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: 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 »
June 23, 2020
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 »
June 22, 2020
Africa: How Rwanda Is Spurring a Generation of Women in Technology
Rwanda is renowned as a pioneer for gender equality. Read more »
June 17, 2020
South Sudan: African Development Bank Approves $4 Million Grant to Bolster South Sudan's COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a UA 3 million ($4.16 million) grant to South Sudan to support the emergency response to COVID-19 and… Read more »
March 30, 2020
Sudan: TAAT: Wheat Farmers in Sudan Record Increased Yields After Adoption of Proven Technologies
Sudanese wheat farmers are in a joyous mood. Read more »
June 10, 2020
Somalia: African Development Bank and Development Partners Propel Somalia Back From the Brink
In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union, settled its arrears to the African Development Bank, paving the way for the lifting… Read more »
Sudan: The African Development Bank Gives $1.2 Million for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway Study
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia's government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link… Read more »
Somalia: African Development Bank's Intervention Helps to Curb COVID-19 in Vulnerable Communities
With 2.6 million internally displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge in an already fragile situation, leaving the population highly… Read more »
June 08, 2020
Ethiopia: African Development Bank-Funded Water and Sanitation Program Helping Ethiopia Fight COVID-19
Villagers fill water containers at a waterpoint in Rob Gebeye village square, Wuchale District, Ethiopia. Read more »
May 22, 2020
Madagascar: Government of Madagascar Gets Euro 4 Million From African Development Fund for Sahofika Hydropower Project
The African Development Fund has approved a 4.02 million euro loan with a grant component to finance the Government of Madagascar's 30 million euro equity investment in the… Read more »
Mauritius: African Development Bank Lends €188 Million for COVID-19 Fight
The African Development Bank has approved a €188 mllion euro loan to the Republic of Mauritius to finance a national budget support programme to respond to the COVID-19… Read more »
Kenya: €188m African Development Bank Loan to Boost COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya's efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and… Read more »
May 18, 2020
Africa: "City of Darkness" No Longer, African Development Bank Supported Electricity Project Lights Up Capital
Araya Hizkias, the owner of a water bottling company in South Sudan's capital Juba, used to rely on a diesel generator to keep his business going, which gobbled into his profits… Read more »
May 11, 2020
Africa: Somalia's Internal Revenue Mobilization Galvanised By Ua 5.5 Million Grant From African Development Bank
The Federal Republic of Somalia (FGS) revenue mobilization strategy received a boost with a UA 5.5 million grant from the African Development Bank. The strategy aims to ramp up… Read more »
May 08, 2020
Ethiopia: African Development Bank Welcomes $10 Million Clean Technology Fund Investment to Diversify Ethiopia's Energy Mix
The African Development Bank has welcomed a decision by the Trust Fund Committee of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), one of two funds within the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to… Read more »
April 30, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Helps Ethiopia Work Towards Wheat Self-Sufficiency
The country is already a top African wheat producer, but there is potential for growth. Read more »
Sudan: Women's Farming Group in Sudan Breaks New Ground With Sorghum Seeds
A women's farming group in South Darfur is eyeing business opportunities with a nutritious cash crop. Read more »
April 28, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Chief Financial Economist Edson Mpyisi Discusses the Locust Crisis in the East and Horn of Africa Regions and the Bank's Work to Help Affected African Nations
A new wave of billions of locusts is set to devour crops across the East and Horn of Africa region, setting off concerns about regional food security and livelihoods of millions of… Read more »
April 02, 2020
East Africa: African Development Bank Approves $1.5 Million Emergency Grant to Curb Desert Locusts Ravaging East and Horn of Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the… Read more »
March 26, 2020
Ethiopia: African Development Bank-Funded Water Project Spurs Youth Entrepreneurship, Transforms "One Life At a Time."
In a single day last July, Ethiopians turned out in huge numbers to plant more than 350 million trees in what was thought to be the largest tree-planting event in history. Read more »
March 24, 2020
Somalia: New Dawn for Somalia - Arrears Owed to the African Development Bank Group Cleared
Arrears on loans owed by Somalia to the African Development Bank Group have been cleared following the payment in full of $122.55 million by the governments of the United Kingdom… Read more »
March 19, 2020
Seychelles: African Development Bank Supports Blue Economy With $800k Fapa Grant
The African Development Bank has signed an $800,000 grant agreement with the government of Seychelles to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in its Blue Economy… Read more »
March 10, 2020
Sudan: African Development Bank Signs First Private Sector Loan, Dal Group to Receive Up to $75 Million
The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with DAL Group, one of Sudan's largest conglomerates, for the provision of up to $75 million to improve food security and… Read more »
March 08, 2020
Africa: Interview of Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development
TAAT initiative participant and Zimbabwean smallholder farmer Gertrude Marisa poses with Dr. Jennifer Blanke in Marisa's field of healthy maize plants. Read more »