October 29, 2021
Africa: The Gambia - African Development Bank Focuses On Agricultural Value Chains in 2021-2025 Country Strategy Paper
Agricultural value chains will be a key lever for inclusive growth in The Gambia to address development challenges and combat fragility, according to the Country Strategy Paper… Read more »
October 12, 2021
Africa: World Food Day - African Development Bank's Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Flagship Wins Top International Award for Digital Campaign
High-level Dialogue on Feeding Africa. It won the best "video - documentary" in the competition. The 2021 International Business Awards, the world's only all-encompassing business… Read more »
October 11, 2021
Africa: São Tomé and Príncipe - African Development Fund Extends a U.S. $ 10.7 Million Grant to Support SMEs in Agriculture and Tourism
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved on Wednesday in Abidjan, a grant of US $ 10.7 million to São Tomé and Príncipe for the… Read more »
August 17, 2021
Tanzania: Tanzanian Farmers Reap the Benefits of Rapid Agricultural Mechanization
Farmers in Tanzania have benefited from rapid transformation, thanks to financial support from the African Development Fund to a national agricultural bank program. With the… Read more »
July 07, 2021
Cote d'Ivoire: African Development Bank to Support Creation of Agricultural Value Chains in Côte d'Ivoire - President Adesina
The African Development Bank will support Côte d'Ivoire in creating agricultural value chains to create more jobs and make economic growth more inclusive, the bank's… Read more »
June 17, 2021
Cote d'Ivoire: IFC and the African Development Bank Launch Program to Support Women Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire
In order to boost the professional capacities, incomes and access to finance of thousands of Ivorian women smallholder farmers in the staple food sector, IFC and the African… Read more »
June 16, 2021
Zambia: Zambia - African Development Bank Approves $1.4 Million Grant to Improve Household Food Security in the Wake of Covid-19
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $1.4 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program to reduce malnutrition among the… Read more »
June 04, 2021
Madagascar: Madagascar - WFP to Distribute More Than 800 Tons of Food Funded By the African Development Bank
The African Development Bank Group has provided a grant of $686,000 to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) which will provide food relief to thousands of people in southern… Read more »
May 01, 2021
Africa: FAO and Badea Agree MOU to Advance African Agriculture At Africa High-Level Dialogue On Food Security
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) signed a memorandum of understanding for future… Read more »
April 30, 2021
Africa: African Countries Commit to Double Agricultural Productivity As Development Banks and Partners Pledge Over $17 Billion to Increase Food Security
A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over $17 billion in financing to address rising hunger on the African continent, and to improve… Read more »
April 29, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank, Ifad and Partners Redouble Efforts to Stop Hunger in Africa and Strengthen Food Security
The number of people living with hunger across the African continent increased from 214 million to 246 million between 2015 and 2020. Read more »
April 16, 2021
Africa: Feeding Africa - Leadership to Scale Up Successful Innovations
The online forum will bring together African heads of state, senior government officials, heads of multilateral development banks, development partners, regional organizations,… Read more »
April 08, 2021
Africa: African Fisheries Need Reforms to Boost Resilience After Covid-19 - Study
The African fisheries sector could benefit substantially from proper infrastructure and support services, which are generally lacking. The sector currently grapples with fragile… Read more »
April 07, 2021
Africa: African Agriculture Is Ready for a Digital Revolution
Akinwumi Adesina is president of the African Development Bank. Patrick Verkooijen is CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation. Read more »
March 17, 2021
Africa: Tanzanian Agro-Dealer Suzana Lameck Proves That Women Help Agriculture Flourish
During the March and November planting seasons in Tanzania's Simiyu region, farmers and small agri-input distributors know they can rely on Suzana Lameck Sabuni to deliver quality… Read more »
March 11, 2021
Africa: Strengthening Food Systems Must Be At the Centre of Africa's Covid-19 Recovery, Says African Development Bank
Strengthening food systems must be an integral part of efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and to build resilience in Africa, said African Development Bank Director… Read more »
February 04, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank, FAO and South Sudan's Government Ink Protocols for $14 Million Grant to Boost Agricultural Markets
The African Development Bank on Wednesday signed protocols to disburse a $14 million grant to the Government of South Sudan to boost agricultural markets in a project to be… Read more »
January 28, 2021
Africa: African Development Bank's Adaptation Benefits Mechanism Helps to Climate-Proof Ivorian Smallholder Farms' Cocoa Yields
Help is on the way for the global cocoa supply chain, severely threatened by climate change. Read more »
November 13, 2020
Africa: Africa Youth Month - Catching Up With Agripreneur Winners At the African Development Bank Agripitch Competition
The African Development Bank's virtual African Youth Agripreneur Forum and AgriPitch Competition (AYAF/AgriPitch 2020) - currently underway - coincides with the African Union's… Read more »
November 09, 2020
Africa: 25 Young African Agripreneurs Advance to 'Boot Camp' in the African Development Bank's $120,000 Agripitch Competition
Twenty-five young African agripreneurs have advanced to the "boot camp" final round of the African Development Bank's AgriPitch competition, stepping closer to a share of $120,000… Read more »
November 06, 2020
Africa: African Youth Agripreneur Forum (Ayaf) Webinar Series-Session #2
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October 27, 2020
Africa: A Ghanaian Maize Farmer Thrives On the Ashes of Destroyed Forest
Hundreds of farmers are benefitting from a project that repurposes degraded forest land Read more »
October 21, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Agripitch Competition - $120,000 in Prizes On Offer During African Youth Agripreneur Forum 3-17 November
There are just hours to go until the 23 October deadline to enter the African Development Bank's AgriPitch Competition Read more »
October 19, 2020
Ghana: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, OCP Africa Team Up to Increase Access to Fertilizers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
The African Development Bank has approved the participation of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) in a $4 million partial trade credit guarantee with OCP Africa, a… Read more »
October 15, 2020
Africa: Bank Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Training in Ghana Is Raising Farmer Agricultural Ambition
When Isaac Papanko started farming maize on eight hectares of farmland, he couldn't have imagined that within just a few years, his agribusiness would grow to be 425 hectares -… Read more »