July 02, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Joins WTO and Other Mdbs to Support Trade Finance Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The African Development Bank Group has joined the World Trade Organisation and other multilateral development banks to reduce trade finance gaps that emerge as a result of the… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
July 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank to Launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement
What: Launch of African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement Read more »
June 30, 2020
Egypt: In Egypt, Young Innovators Are Transforming Africa's Future
The sun has barely risen on the seaside village of Baltim, 200 km north of Cairo and twenty-year-old Read more »
July 01, 2020
Africa: Five years of the New Deal on Energy for Africa
Five years into the African Development Bank’s ambitious New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the Bank’s investments are set to provide electricity access to around 13… Read more »
June 30, 2020
East Africa: African Development Fund Approves $9.52 Million to Enhance Coordinated COVID-19 Response in East and Horn of Africa and the Comoros
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in East Africa and the… Read more »
June 29, 2020
Gabon: Gabon COVID 19 - Q and a With Country Manager Robert Masumbuko
1. The African Development Bank has just approved a EUR 100.5 million loan as budget support to help tackle COVID-19. What does it mean to the government and people of Gabon? Read more »
June 30, 2020
Africa: Appointment of Souley Amadou As Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Souley Amadou as Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department, effective 1 July… Read more »
Sudan: Development Finance Institutions Commit to Support Sudan's Transformation
Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged multi-pronged… Read more »
June 29, 2020
Ethiopia: "One" Wash Program Improves Well-Being of Vulnerable Communities in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's 'One' model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH ) National Program, has steadily improved the well-being of the country's rural and… Read more »
June 25, 2020
Rwanda: African Development Bank Awards $1.1 Million Grant to Expand Meat Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved a grant of $1.1 million to Rwanda for the implementation of the country's Meat Value Chain Trade… Read more »
June 26, 2020
Africa: Video - AfDB Private Sector VP On Country Needs for Better Economic Stabilization Strategies
Solomon Quaynor, the Vice President of Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank, says during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, private… Read more »
Africa: International Community Shows Strong Support for Sudan With $1.8 Billion Pledge
Over $1.8 billion dollars in pledges for Sudan poured in during a high-level Sudan Partnership Conference held on Thursday, 25 June 2020, marking an important step in the African… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and Financial Partners Celebrate First $200 Million Disbursement of Loan to Boost Cocoa Productivity in Ghana
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan facility to boost cocoa productivity in the world's second-largest… Read more »
Gabon: African Development Bank Approves 100.5 Million Euros Budget Support for COVID-19
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a 100.5 million euros loan to the government of Gabon as budget support to mitigate against the effects of the… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Making Headway in Tackling Tax Evasion and Money Laundering, 2020 Tax Transparency Report Says
African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the latest Tax… Read more »
June 25, 2020
Africa: African Development Fund Approves COVID-19 Response Grants for Six Southern African Countries and São Tomé & Príncipe
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Tuesday approved nearly $8.9 million in grant funding to bolster COVID-19-related control measures in six Southern African… Read more »
June 24, 2020
Africa: Women At the Forefront of Aid to Countries During COVID-19
Across the development and medical community, experts have acknowledged the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on women. Many in Africa work in agriculture and the informal… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Ranks 4th On Global Index of Transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The Index is the only independent… Read more »
June 23, 2020
South Africa: Infrastructure Symposium "Is Laying a Path for South Africa After Coronavirus, but Also Way Into the Future." - President Ramaphosa
South African President and African Union Chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa today hosted a historic conference to spur infrastructure investment in his country and inspire similar… Read more »
Seychelles: African Development Bank extends $10 million loan to support COVID-19 responses as economy reopens
- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Mondayapproved a$10 million loan to the Republic of Seychelles to support the government's COVID-19 response… Read more »
Africa: Building the Momentum to Enhance Private Sector Participation in Climate Change and Green Investment in Africa
What: Consultation workshop to showcase options for private sector investments in climate change Read more »
Cameroon: African Development Bank Approves Eur 88 Million Loan to Cameroon to Finance COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Monday approved a EUR 88 million loan to Cameroon as direct budget support to finance the country's COVID-19 crisis… Read more »
June 22, 2020
Africa: Africa's Agriculture Value Chains Must Go Digital to Transform Production - Webinar
Africa must seize the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the digitalization of agricultural value chains and transform the sector, speakers at a webinar jointly hosted… Read more »
Africa: How Rwanda Is Spurring a Generation of Women in Technology
Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer for gender equality. Read more »