November 20, 2025
Africa: Building Safe and Inclusive Digital Spaces for Women and Girls in Africa
What: Building Safe and Inclusive Digital Spaces for Women and Girls in Africa Read more »
Africa: Women Leading Digital Change - E-Commerce for African Women Entrepreneurs
When: Wednesday, 26 November 2025; 10:00 AM--12:00 Noon (UTC) Read more »
November 12, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank to Invest $71.55 Million to Create 28,000 Jobs for Ghanaian Women and Youth
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $71.55 million grant to Ghana to finance a new programme aimed at creating jobs and strengthening social… Read more »
November 13, 2025
South Africa: African Development Bank Approves $310 Million Financial Package for Firstrand Bank to Scale Up Lending to MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs and Agribusinesses in South Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $310 million financial package to FirstRand Bank, one of the largest financial institutions in Africa.… Read more »
November 10, 2025
Africa: From Policy to Practice - Advancing Gender-Responsive Macroeconomics in Africa
What: From Policy to Practice: Advancing Gender-Responsive Macroeconomics in Africa Read more »
November 04, 2025
Gambia: Water At Our Doorstep - Women Leading Change in Rural Gambia
In Jarra Madina, a small farming community in The Gambia's Lower River Region, life once revolved around a daily struggle for water. Women and girls would set out at dawn, walking… Read more »
October 16, 2025
Africa: Reeling in Change - AfDB-Financed Profishblue Program Supports Fights Waste, Fuels Opportunity for Women and Youth
In Tolaria, Madagascar, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of capital Antananarivo, pretty much every woman working in this city by the sea has a connection to the fishing industry.… Read more »
October 15, 2025
Africa: International Day of Rural Women - Empowering Africa's Rural Women for Sustainable Development
Dr. Jemimah Njuki is Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society at the African Development Bank Group. Here she discusses the Bank's commitment to gender equality, its results in… Read more »
October 13, 2025
East Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Project Empowers Women With Disabilities in East Africa
For most of her life, Florence Ntisai lived in the shadows of her community, silenced by stigma and excluded from conversations that shaped her future. Born with phocomelia, a… Read more »
September 12, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Showcases Gender-Responsive Climate Finance At Africa Climate Summit
The African Development Bank convened high-level discussions on scaling gender-responsive climate solutions at the Second Africa Climate Summit. Read more »
September 09, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank and UNFPA Meet to Strengthen Institutional Partnership for Women and Youth in Africa
African Development Bank President Sidi Ould Tah on Monday welcomed United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Diene Keita on her first official visit to the Bank… Read more »
August 12, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Unveils Groundbreaking Mapping of Women Entrepreneurs' Associations in Africa
The African Development Bank has unveiled the findings of a first-of-its-kind study mapping women entrepreneurs' associations across sixteen African countries, revealing… Read more »
July 24, 2025
Gambia: The Gambia - African Development Fund Approves $19.93 Million Grant to Tackle Fragility and Expand Opportunities for Rural Youth and Women
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $19.93 million grant funding for the Resilience Building - Vulnerable Youth and Women Support Project,… Read more »
July 21, 2025
Morocco: Morocco - African Development Bank Approves €100 Million to Empower Women and Youth Entrepreneurs in Building Inclusive and Sustainable Agriculture
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €100 million loan to support Morocco's inclusive solidarity-based agriculture program, focused on… Read more »
July 18, 2025
Africa: Empowering Women Through Clean Energy - African Development Bank Launches Country Diagnostics to Accelerate Inclusive Energy Transitions
In a significant step toward advancing inclusive climate solutions, the African Development Bank, in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), has launched the Gender… Read more »
July 15, 2025
Africa: World Youth Skills Day - For Jenny Ambukiyenyi Onya, Ai Is Transforming African Women Livestock Farmers' Herds Into a Source of Finance
Editor's note: 15 July 2025 marks the 10thanniversary of the United Nations World Youth Skills Day. This year's theme focuses on empowering young people through artificial… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Uganda: African Development Bank and Cif to Launch Report On Increasing Business Opportunities, Access to Credit for Women in Renewable Energy in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda
What: Launch of report: Increasing Business Opportunities and Access to Credit for Women in Renewable Energy in Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda Read more »
July 09, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Group Attains Edge Move Certification, Marking a New Milestone in Gender Equality
Two years after achieving Level 1 Assess of the EDGE certification process, the African Development Bank has attained Level 2, in further recognition of its commitment to… Read more »
July 08, 2025
Uganda: From the Slopes of Kibuka - How Women Are Building a Better Future
The road to Kibuka clings to the mountainside, a winding ribbon of gravel and red clay cutting through misty forests. There are no guardrails--just sheer drops into a sea of green.… Read more »
July 04, 2025
Africa: At Africa Gender Statistics Forum, African Leaders Urge Renewed Commitment to Quality Gender Data
Amid growing setbacks on gender equality and increasing financial constraints, African policymakers, gender experts, and development specialists are calling for renewed… Read more »
June 29, 2025
Mauritania: Mauritania - African Development Bank Approves €25.5 Million Trade Finance Facility for Générale De Banque De Mauritanie to Support SMEs and Women Entrepreneurs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €25.5 million trade finance facility for the Générale de Banque de Mauritanie (GBM)… Read more »
June 26, 2025
Africa: Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum (AGSF 2025)
What: Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum (AGSF 2025) Read more »
June 27, 2025
Africa: World Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Day - How African Development Bank's Afawa Initiative Helped Woman-Led, Custom Kitchen Startup Grow
Among the clanging sounds of machinery and the smell of sawdust, Dipuo Phakathi is building something extraordinary in a male-dominated home furnishings field. A mining engineer by… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Africa: Country Diagnostic Studies On Gender and Renewable Energy
What: Launch of Country Diagnostic Studies on Gender and Renewable Energy Read more »
June 03, 2025
Sudan: African Development Bank and ICRC Partner to Support Crisis Response for Women and Affected Communities in Sudan
The African Development Bank and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have formalized their partnership to address the humanitarian crisis in Sudan at a ceremony… Read more »
