July 04, 2019
Africa: AU Summit - President Adesina to Lead African Development Bank's Delegation, Continental Free Trade Area Talks to Top Summit Agenda
African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina will next week lead a delegation of top Bank officials to the extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of the… Read more »
June 20, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank, Mfw4a and Bmz/Giz Host International Workshop On Africa's Trade Finance Market
The African Development Bank, Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) held a two-day international workshop in Frankfurt, Germany, to improve… Read more »
June 17, 2019
Nigeria: Nigeria and the Continental Free Trade Area Agreement
The attention of the African Development Bank has been drawn to a story published by Sahara Reporters on June 16 quoting our Director of Industrial and… Read more »
June 14, 2019
Africa: Flying 'Sky-High' - African Development Bank Annual Meetings Conclude With Consensus On Regional Integration
The African Development Bank on Friday concluded its Annual Meetings, amid growing consensus that regional integration is imperative to a new phase in African prosperity. Read more »
Africa: Africa Ready to Commit to Free Trade
A growing commitment to a free trade area deal by the continent's leaders will spur efforts to create the world's largest free trade zone. Read more »
June 11, 2019
Africa: African Financial Institutions Play a Key Role in the Continent's Regional Integration, Says African Development Bank Vice-President Pierre Guislain
African Development Bank Vice-President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Pierre Guislain, on Tuesday stressed the major role that African financial… Read more »
Central Africa: Central Africa Could Be the Continent's Rising Star, Thanks to the African Continental Free Trade Area
Central Africa stands to benefit the most from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), data from the African Development Bank shows. Read more »
June 03, 2019
Africa: 'African Free Trade Area Offers Certainty Amid Chaotic Global Order,' Expert Tells Private Sector At African Development Bank Seminar
Business leaders shared their views on the widely anticipated African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at a seminar hosted on 27 May by the African Development Bank at its… Read more »
April 25, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Signs $50 Million Agreement With Natixis to Boost Trade Finance in Africa
The African Development Bank on Wednesday April 24, 2019 signed a US$50 million risk participation agreement (APR) with investment and corporate bank Natixis. Read more »
April 12, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank to Host Expert Working Group On Informal Cross-Border Trade
WHAT: Expert Group Meeting on Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT). Read more »
April 10, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Board Approves $4.8 Million Grant to Accelerate African Free Trade
On 1 April 2019, the Board of the African Development Bank approved an institutional support grant of $4.8 million to the African Union (AU) to accelerate the momentum of the… Read more »
April 01, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Helps to Break Down the Barriers to Free Trade in Africa
A year after the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement ( AfCFTA)in Kigali by 49 African states, and following the ratification of the agreement by Ethiopia on the… Read more »
January 08, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S.$14.12 Million to Support Nigeria's Membership in African Trade Insurance (Ati) Agency
The African Development Bank Group, through its Trade Finance operations, has approved a US$14.12 million facility to support the Federal Republic of Nigeria's membership in the… Read more »
December 04, 2018
Africa: AEC 2018 - Moving the Africa Free Trade Area Agreement Ahead With Quick Win Solutions
A total of 44 African nations signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade agreement earlier this year, with only 12 out of the required 22 countries ratifying the accord,… Read more »
December 11, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Team to Showcase Bank's Operations At Intra-African Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt
A delegation from the African development Bank will participate in the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), which will hold in Cairo, 11-18 December 2018, as co-sponsor of the event. Read more »
November 29, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $100 Million Facility to Enhance Trade Financing Across Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (the Bank), on Thursday, 29 November, 2018, approved a second unfunded $100-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA… Read more »
December 03, 2018
Southern Africa: Trade Finance - U.S.$20 Million Facility for Meridian's Soft Commodity Value-Chain Operations in Southern Africa
The African Development Bank (through its Trade Finance operations) has signed a US$20 million facility to finance Meridian's operations in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Read more »
November 28, 2018
Africa: African Countries Are Becoming More Open to Each Other, 2018 Africa Visa Openness Report Shows
The year 2018 is a landmark chapter in Africa's regional integration efforts. The launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Single African Air Transport Market are… Read more »
November 27, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Entrepreneurship in Transition States Through Equity Investment in Trade and Development Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an additional equity investment of US$ 25 million in Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to enhance the latter's… Read more »
November 09, 2018
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Exceeds Expectations, Participants Unanimously Agree
The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Acquires Stake in Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has acquired an equity stake in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, formerly known as PTA. Read more »
November 08, 2018
Africa: The Trade and Development Bank and USAID Sign MOU to Power Africa
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and USAID's Power Africa initiative have today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will finance power… Read more »
October 22, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Landmark U.S. $500 Million Credit Insurance Deal With African Trade Insurance Agency and UK Reinsurers
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) announce the successful completion of a US$500 million credit insurance deal structured to cover a… Read more »
July 20, 2018
Africa: Trade Finance - African Development Bank Approves U.S.$ 250-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Absa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, approved an unfunded US$ 250-million Risk Participation Agreement with ABSA Bank Limited. Read more »
July 16, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Commends Afreximbank's Efforts to Advance Intra-African Trade
"Africa is in a hurry because it is hungry for economic transformation. We must move quickly from old methods of intervention in dealing with emerging challenges and taking… Read more »