Sudan: Farmers Cultivate Wheat and Hope to Avert a Food Crisis in Sudan

When conflict forced Hajer Othman, an IT specialist from Khartoum, to flee her home in 2023, she arrived in her mother's village in Sudan's Northern State with nothing but… Read more »

West Africa: African Development Bank President Pledges Deeper Cooperation With Key Constituency

African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah met with the finance ministers of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan this week, reaffirming the Bank's… Read more »

Tanzania: African Development Bank and ITFC Align Strategies to Unlock Tanzania's Investment Potential

The African Development Bank Group's Tanzania Office and the Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) committed to fostering private sector development as a catalyst for… Read more »

Rwanda: Bank Group Lauds Rwanda's Momentum On Transformative Muvumba Dam Project

An African Development Bank mission to Rwanda has praised progress and affirmed continued implementation support toward the timely completion of a multipurpose dam on the country's… Read more »

East Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Project Empowers Women With Disabilities in East Africa

For most of her life, Florence Ntisai lived in the shadows of her community, silenced by stigma and excluded from conversations that shaped her future. Born with phocomelia, a… Read more »

Sudan: African Development Bank and IOM Sign $62 Million Agreement to Rebuild Sudan's Social Infrastructure

The African Development Bank Group and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have signed a $62 million grant agreement to help rebuild essential social infrastructure… Read more »

Uganda: African Development Bank Group Approves USD 500,000 Grant to Support Uganda's Emergency Flood and Landslide Response

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $500,000 from its Special Relief Fund to support Uganda's Relief Emergency Response Project. Read more »

South Sudan: Empowering the Future - Vocational Training Transforming Youth Employment in South Sudan

Sawak Lwataza, a waitress at Imperial Plaza Hotel, a 5-star resort in Juba, remembers life as an unemployed young adult struggling to find work, like many of her friends. Read more »

Tanzania: AfDB Approves $10 Million Trade Finance Guarantee to Exim Bank Tanzania to Support SMEs and Local Corporates

The African Development Bank Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility for Exim Bank Tanzania Limited to unlock and de-risk… Read more »

East Africa: African Development Bank Trains Public Finance Experts From East Africa for Improved Service Delivery

The African Development Bank Group's Fiduciary and Inspection Department, in collaboration with the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) Secretariat of the World… Read more »

Tanzania: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Launches $2 Million Project to Boost Fertilizer Access in Tanzania

The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism of the African Development Bank in collaboration with the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership has officially launched a… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Bank Provides $400,000 for Public Disclosure Platform to Boost Capital Market

The African Development Bank Group and the Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA) have signed a grant agreement for $400,000 for the set up of a public disclosure platform and… Read more »

Djibouti: Djibouti's President Guelleh Lauds Adesina's Decade of Transformative Partnership and Progress

Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina concluded his 10-year tenure as 8th President of the African Development Bank Group with a visit to the Republic of Djibouti where he met with the country's… Read more »

Ethiopia: African Development Bank to Showcase Climate Leadership At Major Climate Events in Addis Ababa

What: African Development Bank participation in Climate Week 2025, 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa, and Second Africa Climate Summit Read more »

Tanzania: African Development Bank and Tanzania Launch $63.2 Million Tanipac Initiative to Combat Aflatoxin Contamination and Boost Agricultural Trade

The African Development Bank, the Government of Tanzania and the Global Agriculture Food Security Program (GAFSP) have officially launched the Tanzania Initiative for Preventing… Read more »

Ethiopia: The $10 Billion Mega-Airport Financing Partnership Between Ethiopian Airlines and African Development Bank Takes Off

Ethiopia's ambition to build a new international airport that will rival some of the world's biggest, took off on Monday with a monumental signing ceremony marking the African… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia - Ceremonial Signing Appointing the African Development Bank As Mandated Lead Arranger to Mobilize 8 Billion Dollars for Africa's Largest Airport

What: Ceremonial signing as mandated lead arranger for the mobilization of financing for Bishoftu International Airport in Ethiopia. Read more »

Togo: The African Development Bank Approves a Grant of Over $5 Million to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships in the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar and Togo

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $5.3 million to implement the Project to Strengthen the Public-Private Partnership Environment… Read more »

Ethiopia: Signing Ceremony to Appoint the African Development Bank As Lead Arranger for the Mobilization of $7.8 Billion to Construct Africa's Largest Airport in Ethiopia

What: Signing ceremony for the financing of Bishoftu International Airport Read more »

Eritrea: Transforming Dust - How Eritrea's Dams Are Revitalizing the Land

In villages across Eritrea's dry interior, change is quietly flowing. Where seasonal rivers once surged and vanished without trace, hand-built dams now hold back precious water.… Read more »

Ethiopia: African Development Bank Demonstrates Continued Support to AU Peacebuilding Efforts in Ethiopia

The African Development Bank Group, has reaffirmed its commitment to peacebuilding and lasting stability in Africa during a technical workshop to finalize the "Handbook for the… Read more »

South Sudan: Government of South Sudan and African Development Bank Launch New Project to Boost Revenue Collection and Accountability

The Government of South Sudan has officially inaugurated and launched two initiatives to boost revenue collection and accountability in the East African nation. Read more »

Somalia: Somalia Affirms Commitment to Improving Country Portfolio Performance for African Development Bank Projects

Somalia's government has encouraged capacity building in procurement, financial management, disbursement and anti-corruption for the staff of agencies implementing African… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Launches NDC 3.0 Process, Reaffirming Commitment to Climate Action and Ambition

The Government of Uganda, with support from the African Development Bank, has launched the stocktake of Uganda's updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and initiated the… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Secures Additional Funding to Boost Green and Inclusive Growth

The African Development Bank Group has approved supplementary financing to support Tanzania's ongoing economic reform programme. The new funding includes a $135.61 million loan… Read more »