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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: African Development Bank's "Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation" initiative wins National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award

America’s largest organization of journalists and media professionals of color has named the African Development Bank a “Salute to Excellence” award winner for… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi - African Development Fund Approves $20.2 Million Grant to Raise Food Production

The African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $20.2 million grant to raise food production in Malawi. Read more »

Africa: Dramane Diallo - Water, Peace, and Farms

Fifty-four-year-old Dramane Diallo has been a farmer since he was a young boy, a profession he learned at an early age from his parents. For the Diallo family, agriculture is a… Read more »

Zambia: Zambia - African Development Fund Approves $14.4 Million Loan to Boost Food Security in Regional Breadbasket

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $14.4 million loan to enhance food security in… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone - African Development Fund Approves $2 Million Grant to Boost Food Production

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a grant of $2 million to boost food production… Read more »