November 05, 2020
West Africa: Flood Forecasting and Early Warning in West Africa
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October 31, 2020
South Sudan: African Development Bank Group Approves $440,000 Emergency Relief Assistance for Flood Victims in South Sudan and Sudan
The African Development Bank Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 to fund ongoing humanitarian and emergency relief efforts in areas recently hit… Read more »
October 30, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Launches a Training of Trainers Program for Developing Project Proposals to Access Green Climate Fund
Bank builds a pool of 80 climate change experts Read more »
Africa: Workshop Teaches Financial Institutions and SMEs How to Attract Climate Funding
The Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank, in partnership with climate change consultancy Natural Eco Capital, recently organized two virtual… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Africa: Message From Wambui Gichuri, Acting Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank Group, On Global Handwashing Day
Only one in four Africans have access to a safe source of water Read more »
October 05, 2020
Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar's Urban Residents Have Improved Access to Water and Sanitation With African Development Bank Support, Says Report
The Zanzibar Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, implemented between 2012 and 2018 in Tanzania, has provided water and sanitation services to around 287,000 people,… Read more »
September 28, 2020
East Africa: Satellites Track Locust Swarms As They Attack Crops in East Africa, Earth Observation Webinar Hears
The African Development Bank's Climate for Development Africa Special Fund (CDSF) is using earth observation to build Africa's resilience to extreme weather events, through the… Read more »
September 17, 2020
Africa: Gca Africa Launch - 'Let's Save the Planet's Second Ecological Lung'
The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
September 16, 2020
Africa: Africa's Climate Change Fight Gets a Boost As Global Center On Adaptation Sets Up Regional Home At the African Development Bank
African leaders welcomed the opening of a regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday, voicing hopes it will spur the continent's efforts to combat climate… Read more »
Africa: Global Philanthropy Forum Panelists Call for 'Smarter' Collaboration Among Funders to Meet Ambitious Targets for a Climate-Resilient Africa
Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat that climate change poses to Africa's… Read more »
September 15, 2020
Africa: Nutrition Experts Discuss Ways to Advance Nutrition and Gender At the African Green Revolution Forum
A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups such as women and children face in Africa's urban areas, at the African… Read more »
September 11, 2020
East Africa: In Eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank Is Helping Provide Climate-Resilient Facilities to 100 000 People
The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand… Read more »
September 07, 2020
Africa: African Water and Sanitation Projects Critical to Preparedness for Covid-19-Like Pandemics
As the prevalence of COVID-19 accelerates across Africa, over 40% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to clean water and are unable to heed the advice of… Read more »
September 03, 2020
Kenya: In Kenya, a Water Project Results in Unexpected Increase in Property Development
A water supply and sanitation project for small towns and rural areas, implemented between 2011 and 2017 in Kenya, has helped improve the quality and sustainability of these… Read more »
August 20, 2020
Africa: Invitation to review draft policy on water - External stakeholders' consultation
Event location: Online Read more »
August 19, 2020
Zambia: From farmer to business owner - Climate change project bears fruit in Zambia
How much impact can a simple borehole have on a small farming community? From more than doubled incomes to new sources of livelihoods, learn how a project in Zambia is transforming… Read more »
August 18, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Green Cluster of SMEs names African Development Bank a 2020 Green Champion
The Green Cluster of SMEs in Côte d'Ivoire has awarded the African Development Bank a prize for the best technical and financial partner committed to promoting the green… Read more »
August 06, 2020
Africa: Climate financing by leading multilateral development banks tops $61.6 billion
Climate financing by seven of the world's largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) totalled $61.6 billion in 2019, of which $41.5 billion (67%) was in low- and middle-income… Read more »
July 28, 2020
South Africa: Road to Annual Meetings - South African villagers find fresh water in ancient mountain springs
The village of Tsakhuma in the Vhembe district of South Africa's Limpopo region is proof positive that communities can find solutions to their problems. Like many rural areas in… Read more »
Africa: For 20 million Africans first-time access to clean water is proving crucial amid COVID-19
From Mozambique in the south to Morocco in the north, 20 million people in rural and urban areas of Africa have gained access to clean drinking water for the first time, thanks to… Read more »
July 04, 2020
Madagascar: African Development Bank Provides $2.13 Million for Farmers to Cover Drought-Related Economic Losses
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company presented a cheque for $2,126,803 to the Republic of Madagascar to cover anticipated livelihood losses for 600,000 vulnerable Malagasy… Read more »
July 09, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire: Weather Data Helps Authorities Respond to Deadly Floods in Abidjan
When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d'Ivoire's economic capital, Abidjan, Read more »
Mozambique: First Flood, Then Drought - Climate-Resilience Project Helps Farmers Thrive in Mozambique
Mozambican farmer Alima Matusse is the head of a household of six and she used to worry that her children would go without nutritious food because her small plot of land was bone… 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 »
Africa: Scaling Climate Action Through Technology and Innovation By SMEs for Green Investment in Africa
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