July 22, 2025
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank Approves $50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Crdb Bank for Support to SMEs and Local Corporates
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee facility to support the trade finance activities of CRDB… Read more »
July 21, 2025
East Africa: Horn of Africa Leaders Emphasize Enhanced Digital Integration for Increased Regional Growth
Finance ministers and development partners from the Horn of Africa have called for enhanced digital integration to boost trade, drive economic growth and promote regional stability… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Seychelles: Seychelles - African Development Bank Approves a $25 Million Loan to Strengthen Governance Reforms for a Resilient, Inclusive, and Green Economic Recovery
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $25 million loan to implement the second phase of the Economic Resilience and Green Recovery Support… Read more »
Tanzania: African Development Bank Approves $282 Million to Expand Clean Energy Access in Tanzania's Island Regions
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $282.07 million to support the installation of high and medium voltage submarine power cables to Zanzibar… Read more »
July 17, 2025
Mauritius: Mauritius - African Development Bank Urges Bold Reforms to Unlock Capital and Accelerate Sustainable Growth in 2025 Report
The African Development Bank has urged Mauritius to accelerate structural reforms to unlock its vast capital potential and advance long-term, sustainable growth. The Bank made the… Read more »
Rwanda: African Development Bank Approves Financing to Advance Rwanda's Universal Energy Access
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved €173.84 million for the Rwanda Energy Sector Result-Based Financing (RBF II) program to modernize the… Read more »
July 16, 2025
Kenya: Kenya Country Focus Report Provides a New Roadmap to Economic Prosperity in Kenya
The African Development Bank Group (the Bank) has proposed key reform measures to enhance Kenya's ability mobilize its own capital for development in its newly-released Country… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Sudan: African Development Bank Approves $62 Million Emergency Grant to Restore Critical Services in Conflict-Affected Sudan
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $62.13 million emergency grant to support the Sudan Integrated Social Sector Infrastructure… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Uganda: African Development Bank and Cif to Launch Report On Increasing Business Opportunities, Access to Credit for Women in Renewable Energy in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda
What: Launch of report: Increasing Business Opportunities and Access to Credit for Women in Renewable Energy in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda Read more »
July 08, 2025
Uganda: From the Slopes of Kibuka - How Women Are Building a Better Future
The road to Kibuka clings to the mountainside, a winding ribbon of gravel and red clay cutting through misty forests. There are no guardrails--just sheer drops into a sea of green.… Read more »
July 04, 2025
Sudan: Sudan - AfDB Approves $93.6 Million to Combat Food Crisis in Conflict-Hit Regions
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved a comprehensive financing package worth $93.6 million to combat severe food insecurity in Sudan's most… Read more »
July 03, 2025
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Bank Approves $50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Awash Bank for Support to SMEs and Local Corporates
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee facility to support to trade finance activities of Awash… Read more »
July 01, 2025
Ethiopia: AfDB's Capital Markets Development Trust Fund Approves $400,000 Technical Assistance Grant for Ethiopian Capital Market Authority and Ethiopian Securities Exchange
The African Development Bank Group has approved $400,000 in grant funding to deepen Ethiopia's capital markets. Read more »
June 27, 2025
Burundi: Burundi - The Inauguration of the Jiji Hydroelectric Power Station Marks a Significant Step Towards the Country's Energy Self-Sufficiency
The President of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, officially inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric power station, on 24 June, in the presence of numerous representatives of… Read more »
Kenya: Speed Up the Deployment of Digital Tax Systems, Experts Urge During Kenya Vat Seminar
Tax experts are calling for the rapid scaling-up of digital tax systems across Africa to strengthen domestic resource mobilization, enhance efficiency, and improve transparency in… Read more »
June 26, 2025
Rwanda: How the Bank's Africa Circular Economy Facility Nurtures the Creativity of Young Entrepreneurs in Rwanda
It's a warm morning in Kigali. Motorbikes weave through early traffic, shopkeepers arrange displays, and entrepreneurs bustle in pursuit of their ideas. Rwanda is home to over 4… Read more »
June 25, 2025
Rwanda: Rwanda - African Development Bank Kickstarts Pioneering Cable Car Project in Kigali
The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $500,000 to undertake a feasibility study into the first phase of a cable car transport network in Kigali, that will be… Read more »
June 20, 2025
Senegal: Senegal and Kenya Top African Development Bank's Electricity Regulatory Index, As Regulators Drive Tangible Reforms
Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank's 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI), demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector… Read more »
June 17, 2025
Tanzania: Tanzania Celebrates and Honors Akinwumi Adesina's Impactful Legacy As President of the African Development Bank
The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, on 14 June, has honored the President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina describing him as "a visionary… Read more »
June 12, 2025
Africa: Driving Smarter VAT Compliance - East Africa's Digital Leap - A Seminar for Governments, Businesses, and Innovators
What: Driving Smarter VAT Compliance: East Africa's Digital Leap - A Seminar for Governments, Businesses, and Innovators Read more »
June 11, 2025
Tanzania: African Development Bank Group Delegation to Visit Tanzania
WHAT: African Development Bank Group delegation to visit Tanzania Read more »
June 05, 2025
Burundi: Anzana Electric and African Development Bank Power Up Burundi's Energy Future With $600,000 Grant to Weza Power
At the launch of Burundi's National Energy Compact during the Mission 300 (M300) Private Sector Consultation in London, Anzana Electric Group and the African Development Bank… Read more »
June 03, 2025
Sudan: African Development Bank and ICRC Partner to Support Crisis Response for Women and Affected Communities in Sudan
The African Development Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have formalized their partnership to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan at a ceremony… Read more »
May 27, 2025
Burundi: Burundi Joins a New Regional Dynamic to Modernize Its Agriculture
The Burundian government and the African Development Bank launched the Burundi component of the Burundi-Rwanda Integrated Development Project (BRIDEP) in Bujumbura on 20 May 2025.… Read more »
May 26, 2025
Africa: Planting Power - Africa Climate Change Fund Enhances Gender Equality and Climate Resilience in Uganda
In Uganda's northeastern district of Kotido, where the land is dry and the climate harsh, a bold idea is taking root. Tree by tree, woman by woman, Kotido is transforming from a… Read more »
