Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Investing in Youth, a Must for Africa's Future

An Ivorian youth was among a select group who took centre stage on the final day of the Africa Investment Forum - to demonstrate their business acumen and to secure investment in… Read more »

Nigeria: Vice President Osinbajo Launches African Development Bank-Funded U.S $258 Million Landmark Northeast Recovery Programme

"When the story of northeast's recovery is told, the work of the African Development Bank will occupy a well-merited and prominent chapter - Osinbajo Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S. $50 Million Equity Investment in Africa Finance Corporation to Support Infrastructure Projects in Africa

The African Development Bank has approved an equity investment of US$50 million in Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) - a pan-African development finance institution established in… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Supports Entrepreneurship in Transition States Through Equity Investment in Trade and Development Bank

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an additional equity investment of US$ 25 million in Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to enhance the latter's… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to Play Bigger Role in African Economies By Investing in Infrastructure Private Equity

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved its third equity investment of US$40 million in Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3), a closed-ended… Read more »

Africa: A-List Attendees Throw Weight Behind Africa Investment Forum 2018

Heads of State, presidents of Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), global and regional investors, business moguls and other A-list attendees are lauding the recently concluded… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - A New Bold Vision Tilts Capital Flows Into Africa

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others," a saying goes. When African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina laid out his vision to tilt the flow of capital… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Use of Blended Finance As a Tool for Scaling Up Investment in Africa, On the Rise

The use of blended finance as a tool to address risk perceptions and crowd in private investment to develop Africa and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is on the rise,… Read more »

Africa: At Africa Investment Forum 2018, Fashionomics Africa Cocktail Event Wows Crowd With Creative Artistry, Investment Opportunities

Investment opportunities presented by the African fashion industry was the main thrust behind a cocktail evening organised by the African Development Bank, together with the… Read more »

Africa: Combatting Climate Change - Boosting Green Investment in Africa With the African Development Bank's Afac Initiative

Launched on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank in Busan in May 2018, the African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) was the subject of a… Read more »

Africa: Egypt's Private Sector Wins Big At the Africa Investment Forum, Sees Forum Promoting Investment Opportunities

Projects from Egypt's private sector showed strongly at the just concluded Africa Investment Forum during which transactions close to US$50 billion were promoted by sponsors in… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - African Financial Alliance On Climate Change (Afac) Unveils Guiding Principles

The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) unveiled its guiding principles at the recently concluded Africa Investment Forum. Launched in June 2018, AFAC aims to… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - African Development Bank Achieves Significant Progress With Energy Projects Across Africa.

The just-concluded Africa Investment Forum successfully convened key stakeholders, and provided an unprecedented platform for effective dialogue to drive investments into the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum exceeds expectations, participants unanimously agree

The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - G20 Compact With Africa Assesses Role in Facilitating Private Sector Investments

As part of the Africa Investment Forum, ministers from the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) assess its impact and role in driving private sector investment into Africa. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Exceeds Expectations, Participants Unanimously Agree

The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Development Financial Institutions Pledge Joint Effort to Ramp Up Investment Into Africa

Major Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have agreed to join forces to help boost private investments in developing economies, particularly those in Africa. The commitment was… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Unveiling the Boardroom Deals, Key Highlights

Investment interest secured for 45 deals worth US$32 billion Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Acquires Stake in Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)

The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has acquired an equity stake in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, formerly known as PTA. Read more »

Africa: South Africa's IDC and African Development Bank Sign Loan Agreement to Ramp Up Industrial and Infrastructure Development in Africa

The African Development Bank and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, have signed a US$100 million and ZAR 1.3 billion loan agreement to finance industrial and… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - High-Tech Player Mara Announces First African-Made Smartphone

The Maraphone is high-spec, affordable, smart, transformative and in line with the Bank's Industrialize Africa High 5 priority Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Delegates Underscore Pathways to Africa's Rapid Industrialisation

The industrialise Africa session at the Africa Investment Forum ran late into the evening on Thursday, with delegates focussing on how to drive investment, expand trade and… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Lusophone Africa Sets Sight On US$5 Billion in Projects Under New Development Finance Compact

Lusophone countries have identified a pipeline of more than US$5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP) projects to accelerate growth in their economies. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Calls for Increased Investments Into Pension Funds On the Continent

Africa's largest economies are leading the way, investing in equity market and pension funds but more countries need to follow suit to attract much needed foreign institutional… Read more »

Africa: Adesina Shares Vision to Transform Africa Through Investment Not Aid

President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opened the inaugural edition of the Africa Investment Forum on Thursday saying Africa was not only on the rise but Africa is on the move,… Read more »