May 02, 2017
Africa: Africa Investor and Africa50 Partner to Co-Host African CEO Project Developers Summit
Africa investor (Ai), the international investment and communications group, and Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure fund, in partnership with the African Development Bank,… Read more »
April 26, 2017
Ghana: Ghana's Northern Rural Growth Programme
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) sought the African Development Bank's (AfDB's) financial support to implement the Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP)… Read more »
April 25, 2017
South Africa: AfDB Assesses Results of U.S.$ 5 Billion Investment in South Africa
What do we get for US$ 5 billion investment? The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has just published a report evaluating more… Read more »
April 24, 2017
Africa: The African Development Bank Announces Expansion of Its African Bond Index
Zambia and Ghana join index family bringing transparency to the most liquid African bond markets Read more »
April 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB Reiterates Africa's Investment Attractiveness At African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association Conference
The Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank, Frannie Léautier addressed the first day of the 14th Annual African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association… Read more »
April 07, 2017
Africa: AfDB Discusses Sub-National Financing at 2nd Kaduna State Investment Summit
The African Development Bank on Thursday 6th April, participated in the 2nd Kaduna Investment Forum (Kadinvest 2.0) in Nigeria's northern State of Kaduna. Kadinvest 2.0 is an… Read more »
April 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB Reiterates Africa's Investment Attractiveness At African Venture Capital Association Conference
The Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank, Frannie Léautier addressed the first day of the 14th Annual African Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Conference… Read more »
March 10, 2017
Africa: Adesina Chairs Session On Infrastructure Financing At Wall Street Journal's "Investing in Africa" Conference in London
Leading investors, business executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers in Africa gathered in London at the Dow Jones News Building on March 7, 2017, for The Wall Street Journal's… Read more »
March 14, 2017
Africa: Adesina Chairs session on Infrastructure Financing at Wall Street Journal's 'Investing in Africa' Conference in London
Leading investors, business executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers in Africa gathered in London at the Dow Jones News Building on March 7, 2017, for The Wall Street… Read more »
March 07, 2017
Africa: African Development Bank and Forest Investment Program Sign Loan With Form Ghana Ltd to Restore Ghana's Forests
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.afdb.org/en/topics-and-sectors/initiatives-partnerships/climate-investment-funds-cif/">Climate… Read more »
March 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB Engages Stakeholders On Suitable Regulatory Environment for Investment in Power Sector
Wale Shonibare, AfDB Director, Energy Solutions, Policy and Regulation (second from left), and Moctar Touré, AFUR Chairperson (second from right), during the power… Read more »
March 02, 2017
Africa: German Government Unveils Marshall Plan With AfDB Leadership
Africa is a continent of opportunity facing many challenges that the Plan can help resolve. Focus on entrepreneurship, private sector, renewable energy and green growth. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Zimbabwe's State Enterprise Reforms With USD $4.061 Million
On February 28, 2017, Bank Group Director General (DG), Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, Tonia Kandiero, and Zimbabwe's Finance and Economic… Read more »
February 28, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President Holds High-Level Discussions With Sector Ministers to Reinforce Support to Sudan and Roll Out Implementation of the High 5s
On Monday, February 27, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met the Sector Ministers of the Government of Sudan to reinforce the Bank's support… Read more »
February 20, 2017
Africa: AfDB Engages Governments and Policy-Makers At Investing in African Mining Indaba
The Investing in African Mining Indaba, one of the world's largest mining conference, wrapped up on 9 February, 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa with the African Development Bank… Read more »
February 16, 2017
Africa: The African Development Bank Approves New $28.2 Million Funding Injection in Shelter Afrique
African Development Bank supports the African housing sector through Shelter Afrique US $20-million loan approved, after a recent US $8.2-million equity injection Shareholders… Read more »
January 05, 2017
Africa: Sefa to Support Tanzania in Establishing a Renewable Energy Investment Facility to Finance Rural Energy Access Projects
The African Development Bank-hosted Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved on November 29, 2016 a US $870,000 preparation grant for Tanzania's the Rural Energy Agency… Read more »
December 16, 2016
Africa: AfDB Approves USD $80 Million Loan and USD $20 Million Equity to Kainji and Jebba Hydro Power Project in Nigeria
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB or the Bank) has approved a financing package of USD 100 million, comprising USD 80 million loan and USD 20 million… Read more »
December 15, 2016
Ethiopia: AfDB Approves USD $159 Million Corporate Loan to Ethiopian Airlines to Finance Expansion Plan and Fleet Modernization Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of USD 159 million to partly finance Ethiopian Airlines' expansion plan and fleet… Read more »
December 14, 2016
Africa: AfDB Convenes an Innovation Workshop to Accelerate Energy Access Through an Innovative Pay-As-You-Go Model - PAYG 2.0
On December 9, 2016, The New Deal on Energy Task Force hosted an Innovation Workshop to explore pioneering business models to scale access to pay-as-you-go (PAYG) payment models… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 50 Million Equity Investment and USD$ 50 Million Convertible Loan to Seed the Establishment of the Multi-Investor USD$ 500 Million Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI)
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of USD 100 million, comprising USD 50 million equity and USD 50 million convertible… Read more »
December 13, 2016
Tanzania: AfDB Commits U.S. $74.9m to Reinforce Road Connexion Between Mozambique and Tanzania
On Friday 9th December of 2016, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved USD 71.8M grant and USD 3.1M loan to the Government of Mozambique for… Read more »
December 07, 2016
Africa: African Economic Conference Closes With Call for Agriculture to Be At the Centre of Africa's Development
The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) wound up in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday, after three days of intensive discussions on how African countries can achieve… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves the First Multi-Jurisdictional Fixed Income ETF in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a seed equity capital investment of USD 25 million into the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF). The ADBF… Read more »
December 06, 2016
Africa: Private Sector SMEs Should Be Catalytic Force in Industrialization of Agriculture
Private sector small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should be the catalytic force in the industrialization and modernization of agriculture, a paper delivered Monday at the 2016… Read more »
