September 23, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank At the African Food Systems Summit 2024
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August 19, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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, 2024
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 »
May 07, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank Advocates for Agritech Scaling, Partnerships and Affordable Fertilizer Access At Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit
This week, the African Development Bank Group will leverage its deep expertise and convening power to highlight the crucial role of agricultural technologies, fertilizer and… Read more »
May 02, 2024
Africa: Side Event On the State of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health - Policy, Governance, and Institutional Framework to Accelerate Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts
What: Side Event on The State of the African Fertilizer and Soil Health: Policy, Governance, and Institutional Framework to Accelerate Country Food and Agriculture Delivery… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank to Host Side Event At the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit
What: Event titled, "Finance, food and fertilizer: how the debt crisis affects food and farm inputs markets in Africa" on the sidelines of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health… Read more »
April 30, 2024
Africa: Unlocking Africa's Agricultural Powerhouse - African Development Bank's Adesina Outlines Way Forward At Riyadh's World Economic Forum
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina urged for a coalition of public commitment and private sector finance to awaken Africa's "staggering" agricultural… Read more »
April 29, 2024
Africa: The 14th African Taskforce On Food and Nutrition Development Meeting - Accelerating Progress On Nutrition
The 14th meeting of the African Taskforce on Food and Nutrition Development (ATFFND), held from April 3-5 in Mombasa, Kenya, brought together stakeholders dedicated to advancing… Read more »
