March 23, 2023
Nigeria: African Development Bank Signs Ꞓ362,000 Grant Agreement With Hadejia Jama'are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund to Support Water Resources Development in Northern Nigeria
The African Development Bank has signed a Ꞓ362,000 grant agreement with Hadejia Jama'are Komadugu Yobe Basin-Trust Fund to prepare additional studies under the second phase of… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Liberia: Liberia - African Development Fund Grant to Modernise Payments Infrastructure and Systems
The African Development Fund's Board of Directors has approved $3.9 million grant to finance upgrade of Liberia's payments infrastructure and systems project. Read more »
March 22, 2023
São Tomé and Príncipe: Open Day for Sao Tomé and Principe Civil Society Organizations
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March 15, 2023
Africa: International Women's Month 2023 - Abidjan-Based Women Investment Champions Share Their Journeys With Africa Investment Forum
The Africa Investment Forum marked International Women's Day by hosting a special evening session for African women business leaders and innovators under its "Women as investment… Read more »
March 08, 2023
Cote d'Ivoire: International Women's Day 2023 - Digital Expert Honored By Government of Côte d'Ivoire Talks to Bank Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford About Women in Digital Sector
Ivorian Karine Oulaté is a former professional basketball player who in a second career, has become a most valuable player in West Africa's digital scene. Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day 2023 - Afawa Finance Series Enhances Gender Focus of Ghana's Digital Financial Services Policy, Bolsters Commitments to Overcome Financing Gaps
Ghana's Central Bank has lauded the African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative for its role in equipping women-owned businesses to… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank, Government and Stakeholders Explore Strategies to Boost the Textile Sector
The African Development Bank Group's country office in Benin held a workshop on the challenges facing the country's textile industry and how to build the capacity of stakeholders… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Nigeria: Nigeria to Launch the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises Program (I-Dice)
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March 14, 2023
Nigeria: African Development Bank and Partners Invest $618 Million in Nigeria's Digital and Creative Industries
iDICE initiative will create 6 million jobs and position Nigeria's as Africa's leading hub for young tech and creative entrepreneurs Read more »
March 06, 2023
Senegal: Gender in Focus - Senegalese 'Agripreneur' and African Development Bank Agripitch Competition Winner Says Digital Marketing Key to Luxury Tea Startup Success
Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall said she had no choice but to launch her start-up business online because her new Contanna fair-trade tea company only had $200 to its… Read more »
March 04, 2023
Africa: Time for Africa to Feed Itself - Dakar 2 Summit Takes Africa's Food Agenda Forward
Thirty-four African heads of state and government along with scores of ministers and international partners came together in Dakar to mobilise investment and move forward plans to… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Liberia: Liberia - New African Development Bank Study Outlines Steps to Draw Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners Into Formal Sector, Boosting Economy
Expanding financial access for Liberia's artisanal and small-scale mining sub-sector is feasible through formalization and de-risking measures, according to a recent study… Read more »
February 23, 2023
West Africa: African Water Association Congress - Experts Call for an Integrated Approach in West Africa to Address Climate Change Impacts
Division manager in the Water and Sanitation Department of the African Development Bank, Ousseynou Guène (in white) and the panelists endorsed concerted solutions to the… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Africa: Dakar Financing Summit - African Development Bank Is Lead Financier of Pida Infrastructure Projects
The African Development Bank has provided over 50% of financing secured by infrastructure projects under the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), making it… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Africa: Dakar Financing Summit 2 - African Leaders Commend Progress On Infrastructure Development but Call for More Robust Preparation of Projects
"The continent's progress on infrastructure is real but the challenges are also real" President Macky Sall Read more »
February 10, 2023
Africa: Unlock the Impact Potential of Agricultural SMEs in Africa, Experts Urge At Dakar 2 Food Summit
L-R: Allan Kasujja, Moderator; Admassu Tadesse, president and CEO, Eastern and Southern African, Trade and Development Bank; Danladi Verheijen, Co-founder and CEO, Verod Capital;… Read more »
February 02, 2023
Africa: Dakar Financing Summit - $160 Billion Worth of Infrastructure Projects for Africa
Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, African Development Bank Acting Vice President (right), Ahmadou Abdoulaye Diallo, Director General of the African Solidarity Fund (center) and Algerian… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Sierra Leone: An African Development Bank Project Is Creating Skills and New Jobs for the Youth in Sierra Leone
Project beneficiaries installing a water meter in Freetown Read more »
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Partnership to Deliver Technologies to Farmers to Feed Africa - Says Adesina
L-R: Panel Moderator Daouda Sembene; Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank Group; Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 - African Development Bank Group, Government of Canada Announce Funding Facility to Grow Agriculture Small and Medium Enterprises
(l to r) Nungari Mwangi, AgriSME Strategy and Partnerships Officer, AfDB, Atsuko Toda, Director, Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, AfDB, Andrew Mude, Lead, AgriSME… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Optimism Abounds As African Leaders Share Experiences of Agricultural Transformation.
President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishumiye welcomed to the Dakar 2 summit by Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. He is one of 34 leaders to… Read more »
February 02, 2023
Africa: Cameroon - The Bank Trains Its Regional Member Countries On Applying the Fragility Lens
The African Development Bank's Transition States Coordination Office organized a training workshop in Yaoundé to strengthen the capacity of Regional Member Countries and… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Development Partners to Commit $30 Billion to Boost Food Production in Africa
The second Africa food summit in Senegal ended on Friday, with development partners agreeing to commit $30 billion to back the continent's resolve to boost agricultural… Read more »
Africa: Feed Africa Summit (Dakar 2) - Closing Press Conference
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January 25, 2023
Africa: Tunisians Anticipate Productive Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit
There is keen interest from Tunisia in this week's three-day Africa Food Summit taking place near the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Some of Tunisia's leading agricultural… Read more »
