Africa: With a Strong Financial Profile, the African Development Bank is Spearheading Africa's Economic Transformation

The African Development Bank has a very strong financial profile and remains focused on optimizing and strengthening its balance sheet to more effectively accompany African… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Delivers Strong Operational Results

The African Development Bank is delivering on its goals and making good progress towards achieving its development and operational targets according to the  2018 Annual… Read more »

Africa: Guest of the Day: Stella Kilonzo, Senior Director of the Africa Investment Forum

Through the Africa Investment Forum, the African Development Bank is taking a new approach by offering a multi-stakeholder and multi-disciplinary platform that promotes… Read more »

Africa: Guest of the Day: Hassatou Diop N'Sele, Acting Vice-President, Finance, and Treasurer, African Development Bank Group

In this interview, the Treasurer of the African Development Bank Group, Hassatou Diop N’Sele, confirms the financial soundness of the Bank and its favourable prospects. In… Read more »

Africa: Curtain Falls on Successful 2018 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank in Korea

Board of Governors gives green light to discussions on the capital increase Equatorial Guinea to host 2019 Annual Meetings Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to Host U.S. $3 Million Rockefeller Trust Fund to Spur Agriculture and Youth Employment in Africa

The African Development Bank Group has established a US $3-million Rockefeller Trust Fund, a joint effort of the Bank and The Rockefeller Foundation to help spur Africa’s… Read more »

Africa: South Korea's Rapid Development is an Inspiration to Africa, says African Development Bank President

The rapid economic development in Korea is an inspiration and a model to African economies, said African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina. Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank and the Climate Investment Funds Support Their First Private Sector-Led Geothermal Power Plant in Kenya

The African Development Bank approved on June 6, 2018 a senior loan of US $29.5 million and a concessional loan of US $20 million from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Clean… Read more »

Africa: Stimulating Africa's Bond Markets - African Development Bank Approves U.S. $10-Million Equity Investment in Financial Sector Deepening Fund

To strengthen the capital base of local financial institutions and stimulate Africa's corporate bond market, the African Development Bank has approved a US $10-million investment… Read more »

Somalia: Italy Ramps Up Support for Somalia's Infrastructure, Contributes €1 Million to Somalia Infrastructure Fund

The African Development Bank, on May 28, 2018 in Mogadishu, participated in a signing ceremony that occasioned Italy's contribution of €1 million to the Somalia Infrastructure… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S.$20 Million Facility to Boost Lending to SMEs in Liberia

The African Development Bank has approved US$ 20 million facility to boost lending to small and medium-sized enterprises in Liberia. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Endorsed as a Game Changer for Financing Africa's Infrastructure Development

By 2050, just 32 short years from now, Africa’s growing population will tip the scales at a whopping 2 billion, with a youth of 840 million. In the process, the continent… Read more »

Africa: Speech By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Group, At the Media Launch of the Africa Investment Forum, Johannesburg, May 8, 2018

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Africa: South Africa Says Country Ready to Host 2018 Africa Investment Forum

African Development Bank President meets with David Makhura, Premier of Gauteng Province in South Africa. Gauteng Province will host the Bank's inaugural forum from November 7-9,… Read more »

Africa: Accelerating Agri-Business Development in Ethiopia With the Agriculture Fast Track Fund

The African Development Bank has signed two grant agreements to finance agri-business development projects through the Agriculture Fast Track Fund. Read more »

Africa: African Legal Support Facility Promotes Investments at the 2018 African Business Law Firms Association Conference

Each year, members and supporters of African Business Law Firms Association (ABLFA) gather at the organization's annual conference to explore and devise solutions to the emerging… Read more »

Africa: 15th Annual AVCA Conference - African Development Bank Promotes Private Investments in Africa

The Annual African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) Conference is the world's largest private equity gathering, attracting investors from private equity funds,… Read more »

Africa: The Board of Directors Approves a Mutual Reliance for Procurement in Joint Co-Financed Public Sector Operations Between African Development Bank and European Investment Bank

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has affirmed cognizance of the strategic role of sustainable procurement and governance and has approved the Policy… Read more »

Africa: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank Sign MOU to Promote Cooperation

Joachim von Amsberg, AIIB Vice-President for Policy and Strategy, and Charles Boamah, African Development Bank Senior Vice-President, at the MoU signing ceremony in Washington, DC. Read more »

Africa: EIB and African Development Bank to Support Private Sector Investment in Nigeria With Development Bank of Nigeria Backing

The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches the Africa Investment Forum

The African Development Bank will officially launch the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) ‒Africa's premier investment marketplace - on April 19, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Premier Investment Marketplace to Accelerate Continent's Economic Transformation

To help Africa find the path to its long-deserved economic fortune, the African Development Bank is championing the region's premier investment market. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Hosts Breakfast Session On Africa Investment Forum in Abidjan

On the sidelines of the 2018 Africa CEO Forum, taking place in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the African Development Bank will host a special breakfast session on the Africa… Read more »

Africa: Raza Hasnani Appointed Head of Infrastructure Investments At Africa50 Project Finance

Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform capitalized by the African Development Bank, 25 African countries, and two African Central Banks, is pleased to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, Nordic Development Fund, Global Environment Facility and Calvert Impact Capital Partner in Us $55-Million Investment Into Off-Grid Energy Access Fund

On December 15, the African Development Bank's Board approved a US $30-million investment in the Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund ("FEI OGEF"). This… Read more »