December 13, 2019
Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves $124.2 Million Loan for Water Sector Reforms in Akure to Improve Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Thursday approved a $ 124.2 million loan to finance the Urban Water Sector Reform and Akure Water Supply and Sanitation… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Commits €20 Million to Boost Private Sector Competitiveness in Cape Verde
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors today approved a €20 million loan to strengthen the private sector's role in Cape Verde's economic growth. Read more »
December 11, 2019
Senegal: In Senegal, the African Development Bank Supports Farmers to Build Food Security
Gnilane Faye stands proudly by her chicken coop with her son, Serigne Saliou Ba, beside her. Faye, a Senegalese farmer and a beneficiary of the Pasa Loumakaf food security project… Read more »
Senegal: African Development Bank Lends €62.8 Million to Help Create 150,000 Jobs for Women and Young People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a €62.83 million loan to the Government of Senegal for implementation of the first phase of a project aimed at… Read more »
December 04, 2019
Burkina Faso: African Development Bank Approves €48,82 Million for Desert to Power Yeleen Programme to Increase Solar Generation
The Board of Directors of the Bank has approved a €48,82 million loan to the Government of Burkina Faso for the Yeleen solar plant, intended to boost national power supply. Read more »
November 29, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $210 Million Financing for Transmission Expansion Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $210 million financing package to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for the Nigeria Transmission… Read more »
Guinea Bissau: African Development Bank Presents the Lusophone Compact to Private Sector At Economic Forum
The African Development Bank presented the Lusophone Compact to the private sector in Guinea-Bissau last month, during an event at the national Economic Forum. Read more »
November 25, 2019
Africa: Project Successes in Morocco and Ghana Offer Lessons in Gender and Climate Change
The African Development Bank recognizes the importance of addressing gender in efforts to combat climate change and its effects in order to increase the benefits of its projects… Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank, Credit Suisse, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Ghana Cocoa Board Ink $600 Million Loan Agreement to Boost Cocoa Production
Agreement is a turning point for scaling up the cocoa value chain - President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana Read more »
Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum - Historic Signing of High-Speed Railway Construction Concession Agreement for Ghana
The African Development Bank has thrown its weight behind a concession agreement for the construction of a high-speed railway in Accra, Ghana's capital. Read more »
October 31, 2019
Africa: Extraordinary Meeting of African Development Bank Governors - "Make the Right Decision" for Africa to Achieve Its Objectives, Says Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte d'Ivoire
The President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, on Thursday called on the Governors of the African Development Bank to "make the right decision" to enable… Read more »
October 30, 2019
Africa: Nigeria Country Office of the African Development Bank Launches Jobs Report
The Nigeria country office of the African Development Bank on 28 October 2019 launched the Bank's 'Creating Decent Jobs: Strategies, policies and instruments' report in Nigeria. Read more »
October 29, 2019
Africa: In Togo, Youth and SMEs Receive the African Development Bank's Full Support
In a large building located in the Vakpossito district, south of the Togolese capital Lomé, the main equipment in the Agrokom soya processing plant is fully operational. In… Read more »
October 28, 2019
Togo: African Development Bank Provides $29 Million for Tax and Customs Modernization
Tuesday 1 October 2019. The Togolese Revenue Authority (OTR), the professional development institute, is officially opening its doors. There are 60 students in its first cohort, of… Read more »
October 30, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Group's Board of Governors to Hold Fifth Extraordinary Meeting in Abidjan
Who: Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group Read more »
October 14, 2019
Cameroon: Three Power Plants Financed By the African Development Bank to Reduce Power Cuts
For many years, Cameroon's national electricity supply has been notoriously unreliable and subject to power cuts. The last significant electric system outage, which lasted eight… Read more »
October 10, 2019
Senegal: African Development Bank Partners With Senegal to Host 2021 World Water Forum
A Senegalese government delegation, led by the country's Minister of Water and Sanitation, His Excellency Serigne Mbaye Thiam, briefed the African Development Bank on Senegal's… Read more »
October 09, 2019
West Africa: Inaugural Forum Paves the Way for Sustainable Fertilizer Financing in the West Africa Region
Key stakeholders in West Africa's fertilizer sector are calling for more action to support the industry, which is central to the continent's agricultural revolution. Read more »
October 01, 2019
Africa: First West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum, Hosted By African Development Bank, Opens in Abidjan
"Effective partnerships for financing are key to the fertilizer sector growth." Read more »
September 27, 2019
Ghana: Helping Ghana Feed Itself - Pilot Project Bodes Well for the Region
Tahiru Ibrahim says he made his fortune off shea nut trees on his savannah land in Ghana's northern region. Read more »
September 25, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Sahel Threats Necessitate 'Global Response': Issoufou
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou called on Sunday for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that threaten the arid Sahel belt. Read more »
September 20, 2019
Cameroon: Yaoundé Aims for Zero Floods By 2020, Thanks to Funding From the African Development Bank
The Yaoundé Sanitation Project (PADY) has reduced the number of floods in the Cameroonian capital by five times (from 15 to 3). Read more »
Nigeria: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Approves $500,000 Grant for Clean Energy
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a $500,000 grant to support the development and launch of the Nigeria Energy… Read more »
September 16, 2019
West Africa: G5 Sahel Heads of State Throw Their Weight Behind African Development Bank's Desert to Power Initiative
Bank commits $20 million towards project preparation for the realization of the project Read more »
September 13, 2019
West Africa: G5 Sahel Summit - African Development Bank, Partners, Commit to Light Up and Power the Sahel With the Desert to Power Initiative
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has arrived in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, ahead of the G5 Sahel Summit, and was received by Burkina… Read more »