November 27, 2017
Africa: Future of Africa's Youth Dominates Agenda At EU-Africa Business Forum
The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on Monday, with an emphasis on job creation and investment in young people. The central theme of the Forum… Read more »
November 28, 2017
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Youth Advisory Group to Create 25 Million Jobs
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to provide insights and innovative solutions… Read more »
November 27, 2017
Africa: Launch of the First Enabling Youth Employment Index Report for Africa
On the margins of the 2017 African Union - European Union Summit Read more »
July 05, 2017
Africa: AfDB Focuses On Fashion Industry to Create Jobs for Millions of Women and Youth in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for the empowerment of small and medium operators in the textiles, apparel and accessories sectors as a deliberate job creation… Read more »
May 04, 2017
Africa: Competitiveness Boost Urgently Needed to Meet Africa's Demographic Challenges - Report
Without urgent action to address stagnating levels of competitiveness, Africa's economies will not create enough jobs for the young people entering the job market Read more »
April 24, 2017
Africa: African Youth Agripreneurs Conference and Competition
The African Development Bank and partners such as such IITA, AAIN, CTA, are organizing an African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYA Forum) to serve as a platform for aggregating… Read more »
March 09, 2017
Africa: 200 Movers and Shakers Join Forces At Southern African Conference
Conference served as platform for dialogue and to lay out concrete actions for the creation of more quality jobs as well as the facilitation of an enabling environment for youth… Read more »
February 23, 2017
Africa: Fashionomics Africa - Outlook for 2017
The continent has experienced a high rate of population growth, which has the potential to be a demographic dividend, but only if there is sufficient investment in jobs, skills and… Read more »
February 08, 2017
Central Africa: Record Number of Participants Attend Central African Ministerial Conference On Youth Employment
The Central African Ministerial Conference on Youth Employment held Tuesday, February 7 in Yaoundé, Cameroon, was a resounding success, with over 200 participants attending… Read more »
February 07, 2017
Africa: Youth Employment Takes Centre Stage At Central African Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé
Ministers in charge of finance, youth, employment and education of the Central Africa Region are meeting in Yaoundé on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 to discuss the African… Read more »
December 16, 2016
Africa: AfDB Group Provides USD $250 Million to Support Enable Youth Nigeria Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has approved the ENABLE Youth Nigeria program, and will provide a USD 250 million loan, to contribute to job… Read more »
December 14, 2016
Malawi: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 12.24 Million in Grants and Loans for Jobs for Youth Project for Malawi
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of UA 7.52 million (approximately US $10.5 million) and an ADF… Read more »
December 09, 2016
Africa: Nobel Laureate Eric Maskin Addresses Issues of Globalization and Inequality At 11th African Economic Conference
On Day 1 of the 11th African Economic Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, Prof. Eric Maskin of Harvard University and co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics made a short… Read more »
December 07, 2016
Africa: Youths Affirm Agriculture As Economic Empowerment Tool
The agro-allied industrialization of the African continent cannot materialize without the involvement of the youths because they have the right drive and energy, participants at a… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference - Why Does Africa Need an Agricultural Transformation?
The need for an Africa-wide agricultural transformation was the subject of a special session organized at the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) on Tuesday,… Read more »
November 23, 2016
Africa: Report Calls for Policies to Empower Rural Youth, Encourage Private Investment, Increase Access to Land and Finance to End Poverty in West and Central Africa
Youth unemployment, insecure land tenure and weak value chains are the main obstacles in the way of ending poverty and inequality in West and Central Africa, says a new report… Read more »
Africa: PIDA Week 2016 Opens With Calls for Accelerated Job Creation Through Infrastructure Development for Africa's Transformation
Africa has to provide employment opportunities for its youth if it is to harness their potential and contribute to the desired economic growth outlined in the vision of Agenda… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Boost Africa Investment Program, a New Integrated Approach to Enable Young Innovative Entrepreneurs Across Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, November 16 a €50-million package of investments in various angel, venture, seed, accelerator and… Read more »
November 22, 2016
Africa: Launch of Boost Africa Initiative, a New Integrated Approach to Boost Young Innovative Entrepreneurs Across Africa
Over 1,500 start-ups and high-growth SMEs to be supported across the continent Read more »
Africa: Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at the Africa Day jointly organized by the European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank, November 21, 2016, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Your Excellency, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire; my dear friend President Werner Hoyer of the European Investment Bank; Honorable Ministers; Mr.… Read more »
October 19, 2016
Africa: "If Youth Is Our Future, Then We Are Already Behind Schedule," AfDB President Tells West African Ministerial Conference On Youth Employment in Africa
Africa's youth are the future. We must invest in them for the good of society and for the benefit of the continent. These were among the messages delivered Tuesday, during a… Read more »
October 18, 2016
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi A. Adesina's Opening Remarks At "Jobs for Youth in Africa" West African Ministerial Conference
Good morning everyone. Read more »
October 10, 2016
Africa: West African Ministerial Conference On Youth Employment in Africa to Be Held in Abidjan
A West African ministerial conference on youth employment will be held on 18 October 2016 at the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) headquarters in Abidjan. Read more »
August 23, 2016
Africa: AfDB President Adesina's First Year in Office and a Remarkable Transformation Agenda
During his investiture as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group on 1st September 2015, Akinwumi Adesina pledged "to help build a new Africa with… Read more »
August 29, 2016
Africa: ANRC Publishes Five Case Studies On Maximizing Human Development Outcomes From Extractive Industries
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) has published five case studies that look at the different ways in which countries are designing… Read more »