November 22, 2019
Africa: Interview With Jennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development At the African Development Bank Group, Ahead of the 2019 Gender Summit
The African Development Bank and the government of Rwanda are hosting the Global Gender Summit from 25 to 27 November in Kigali. The Summit is being organised by the Multilateral… Read more »
Africa: Gender Equality - It's Time for Disruption, Time to Shatter the Status Quo. We Can't Afford to Wait!
If you are a gender champion, then you are familiar with the discussions around the glass cliff. The story of women eager to defy the odds, accepting leadership roles at times of… Read more »
November 18, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 / Promises Made, Promises Kept - Champions Share Why Investments Benefit Women
60% of Mara phones' 400-450 employees are women: This is why our quality is better than anyone else's - Ashsish Thakkar Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: Speaking Up - Diplomats, Policy Makers and the African Development Bank Share Lessons On Creating Harassment-Free Workplaces
- More people willing to speak out about abuse means there is progress - panel Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Billion Dollar Boost for African Female Entrepreneurs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. Read more »
October 18, 2019
Africa: 2019 Global Gender Summit Plans to Tackle the Constraints to Gender Equality
Rwanda is preparing to welcome women from all over the world for the first Global Gender Summit to be held in Africa. Read more »
October 03, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - African Development Bank Announces New Accountability Index to Measure Institutional Lending to Women
A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Hands Off Our Girls! African First Ladies Take Campaign Against Rape, Early Child Marriage, to UN General Assembly
Africa's first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio brought their campaign to ban early child marriage and sexual violence against women and girls before a global stage in… Read more »
September 25, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Women Are "Africa's Tigers" Says Congolese First Lady As African Development Bank Touts $3bn Fund
African women are on the cusp of securing gender equality. "We are convinced that the moment for African women has now come," said Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the First Lady of the… Read more »
September 19, 2019
Rwanda: Rwandan Women Making a Difference At Water Treatment Plant
About 30 minutes' drive outside Kigali, the tidy capital of Rwanda, past lush forests, marshland and makeshift roadside stores advertising their offerings on hand-painted signs, a… Read more »
August 28, 2019
Africa: G7 Summit - President Macron and G7 Leaders Provide Bank's Afawa Initiative With $251 Million
French President Emmanuel Macron and G7 leaders on Sunday approved a package totalling $251 million in support of the African Development Bank's AFAWA initiative to support women… Read more »
August 23, 2019
Africa: President Adesina At G7 Summit in Biarritz
The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, will head a delegation to the G7 summit, to be held from 24 to 26 August in Biarritz, in south-western France. Read more »
August 25, 2019
Africa: G7 Summit - President Macron and G7 Leaders Provide Bank's Afawa Initiative With $251 Million.
French President Emmanuel Macron and G7 leaders on Sunday approved a package totalling $251 million in support of the African Development Bank's AFAWA initiative to support women… Read more »
August 16, 2019
Rwanda: Rwanda's Women in Tech - Leading the Digital Revolution
When she was a little girl, Jeanne Yamfashije wanted to be a doctor. Her goal was to make her parents proud and serve her people. Read more »
August 13, 2019
Mali: In Baguinéda, Women and Small Farmers See Rice Yields Soar With Help From the African Development Bank
In Baguinéda, in eastern Mali's Koulikoro region, the lowlands on the banks of the river Niger stretch as far as the eye can see. Between two irrigated rice-growing areas, a… Read more »
July 11, 2019
Africa: Green Climate Fund Announces $20m for African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa's Climate Resilience Project in Ghana
The Green Climate Fund has announced a $20 million grant to the African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program for a climate action… Read more »
July 08, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank President Attends Historic African Union Summit, Decries Child Marriage
Niamey, Niger 08 July 2019 - The president of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina joined continental leaders in Niger for an African Union summit which saw the official… Read more »
June 24, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Hosts Masterclass On Women's Skills in Business Development
The fourth Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA)/Entreprenarium masterclass began Monday in Pretoria, South Africa, aimed at improving women's skills in business… Read more »
June 06, 2019
Africa: South Africa - Women Walking the Road Less Taken, and Shining
Pumza Mbulekwua and Phie Nxumalo are working in male-dominated fields - construction and engineering. The pair both had their Bachelor's degrees funded by Eskom, as part of its… Read more »
May 21, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Commissions Value Chain Study Into Jewelry Manufacturing and Jobs for Women and Youth in Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and the Republic of Guinea
The African Development Bank has commissioned a study into the contribution of the jewelry manufacturing industry and its potential for job creation for women and youth in Sierra… Read more »
May 13, 2019
Africa: Global Partners Announce $61.8 Million Allocation to Boost African Development Bank Initiative for Women Entrepreneurs
The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61.8 million for the African Development Bank's Affirmative… Read more »
April 19, 2019
Africa: 'My Mother Told Me to Dare.' Inspiring Stories From High-Level African Development Bank Women's Summit
Nafissa Hamidou Abdoulaye has been praised far and wide for her ground-breaking work in agriculture, but securing financing has been an uphill battle. That was until now. Read more »
April 17, 2019
Africa: We-Fi Regional Summit Calls for Urgent Public and Private Sector Action to Support Women Entrepreneurs in West Africa
Heads of state, ministers, leaders of multilateral development banks, private sector executives, women entrepreneurs, and contributing governments of the Women Entrepreneurs… Read more »
April 12, 2019
Cote d'Ivoire: Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative to Hold First-Ever Regional Summit in Cote d'Ivoire
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April 04, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank and Microsoft Launch All-Female Coding Training in Nigeria
One hundred and sixty young women have begun a month-long coding class on two Nigerian campuses under a new programme to give African youth digital skills for the work force. The… Read more »
