Togo: In Togo, the African Development Bank-Supported Agro-Food Processing Project Hits Its Stride
In the pilot agropole of Kara, located some 423 kilometres north of Lomé, the capital city of Togo, there is a constant hum of bulldozers and harrowers. A few metres away… Read more »
October 22, 2022
Burundi: Burundi - $23 Million From the African Development Bank Group to Develop the Agro-Pastoral Sector for the Youth and Women
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has greenlighted the award of a $23.26 million grant to Burundi to implement the Agro-Pastoral Entrepreneurship and… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Comoros: Comoros - African Development Bank Provides Nearly €6 Million to Boost Food Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €5.76 million grant to the Comoros to increase food production and enhance the resilience of its… Read more »
Africa: Finance in Common - Let's Exploit the Impetus Around Climate Change to Scale Up Agriculture - Panelists
Development lenders in Africa can seize the current global crises as an impetus to help the continent significantly increase food production. This was a common conclusion of… Read more »
October 15, 2022
Africa: The African Development Bank Group's $140,000 Agripitch Competition Invites Youth Agripreneurs to Virtual Information Session On How to Win Seed Funding and Training
The African Development Bank will host an online seminar to encourage African young entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector - or "agripreneurs" - to enter the Bank's AgriPitch… Read more »
Africa: World Food Day - African Development Bank Marks Key Milestones in Interventions to Feed Africa
World Food Day 2022 falls on 16 October, with the theme "Leave No One Behind" Read more »
October 13, 2022
Liberia: African Development Fund Extends $3 Million in Additional Financing for Liberia's Special Agro-Processing Zone Scheme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an additional $3 million of mixed financing for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone project in… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Chief Visits Norway - Shore Up Continued Support for Solutions to Africa's Development Challenges
In the face of a looming food crisis that could hit Africa and other parts of the world on account of Russia's war in Ukraine, Norway this week announced that it is providing 100… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Morocco: Morocco - African Development Bank Commits €199 Million to Cereal Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, 28 September 2022, in Abidjan a €199 million loan to finance Morocco's Competitive and Resilient… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: African Leaders, Global Partners Vow Urgent Cooperation to Stave Off Food Security Crisis
African leaders and governments in Europe, Asia and the Americas on Tuesday vowed to act "with urgency, at scale and in concert" in responding to the current food insecurity and… Read more »
September 21, 2022
Botswana: African Domestic Bond Fund Lists On Botswana Stock Exchange
The African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF), an exchange-traded fund, has been listed in the local Pula currency on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE). The listing, on 15 September 2022,… Read more »
September 16, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon - The African Development Bank and the Government Support a Financing Agreement to Develop Agricultural Value Chains
Cameroon's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Gabriel Mbairobe and the General Manager of the Commercial Bank of Cameroon, Léandre Djummo, have signed, on… Read more »
August 12, 2022
Africa: Alfredo Rompão - a Farmer's Seed
Alfredo Rompão is not a farmer like others: along with his ten brothers and sisters, he was born and raised in the city, in São Tomé, the capital of São… Read more »