Niger: Niger - African Development Bank Extends $180 Million to Support Young Agripreneurs

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved financing $180.6 million in financing to help Niger's youth find work and build incomes, particularly in… Read more »

Niger: Niger Takes a Major Step Towards High-Speed Connectivity With Handover of Over 1,000 Km of Fibre-Optic Cable

Niger has taken a major step forward in improving the country's broadband connectivity and regional digital integration by completing provisional acceptance of the fibre-optic… Read more »

Niger: Niger - African Development Bank Extends Loan of Over $144 Million to Enhance Energy Access and Economic Competitiveness

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of $144.27 million to Niger for the first phase of a program that will reform energy sector laws… Read more »

Niger: Niger's Bridges to Resilience - Building a Stronger Future

Under the glow of solar streetlights, Aichatou Alkassoum marvels at the Djibo Bakary Bridge in Farié, Niger. "At night, it's like a modern Niamey street," she says, her… Read more »

Niger: Niger - Integrated Programme for Development and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Niger Basin Mid-Term Results Evaluated

The African Development Bank and the Niger Basin Authority (ABN) organized a regional workshop to evaluate the mid-term results of the Integrated Program for Development and… Read more »

Niger: Niger - Private Sector Asks African Development Bank for Massive Investments to Boost Country's Economy

The private sector in Niger, the vast West African Sahelian country that has faced a years-long security crisis, is calling on the African Development Bank Group to invest… Read more »

Niger: Niger's Civil Society Wants More Involvement in Dialogue On African Development Bank Initiatives

Niger's civil society has informed Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, the Vice-President for the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex at the African Development… Read more »

Niger: Niger - African Development Fund Provides $16 Million to Support Financial Sector Deepening and Inclusion

The African Development Bank is supporting rural dwellers' enhanced access to financial services through decentralized financial systems. Read more »

Niger: The African Development Bank Helps Strengthen Food Security in Niger's Maradi and Tillabéry Regions

In 2017, 32-year-old Hamsa Hamidou of Simiri in southwest Niger's Tillabéry region, was given a cow. Three years later, he sold it and used the money to buy a sheep and ewe.… Read more »

Niger: Niger - African Development Bank Group Approves $127 Million Package to Open Up Eastern Agricultural Areas

On Wednesday in Abidjan, the African Development Bank Group approved funding of $127.8 million to Niger. The funds approved by the Board of Directors of the African Development… Read more »

Africa: African Union Summit - Niger's President Calls for Strong Support to the Bank's General Capital Increase and African Development Fund's Replenishment

In his opening remarks at the plenary session of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) meeting, in Niamey, the President of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou, commended the African… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank President Attends Historic African Union Summit, Decries Child Marriage

Niamey, Niger 08 July 2019 - The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina joined continental leaders in Niger for an African Union summit which saw the official… Read more »

Niger: African Development Bank and Niger Sign Financing Agreement to Support Kandadji Project

The Republic of Niger and the African Development Bank on Tuesday signed a $128.8 million financing agreement to support the "Kandadji" project for the regeneration of ecosystems… Read more »

Africa: Speech By Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank At the Gala Dinner During the State Visit to Niger, September 26, 2017

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Africa: President Akinwumi Adesina in Niamey - the AfDB Is Working With Niger to Speed Up Its Development

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, arrived in Niamey on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 for a two-day official visit to Niger, which began with a… Read more »

Africa: President Akinwumi Adesina in Niamey - the AfDB Is Working With Niger to Speed Up Its Development

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, arrived in Niamey on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 for a two-day official visit to Niger, which began with a… Read more »

Niger: Sefa Grants U.S.$1 Million to Promote Green Mini-Grids in Niger

In July 2016, the Republic of Niger was awarded a US $994,270 grant from the African Development Bank-hosted Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to promote green mini-grids… Read more »

Zambia: AfDB Supports Agriculture in Zambia - Financial and Economic Governance in Niger and Mali

At their regular meetings on Wednesday, 4 November 2015, the Boards of Directors of the African development Bank (AfDB) approved three loans totaling US$ 94 million to finance a… Read more »

Zambia: AfDB Facilitates Private Sector Finance for Climate-Readiness in Niger, Mozambique and Zambia

Over US $30 million in concessional funds has been made available for innovative private sector projects that seek to improve climate change adaptation or readiness in Niger,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves 13 Million Euro Line of Credit to Support SME/Smi Development

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved today a line of credit of 13 million euros to support small and medium enterprises and industries… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Climate Resilience Plans in Niger and Mozambique

In September 2012, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved three path-breaking projects for climate resilience funded by the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »

Africa: Supported By AfDB, Niger's Water Mobilization Project Receives Approval for U.S.$22 Million

Backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Niger has received approval from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for US $22 million to support its Water Resources Mobilization… Read more »

Niger: Niger - AfDB Funds Local Development Support Project in Diffa Region

The Diffa region to the far south-east of Niger is one of the areas most affected by cycles of drought, characterized especially by dune encroachment, increased silting in… Read more »

Africa: Niger and Mozambique Plans for Climate Resilience Backed By the Cif

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have approved projects in Niger and Mozambique that aim to strengthen their populations' resilience to climate change by improving… Read more »

Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia Discuss Challenges of Climate Resilience Planning

Zambia hosted the annual pilot countries meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on 12 to 13 March 2012. Teams from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia joined… Read more »