October 21, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Approves €70 Million for Construction of Senegal's Digital Technology Park
In its bid to contribute to promoting Senegal as an information and communications technology (ICT) centre of excellence and a destination for the establishment of call centers,… Read more »
Africa: Opening Speech Delivered By African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina At the High-Level Conference On Feeding Africa
Good morning everyone! Welcome to the beautiful city of Dakar, to this high-level conference on transforming agriculture in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Agricultural Transformation Will Change Africa for the Better in a Decade, Says AfDB President
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has said that harnessing Africa's agricultural potential can serve as the much-needed game changer of the… Read more »
Africa: Unlocking Africa's Potential to Create Wealth From Agriculture
There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth $35 billion? How can it… Read more »
October 20, 2015
Africa: Transforming Africa's Agriculture for Growth and Development - Delegates Converge On Dakar for Landmark Conference
Delegates from across the globe are converging on Dakar, Senegal, for a landmark conference on agriculture that promises to yield one of the boldest initiatives ever taken on… Read more »
October 16, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Discusses Role of Agriculture in Africa's Transformation With Ghanaian Head of State
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina paid a courtesy call on Ghana's President, John Dramani Mahama, in Accra on Friday, October 16. Read more »
October 15, 2015
Africa: AfDB High-Level Conference to Catalyze Africa's Agricultural Transformation
On October 21-23, Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economy, as well as Ministers of Agriculture, Rural Development, Trade and Industry and Governors of Central Banks will join… Read more »
Senegal: Dakar High-Level Conference on Agricultural Transformation 2015
An Action Plan for African Agricultural Transformation to be held at Abdou Diouf International Conference Center (CICAD) on 21-23 October 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, under the auspices… Read more »
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 15 Million Trade Facilitation Loan for Unibank Limited, Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Abidjan, a US $15-million trade finance line of credit for UniBank Ghana… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Stages First Tech Innovation Weekend in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted an inaugural Innovation Weekend at its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, from October 9-11. The goal: to find technology-led… Read more »
October 12, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: Managing for Development Results Days in Côte d'Ivoire
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Ghana: 2015 CNN Multichoice African Journalists' Awards
The judges of the CNN MultiChoice African Journalists of the Year 2015 have announced that Thomas Naadi Bitlegma of Ghana has won the prestigious African Development Bank (AfDB)… Read more »
October 10, 2015
Africa: AfDB and AMF to Strengthen Partnership to Support Financial and Economic Development in Their 10 Common African Member Countries
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi A. Adesina, and Abdulrahman A. Al Hamidy, Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, met on the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Calls for Action On Climate Change, Access to Energy in Africa At World Bank-IMF Meetings in Lima
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund kicked off their annual meetings on Friday with their leaders giving impassioned pleas for member nations to keep macroeconomic… Read more »
October 09, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank to Triple Annual Climate Financing to Nearly $5 Billion By 2020
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, announced on Friday, October 9 that the AfDB would nearly triple its annual climate financing to reach $5… Read more »
October 08, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Appointed Chair of Africa50 Boards of Directors
The Boards of Directors of Africa50 Project Development and Project Finance met on October 6, 2015 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The Boards approved the appointment of Akinwumi… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Calls for Enhanced Partnerships to Unlock Africa's Energy Potential
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina delivered the special keynote address at the first G20 Energy Ministers meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey, on… Read more »
October 07, 2015
Africa: Multilateral Financial Institutions Convene in Abidjan for Working Group On Environmental and Social Standards
The African Development Bank hosted the fall session of the Multilateral Finance Institutions' Working Group on Environment and Social Standards (MFI-WGESS) from September 30 to… Read more »
October 05, 2015
Senegal: AfDB Hosts Dakar Workshop for Csos On the Role of Technology in Transparency
Civil society has a key role to play in fighting corruption - from monitoring public services, denouncing bribery and raising awareness, to contributing to the implementation of… Read more »
October 01, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: The AfDB Injects 8.226 Billion CFA Francs to Boost Industrial Competitiveness in Côte d'Ivoire
On 30 September, the African Development Bank (AfDB) formally approved a grant of 8.226 billion CFA francs (approximately US $14.4 million) to Côte d'Ivoire from the African… Read more »
Gambia: AfDB Supports Improved Electricity Access in Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia and Senegal
The African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, September 30, 2015 a €121.5-million [1] package to the Gambia River Basin Development Organization (OMVG) to improve… Read more »
Ghana: AfDB Approves U.S. $120-Million Corporate Loan to Ghana Airports Company First Private Sector Investment in Ghana's Transport Sector
On September 30, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US $120-million corporate loan to support Ghana Airports Company Limited's (GACL)… Read more »
September 30, 2015
Guinea Bissau: Sefa Grants U.S. $1 Million to Develop a Transformative Hydropower Project in Guinea-Bissau
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved on September 16 on the sidelines of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Energy Week a US $965,000 grant to support the… Read more »
September 28, 2015
Senegal: Senegal Showcased By the AfDB for Sustainability in Rural Water and Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goal Number 6
The African Development Bank and the Senegalese Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation have fine-tuned their planning of a new US $54-million program to improve access to… Read more »
September 29, 2015
Africa: High-Level Conference for an African Agricultural Transformation Agenda "Towards a Strategy for a Strong Agricultural Sector in Africa"
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