October 03, 2025
Africa: Africa Resilience Forum 2025 - Development Leaders Call for High-Quality Border Infrastructure to Facilitate Free Movement of Goods and People
The political will to build quality infrastructure at borders, including the construction of a single digitised checkpoint between two neighbouring countries, should facilitate the… Read more »
September 30, 2025
Africa: Africa Must Seize Global Trade Disruption As 'Historic Opportunity,' Leaders Tell Private Sector
Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Mambé and African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah have urged Africa's private sector to take centre stage in the continent's… Read more »
September 26, 2025
Tanzania: AfDB Approves $10 Million Trade Finance Guarantee to Exim Bank Tanzania to Support SMEs and Local Corporates
The African Development Bank Group Board of Directors has approved a $10 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility for Exim Bank Tanzania Limited to unlock and de-risk… Read more »
September 09, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Champions Industrialization and Trade Integration At Iatf2025 in Algiers
The African Development Bank Group is seizing on the continent's largest trade and investment gathering to spotlight the transformative potential of industrialization and regional… Read more »
August 21, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank, AfCFTA Secretariat, and Africa50 Unite to Unlock $3.4 Trillion Continental Market Through Strategic Infrastructure Development
The African Development Bank Group, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, and Africa50 have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to catalyse infrastructure… Read more »
August 19, 2025
Guinea: From Potholed Roads to Fresh Tomatoes - Guinea On the Path to Sustainable Progress
Fresh merchandise thanks to new roads Read more »
July 24, 2025
Algeria: Intra-African Trade Fair 2025, Algiers, Algeria
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July 22, 2025
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank Approves $50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Crdb Bank for Support to SMEs and Local Corporates
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee facility to support the trade finance activities of CRDB… Read more »
July 16, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank and Partners Unite to Push for African Customs Union and Common Market
The African Development Bank Group and institutional partners made a compelling case for accelerating the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) during the launch of the 11th… Read more »
July 03, 2025
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Bank Approves $50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility to Awash Bank for Support to SMEs and Local Corporates
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee facility to support to trade finance activities of Awash… Read more »
July 01, 2025
Tunisia: African Development Bank Grants $50 Million Trade Finance Guarantee Facility to Banque Internationale Arabe De Tunisie to Boost Trade
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million trade finance guarantee facility for Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) to… Read more »
June 29, 2025
Mauritania: Mauritania - African Development Bank Approves €25.5 Million Trade Finance Facility for Générale De Banque De Mauritanie to Support SMEs and Women Entrepreneurs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €25.5 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie (GBM)… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Africa: African Leaders Urge U.S. to Embrace Investment-Driven Partnerships and Review Tariffs
African leaders have called on Monday for an urgent review of U.S. tariffs on African exports, urging a shift towards transformative partnerships and investment in Africa's… Read more »
May 13, 2025
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank and Bank of Africa Benin Sign €15 Million Guarantee Facility to Improve Trade Finance and Support Businesses
On Monday 12 May in Cotonou, the African Development Bank and the Bank of Africa Benin (BOA-Benin) signed a €15 million guarantee agreement to strengthen the Bank of Africa's… Read more »
April 07, 2025
Tanzania: African Development Bank and Bank of Africa Tanzania Sign $7.5 Million Facility to Boost Trade Finance
The African Development Bank and the Bank of Africa Tanzania (BOAT) have signed a $7.5 million trade finance transaction guarantee facility to boost trade finance activities of the… Read more »
March 28, 2025
Madagascar: African Development Bank Grants $25 Million Trade Finance Facility to Bank of Africa Madagascar
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $25 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility for Bank of Africa Madagascar to accelerate the… Read more »
March 12, 2025
West Africa: African Development Bank and Ecowas Commission Sign $11.78 Million Agreement to Strengthen Rice Value Chains in West Africa
The African Development Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have signed a Protocol of Agreement for a grant of $11.78 million to strengthen… Read more »
February 24, 2025
Africa: Regional Corridors Are the Way for Faster Integration, Adesina Tells Kenyan Ambassador
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reiterated the Bank's support for the development of regional infrastructure corridors to boost the… Read more »
Africa: Mano River Union Delegation Studies Successful Border Post Model to Enhance Women's Cross-Border Trade
A Mano River Union (MRU) delegation recently concluded a successful study tour of the 'Busia One Stop Border Post' (OSBP) between Kenya and Uganda, gaining valuable insights into… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Standard Bank Unite to Support SMMEs and Boost Trade
The African Development Bank Group and Standard Bank Group (SBG) on Monday signed a landmark financial agreement to enhance funding for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs)… Read more »
February 18, 2025
Africa: African Ministers Hold Strategic Dialogue On Visa-Free Movement to Propel Regional Integration Agenda for Africa's Transformation
On the sidelines of the 38th African Union Summit, African leaders discussed obstacles to the continent's economic integration, underscoring visa-free movement to reduce illegal… Read more »
December 11, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank Group to Extend Facilities Worth $200 Million and Zar 3.6 Billion to Standard Bank Group to Increase Trade in Africa and Support SMEs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved two financial facilities for South-Africa based Standard Bank Group to support economic development in… Read more »
Madagascar: Madagascar - African Development Bank Group Grants a $165 Million Loan to Develop Roads in Southern Madagascar and Facilitate Trade
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $165 million loan to Madagascar to develop critical trade corridors and improve regional connectivity.… Read more »
December 06, 2024
Africa: African Development Bank and TDB Group Strengthen Trade Finance Partnership Through a Trade Finance Unfunded Risk Participation Agreement
The African Development Bank Group and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB Group) have signed an agreement for a $150 million Trade Finance Unfunded… Read more »
December 05, 2024
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2024 - African Development Bank and Bank of Africa SA Sign Eur 50 Million Risk-Sharing Agreement to Support Development of SMEs and Boost African Trade
The African Development Bank and Bank of Africa SA have signed a risk-sharing agreement of EUR 50 million to strengthen private-sector financing and promote African trade. The… Read more »
