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 »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Putting Women At the Heart of Financial Systems

Panelists on the first day of the inaugural Africa Investment Forum have urged investors to ensure that women are placed at the heart of financial systems, echoing President… Read more »

Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa to Officially Open the Africa Investment Forum At the Sandton Convention Centre

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Thursday, 08 November 2018, officially open the inaugural session of the African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - African Legal Support Facility Offers Tools to Assist Negotiations for Infrastructure On the Continent

Stephen Karangizi, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the African Legal Support Facility on Monday said the facility offers the needed tools for African countries to better… Read more »

Africa: Niger Basin Authority Will Get US $134 Million to Spur Development and Climate Change Adaptation in the Niger Basin (PIDACC)

In a bid to improve the resilience of the people and ecosystems of the Niger River Basin, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, has approved US$76 million for the… Read more »

Africa: Funding for Africa's Infrastructure Grows By 22 Percent (ICA), As Africa Investment Forum Opens

Funding commitments to Africa's infrastructure development rose by 22% in 2017, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) announced today. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, International Financial Institutions Launch First-ever Co-Guarantee Platform

The African Development Bank alongside Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) and GuarantCo, on… Read more »

Africa: Push for Africa Investments: Finance Institutions Join Forces to 'Deliver As One For Africa'

Grab the chance to fast-track development,’ Adesina tells Africa Investment Forum Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to Invest Over U.S.$ 500 Million in New City Wide Inclusive Sanitation Projects With Support From Gates Foundation

The African Development Bank announces a new initiative to promote innovation and citywide inclusive sanitation services for sub-Saharan Africa's urban inhabitants. The Bank's… Read more »

Africa: Free-to-Air Broadcast Live Television Feeds From the 2018 Africa Investment Forum in South Africa Nov 7-9, 2018

Organiser: The African Development Bank in collaboration with Gauteng Province and the South African Government Read more »

Africa: Investors' Bright Future in Africa

For any investor interested in Africa, there is only one place to be this week: Johannesburg. When the three-day Africa Investment Forum opens on November 7, a total of 61 deals… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - All Set to Tilt the Tide of Investments Into Africa

Forum to advance projects to bankable stages, raise capital, and accelerate financial closure of deals Read more »

Africa: "Chancellor Merkel Your Name Is Written in Gold in Africa" - African Development Bank's Adesina to Stakeholders At G20 Investment Summit, Germany

The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday commended the Presidents and Heads of State of the Compact with Africa countries for their strong… Read more »

Africa: All Set for Africa's First Investment Marketplace - the Africa Investment Forum, an Initiative of the African Development Bank

The African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum (AIF), a game changer for financing Africa's infrastructure development, is scheduled to take place at the Sandton Convention… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Headlines Strong Performance Ahead of Key Investment Forum

Ahead of its maiden African Investment Forum next month, the African Development Bank continues to see another year of sustained indicators, underlined by a stellar Triple A rating… Read more »