December 13, 2019
Tanzania: Kenya & Tanzania - Over 3 Million People to Benefit From African Development Bank's €345 Million Road Construction Support
Over three million people in Tanzania and Kenya will benefit from a €345 million financing package for road construction support, approved by the African Development Bank's… Read more »
November 29, 2019
South Africa: Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Allies, Join Hands With African Development Bank to Spur Cross-Border Investments in Africa
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), working with seven African exchanges, the African Development Bank and the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) hosted the African… Read more »
November 26, 2019
Africa: "Women Are an Excellent Investment" - Finance Leaders Call for Increased Support for in Women in Business
Leaders from multilateral development banks, financial institutions and the private sector called on peers to dispel myths about women being too "high risk" for financing - and to… Read more »
November 18, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - African Development Bank Signs $250-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Absa, to Address Africa's Trade Financing Gap
The African Development Bank has signed an unfunded $250-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility with ABSA - a pan-Africa financial institution with a solid presence in… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Masai Ujiri Urges African Leaders to Invest in Sports, Commissions Two New "Players"
We need to invest in sports; African talent is like gold and diamonds - Masai Ujiri Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: The Africa Investment Forum: An Accelerator for Africa's Agricultural Transformation
This week, business leaders, project developers, development finance professionals, institutional investors representing pension and sovereign wealth funds, as well as policymakers… Read more »
November 13, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019: Unveiling the Boardroom: $67.6 Billion Dollars of Deals Tabled, $40.1 Billion Investor Interest Secured
Africa is winning…Africa is bankable- African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
November 14, 2019
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum: African Development Bank, EU Reaffirm Partnership, Ambition to De-risk Business Environment, Create Jobs in Africa
EU is Bank’s partner of choice for development – Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
November 11, 2019
Africa: Opening Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank at the Africa Investment Forum 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa, 11 November 2019
His Excellency, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa , President Of The Republic Of South Africa, And My Dear Brother Read more »
November 14, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - "Africa's Time Is Now!", Says Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank
At the close on Wednesday of the second edition of the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina put the accent on current… Read more »
November 13, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Group Becomes a Shareholder in Africa Finance Corporation
Shareholding follows investment of $50 million in AFC's equity by Bank Group African Development Bank becomes second investment-grade Supranational Finance Institution to join and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Unveiling the Boardroom: $67.6 billion dollars of deals tabled, $40.1 billion investor interest secured
Africa is winning... Africa is bankable- African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Features Strongly At 2019 Africa Investment Forum With $24.6 Billion Project, the Largest Deal
Mozambique's state oil and fuel company Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), tabled a $24.6 billion transformative project for Mozambique's economy, the largest deal to… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - "Build Mutual Trust to Attract Capital to Africa," Says Investors' Panel
Panellists included Adam Boehler, Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation; Rob Hersov, founder of the Invest Africa platform;… Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Billion Dollar Boost for African Female Entrepreneurs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Reinventing Ways of Acting and Thinking for More Efficient Projects
Greater donor mobilization is needed to support the project preparation process that is so strategic for investment on the continent." These are the words of Patricia de Lille,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - African Development Bank U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Team Up to Mobilise Private Capital for Africa's Development
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and the African Development Bank Group, today signed an agreement to mobilize private capital in support of development… Read more »
November 13, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - MOU Brings Good News for Africa's Rail Networks
Another deal signed on second day of the Africa Investment Forum 2019 Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum / Family Businesses - An Underestimated Economic Driving Force
Family businesses are rarely viewed as a sector which could influence economic growth, but the Africa Investment Forum is recognising them as important players on the continent. Read more »
November 11, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - "No Country On the Continent Left Behind," Says Akinwumi Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has given the assurance that no country would be left behind as the institution accelerates its development… Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: The Africa Investment Forum - An Accelerator for Africa's Agricultural Transformation
This week, business leaders, project developers, development finance professionals, institutional investors representing pension and sovereign wealth funds, as well as policymakers… Read more »
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - Historic Signing of High-Speed Railway Construction Concession Agreement for Ghana
The African Development Bank has thrown its weight behind a concession agreement for the construction of a high-speed railway in Accra, Ghana's capital. Read more »
November 11, 2019
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum Kicks off Delivering on the Promise to Redefine and Unpack the Continent's Investment Opportunities
$500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity… Read more »
Africa: 2019 African Investment Forum Builds On 2018 Successes, Attracts Growing International Interest
The Africa Investment Forum is making phenomenal progress in attracting interest from all over the world since launching at the Sandton Convention Centre last year. The value of… Read more »
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - There's Never Been a Better Time to Invest in Africa Than Now, Infrastructure, Agriculture Investment Opportunities Abound
It was a presidential start on Monday to the African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »