October 01, 2020
Nigeria: African Development Bank Partners With Government and Microsoft to Launch Digital Nigeria Elearning Platform
The African Development Bank, the government of Nigeria and Microsoft on Monday launched the Digital Nigeria eLearning Platform, to provide marketable digital skills to the… Read more »
August 28, 2020
Africa: Au revoir, Abidjan. Hello, Accra - African Development Bank 2021 Annual Meetings to Be Held in Ghana
Ghana will host the African Development Bank's next Annual Meetings in May 2021, it was announced Thursday, at the end of the Group's 2020 meetings. Read more »
August 26, 2020
Africa: Opening Speech By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank At the 2020 Annual Meetings
Your Excellency, President Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Read more »
August 18, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Green Cluster of SMEs names African Development Bank a 2020 Green Champion
The Green Cluster of SMEs in Côte d'Ivoire has awarded the African Development Bank a prize for the best technical and financial partner committed to promoting the green… Read more »
August 13, 2020
Sierra Leone: $13.5 million project to assist Ebola-hit communities kicks off
The African Development Bank and the government of Sierra Leone have launched a project to support 3,000 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors and orphans, and other vulnerable… Read more »
Ghana: The Akatsi-Akanu road project stimulates trade and improves livelihoods in Ghana and Togo - Report
The reconstruction of the Akatsi-Akanu road, completed in 2013, has stimulated trade between Ghana and neighbouring Togo, helping to alleviate poverty. More importantly, it has… Read more »
July 23, 2020
Malawi: African Development Fund Approves Ua100.4 Million Multi-Country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Sao Tome
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4 million (about $138 million) crisis budget support package to four southern African… Read more »
July 21, 2020
Ghana: In Ghana, African Development Bank-Funded Training Builds Skills for the Economy of the Future - Report
A six-year project to develop industrial skills among Ghana's workforce has improved the engineering and manufacturing skills of young people, promoted economic competitiveness and… Read more »
July 17, 2020
Senegal: Board Approves Independent Review Mechanism's Recommendations of the First Monitoring Report On Sendou Coal-Fired Power Plant Project in Senegal
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved recommendations of the First Monitoring Report of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) on the Sendou Coal-Fired… Read more »
July 09, 2020
Cote d'Ivoire: Weather Data Helps Authorities Respond to Deadly Floods in Abidjan
When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d'Ivoire's economic capital, Abidjan, Read more »
June 26, 2020
Ghana: Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and Financial Partners Celebrate First $200 Million Disbursement of Loan to Boost Cocoa Productivity in Ghana
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan facility to boost cocoa productivity in the world's second-largest… Read more »
June 25, 2020
Africa: African Development Fund Approves COVID-19 Response Grants for Six Southern African Countries and São Tomé & Príncipe
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Tuesday approved nearly $8.9 million in grant funding to bolster COVID-19-related control measures in six Southern African… Read more »
June 23, 2020
Togo: African Development Bank approves $3 million loan reallocation to agriculture sector for COVID-19 response
- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved the reallocation of $3 million in loan resources to help Togo purchase agricultural inputs to enhance food… Read more »
Cameroon: African Development Bank Approves Eur 88 Million Loan to Cameroon to Finance COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Monday approved a EUR 88 million loan to Cameroon as direct budget support to finance the country's COVID-19 crisis… Read more »
September 28, 2019
Burkina Faso: TAAT Deploys Climate Smart Technologies to Boost Sorghum Production in the Sahel
Sorghum is the fifth most produced grain globally. Read more »
Benin: TAAT Excites Beninese Farmers with Pro Vitamin A Cassava Varieties
A staple to about 350 million people in sub Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of State as a poverty fighter. However, the crop is yet to prove its… Read more »
June 10, 2020
West Africa: African Development Bank Approves $20 Million to Contain Spread of COVID-19 in G5 Sahel Nations
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on 9 June 2020 approved $20 million in grant funding from the African Development Fund, to build capacity to curb and stop… Read more »
June 05, 2020
Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves New Five-Year Strategy for Nigeria
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2020-2024, which builds on the successes and challenges of the 2013-2019… Read more »
Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves $288.5 Million for Nigeria COVID-19 Response Support Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Friday approved a $288.5 million loan to help Nigeria tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impact on people and… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves New Five-Year Strategy for Nigeria Amidst COVID-19 Concerns
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2020-2024, which builds on the successes and challenges of the 2013-2019… Read more »
May 29, 2020
West Africa: COVID-19 - African Development Bank Mobilizes $22 Million for Low-Income Ecowas Countries
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved an emergency project in support of three, low-income ECOWAS nations - Gambia, Mali and Niger - to bolster their… Read more »
June 03, 2020
Africa: African Equity Capital Markets Activity See Downward Turn, but Increase in Domestic Investors
Data presented from the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria 2019 African Capital Market Watch, which reviewed the performance of Africa's capital markets between 2010 and the… Read more »
May 30, 2020
Senegal: AfDB Approves 88 Million Euros Emergency Budget Support for COVID-19 Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Friday approved a loan of 88 million euros to Senegal, hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic, in support of the costs… Read more »
May 28, 2020
Cape Verde: African Development Bank Group Approves 30 Million Euros Loan to Fight COVID-19
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has extended a loan of €30 million to Cabo Verde to help the West African island nation fight the COVID-19 outbreak and… Read more »
May 15, 2020
West Africa: As COVID-19 Takes Jobs Overnight, African Development Bank Partners With Ecowas Commission to Share Employment Plan
The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held a virtual stakeholder forum to outline the regional bloc's human… Read more »