June 23
Benin: Benin - AfDB, Government Offer Training Opportunities for 2,500 Young Job-Seekers
Applications are open in Benin for 2,500 young people who will be able to access reskilling programmes or apprenticeship placements in the agriculture and renewable energy sectors. Read more »
May 08
Benin: In Northern Benin, a New Road Is Reshaping the Cotton Belt and Reviving Local Economies
The veteran truck driver still remembers the exhausting overnight journeys across northern Benin, navigating cratered roads and muddy tracks that forced transporters to make long… Read more »
March 04
Benin: African Development Bank Signs $330,000 Trust Fund Grant With CDC Benin to Strengthen Capital Markets
The African Development Bank has signed a $330,000 grant agreement with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations du Bénin (CDC Benin) under its Capital Markets… Read more »
February 11
Benin: African Development Bank Group Supports Benin's Sustainable Transformation Through Circular Economy
The Republic of Benin has formalised its Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP), which aims to embed circularity at the heart of economic growth by strengthening national… Read more »
February 02
Benin: Benin - Launch of the Action Plan for the Circular Economy
What: Official launch of the Action Plan for the Circular Economy of Benin Read more »
December 10, 2025
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank to Invest €102 Million to Boost Poultry Meat Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group meeting in Abidjan today approved a €102.12 million loan to Benin to implement the first phase of the Agriculture… Read more »
November 26, 2025
Benin: Benin - The African Development Fund Grants an Additional $28 Million in Financing to Boost the Private Sector's Contribution to the Country's Economy
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved additional financing of $28 million for Benin to continue the Economic Governance and Private Sector Development… Read more »
October 27, 2025
Benin: African Development Bank Group Approves Eur 117 Million Financing to Strengthen Economic Attractiveness of Benin's 77 Municipalities
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved, on 24 October, EUR 117 million in financing to implement the Support Programme for the Economic Development… Read more »
July 25, 2025
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank Approves Over $30 Million to Protect Farmers From Climate Shocks and Food Insecurity
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $30.25 million in financing for a pioneering initiative to bolster climate resilience and safeguard… Read more »
May 13, 2025
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank and Bank of Africa Benin Sign €15 Million Guarantee Facility to Improve Trade Finance and Support Businesses
On Monday 12 May in Cotonou, the African Development Bank and the Bank of Africa Benin (BOA-Benin) signed a €15 million guarantee agreement to strengthen the Bank of Africa's… Read more »
February 17, 2025
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank Invests Eur 80 Million to Modernize and Extend the Autonomous Port of Cotonou
The African Development Bank and the Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC) have signed a funding agreement of EUR 80 million to modernize facilities and extend the infrastructure of the… Read more »
December 17, 2024
Benin: Benin - Some One Million People to Benefit From Loan of Eur 118 Million From the African Development Bank and Africa Growing Together Fund to Supply More Drinking Water
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a loan of EUR 118.63 million to Benin to implement the Drinking Water Supply for Resilience in Rural Areas… Read more »
October 07, 2024
Benin: Modernizing Agriculture - African Development Fund Project Changes Lives in Benin's Ouémé Valley
The sun rises early over Djeffa, a locality in southeastern Benin's Sèmè-Podji district where Justine Gantekpin is already tending to her flourishing vegetable farm.… Read more »
October 02, 2024
Benin: Mid-Term Review of the African Development Fund, Cotonou (Benin)
What? Mid-Term Review of the African Development Fund (ADF-16) Read more »
October 01, 2024
Benin: African Development Fund Crucial in Development and Modernisation of Benin Sheep Industry
In the early 2000s, Benin reformed its sheep industry, largely because meat and milk production was insufficient to meet local demand. The objective was to reduce imports, then… Read more »
September 27, 2024
Benin: From Darkness to Light - Local Bakeries and Homes Flourish Under Benin's New Urban Electricity Project
The bustling sound of dough kneading fills the air at Pierre Gbenou Tito Dossou's bakery in Okoun-Sèmè, Benin, as the once energy-starved business now hums along… Read more »
August 05, 2024
Benin: African Development Fund Grants $60 Million Loan to Benin to Strengthen Its Economic Governance and Private Sector Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the African Development Bank Group's concessional window, approved on Thursday a loan of $60 million to the Republic of… Read more »
August 02, 2024
Benin: Benin - The African Development Bank Supports a Study Aimed At Strengthening the Textile Industry Through the Private Sector
The Country Office of the African Development Bank Group in Benin - one of Africa's leading cotton producers - organised a workshop in Cotonou on 31 July 2024 to provide feedback… Read more »
June 28, 2024
Benin: African Development Bank and Partners Visit Lomé-Cotonou Road Upgrading Site and Ancillary Projects
Representatives of development partners financing a major highway upgrade linking the Togolese capital, Lome, to Cotonou, Benin, joined Togolese officials on 19 June 2024 to… Read more »
June 07, 2024
Benin: Benin - Solid Support From the African Development Fund Dissuades Emigration in the Countryside
"Thanks to the African Development Fund project, we have decided not to try our luck in Europe or anywhere else." 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 »
January 19, 2024
Benin: Benin Announced As Latest Beneficiary of Unlocked Climate Finance Lending From Room 2 Run Sovereign Programme, a Joint Initiative of the African Development Bank and the UK
The African Development Bank and the UK have announced the Secondary Town Stormwater Drainage Project in Benin as the latest beneficiary project under the Room to Run Sovereign… Read more »
October 05, 2023
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank's 2023 Country Focus Report Calls for a Concerted Effort to Seize Investment Opportunities
The African Development Bank has called on Benin to adopt a concerted approach to seize investment opportunities in agriculture, energy, transport and green industry, in its 2023… Read more »
September 04, 2023
Benin: Community Gearing Up for Progress As Renovated Lomé-Cotonou Road Slashes Travel Times
Matthew Antwi, lorry driver and coconut haulier, is wasting less time and feeling calmer thanks to the renovated road and its new lighting. Read more »
July 18, 2023
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank Group Extends Ꞓ80 Million Loan for Port of Cotonou Upgrading
Support from the African Development Bank for the Port of Cotonou will enable the construction of a new container terminal called "T5", among other things. (© PROSPER… Read more »
