Africa: African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds Deliver Just Transition Planning Masterclass for African Decision-Makers

As Africa transitions toward a climate-resilient, low-carbon economy, the African Development Bank, with support from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), is reinforcing its… Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho's King Letsie III, African Development Bank Group and Global Philanthropies Forge Strategic Partnership to End School-Age Hunger

The African Development Bank Group and The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) today signed a Letter of Intent formalizing a commitment to establish the End School-Age… Read more »

Central African Republic: Central African Republic: New Digital Era Dawns with Debut of High-speed Internet Cable

Junior is a young student at a technical college in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, getting set to resume studies at the University of Bangui. From childhood, he… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank's Public Finance Management Academy to Launch Second Cohort of Public Finance Management Executive Training

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Africa: African Development Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings - African Nations Urged to Enhance Private Sector Financing for Tertiary Education

Experts attending an African Development Bank High-level dialogue in Kenya have urged African nations to intensify efforts to attract private-sector financing to enhance tertiary… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank's Adesina Highlights Africa As the World's Best Investment Destination At Badea's 50th Anniversary

Africa's human, land, mineral resource and cross-border trade endowments combine to make it the world's most promising investment destination, now and well into the future, African… Read more »

Africa: Top Nigerian University Honours African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina

Nigeria's top Bayero University, Kano, has conferred an honorary degree on African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina, for his exceptional contribution to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Urges Inaugural Graduates of Public Finance Management Academy for Africa to Champion Accountability and Transparency

"Africans must unite to mobilise and effectively manage the resources needed to increase productivity and create wealth in Africa for Africans," says Vice President Urama Read more »

Africa: After 'Learn From Africa' Visit, Japan Sophia University Students Call for Stronger Partnerships Between Africa and Japan

Students from Sophia University in Tokyo, visiting the Bank. They are here with the Bank's administrator for Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Austria and Saudi Arabia, Takaaki Nomoto… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, Calls On Oxford Mba Graduating Class to Be Change-Makers

Graduating executive MBA students of Oxford University's Saïd Business School received wise counsel from African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Friday. Read more »

Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Viviane, a Young Graduate Swearing By Agriculture to Achieve Her Dreams

Viviane Kakou, who has a master's degree in geography, didn't want to spend her career in an office. She chose agriculture out of passion. Thanks to the African Development Bank,… Read more »

Africa: The Present and the Future Belong to Your Generation, African Development Bank President Tells 2023 Graduating Class of Calvin University

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has called on young university graduates to be instruments of change in a world beset by increasing socio-economic… Read more »

Africa: Gender in Focus - How Technology and Education Can Transform the Water Sector and Improve the Lives of Women and Girls

Reflecting on my journey, my educational choices as a woman have been driven by curiosity and a desire to solve problems. Studying civil engineering and environmental technology… Read more »

Central African Republic: Central African Republic - Government Officials Receive Training in Macroeconomic Modelling and Forecasting

Effective economic policies require good-quality data, robust models, and use of modern and adequate statistical software. Such policies could only be taken based on the use of… Read more »

Africa: Africa Development Bank Partners With University of Oxford On Sustainable Finance Capacity-Building

The African Development Bank has partnered with the University of Oxford to provide training on sustainable finance for up to 1,000 public and third sector workers from across… Read more »

Africa: Education Stakeholders in Africa to Set New Learning Agenda At 2022 Triennale Summit

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Chad: Chad - No More Class Disruptions for Pupils As Project Delivers Toilets in 11 Regions

Until three years ago, pupils at the Number One Evangelical Church of Chad primary school were forced to relieve themselves in the open air or go home to use the toilet. Now the… Read more »

Africa: Ticad 8 - African Development Bank to Complement Japan Africa Dream Scholarship With African Education Science, Technology and Innovation Fund - Dr. Adesina

African Development Bank head Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, has commended the Japan Policy and Human Resources Development Grant, established by the Bank and the government of Japan,… Read more »

Africa: In Bugesera, Former Swamps Become a Source of Wealth and Schooling

Cyriaque Ndagijimana was a modest Rwandan farmer in Bugesera, a district in Eastern Province, Rwanda, known for its many marshes. While he managed TO provide for his family, he was… Read more »

Tanzania: In Tanzania, a Special Training Center Provides a Second Chance for Out-of-School Youth

Hadia Baruti Wimbi was only six years old when she left her parents' home, eventually leading to her spending much of her childhood without any schooling. "An elderly member of my… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - Bank-Funded Programme Yields a Pioneering Batch of Graduates in the Education Sector

When the African Development Bank launched a project to enhance institutional and human capacity in Sudan's education sector, Ahmed Mutiagin was a student with ambitions of getting… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - A Food and Nutrition Project Has Been a 'Godsend' for Students At Village Schools

It's 13:00 at the primary school in Konioudou, a village in the rural commune of Kombissiri, about 40 km outside the capital Ouagadougou, and it's time for the pupils' midday… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to launch public financial management academy to build capacity in African countries

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved the creation of a virtual academy to build public financial management capacity in African countries.… Read more »

Africa: Duke University Honors African Development Bank Group President and Three Others

America's Duke University today conferred honorary doctorate degrees on four recipients during its 2022 Commencement ceremonies in Durham, North Carolina. Read more »

Africa: International Mother Language Day

IMLD 2022 aims to contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 by recognizing the role of teachers in promoting multilingual teaching and learning through technology. Read more »