Africa: AfDB Appoints Mr Gauthier Bourlard As Director and Special Advisor for Multilateral Development Banks, International Financial Institutions and Non-Regional Shareholders Relations, Office of the President

The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gauthier BOURLARD as Director and Special Advisor in the Office of the President, effective 1… Read more »

Africa: How Can Africa's Fashion Entrepreneurs Access Finance to Grow Their Businesses?

Enhancing access to finance for Africa's fashion entrepreneurs is critical if the industry is to develop its full potential and tap global markets in a post-COVID-19 world. That… Read more »

Africa: Trend Toward Green Energy, Decarbonization Is an Opportunity for African Mining

Africa's minerals sector should seize the opportunities presented by the global transition towards green energy, experts discussed during a virtual workshop on the future of mining… Read more »

Africa: Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership Holds Virtual 2020 Annual General Assembly

Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A), a unique platform for African financial sector development research, advocacy, knowledge management and networking, hosted its 2020 Annual… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Approves $14.96 Million Project to Boost Women Entrepreneurs in Sudan

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved financing for a $14.96 million project to help women in Sudan access finance and grow their businesses. Read more »

Africa: Key Stakeholders Reaffirm Strong Support for African Development Bank's Desert to Power Initiative

The African Development Bank's Desert to Power (D2P) project drew strong support during the 4th Africa Energy Marketplace event held December 8-10 to share progress and… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank's Akinwumi Adesina, Three Others Win Academy of Public Health's 2020 Top Distinguished Fellowship Award

The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public Health, has named African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and three other… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, Collaborators, Launch First Fashionomics Africa Online Contest for Sustainable and Innovative Circular Fashion

The African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa initiative is launching a competition to support designers of sustainable and circular fashion. Read more »

Africa: Nordic Development Fund Extends Grant of $8.8 Million to African Water Facility for Covid-19 Recovery in the Sahel and Horn of Africa Regions

The Board of Directors of the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) on Tuesday approved $8.8 million in grant funding to the African Water Facility (AWF) to bolster investments in COVID-19… Read more »

South Africa: Sweet Spot - African Development Bank Supports Zambian Honey Exports to South Africa

Zambezi Gold Honey has been selling its table honey on the South African market for the last three years. The company's breakthrough into the export market, partially thanks to the… Read more »

Ghana: Road Users in Ghana See Life-Changing Impact As Bank-Funded Jumbo Road Interchange Partially Opens

Pointing overhead to the imposing structure of concrete pillars and tiered, swirling highways, 63-year-old Ayorkor Baka, like many others, welcomes the new interchange, saying it… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference - Experts Confident of Finding Solutions to Covid-19 Pandemic

The 2020 African Economic Conference ended on an upbeat note on Thursday as the continent's policymakers, leading researchers, economists and other experts called for a united… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, 11 Leading Multilateral Development Banks, IMF Launch First Joint Report On Financing the Sustainable Development Goals

"To accelerate Africa's development, we will continue joining investment hands across the globe." - Adesina Read more »

Africa: Nobel Week Dialogue - Africa's Recovery From Covid-19 Will Depend On Its Ability to Mobilize Resources - Adesina

Africa's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on the continent's ability to mobilize resources, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Wednesday. Read more »

Africa: Africa Ready for Potential New Covid-19 Wave, Experts Affirm At Aec2020 Special Session

Africa is better equipped to deal with a potential second wave of COVID-19, leveraging on measures adopted in tackling the pandemic's initial adverse health effects, experts… Read more »

Africa: Visa Openness Solutions Can Boost Africa's Economic Recovery, the 2020 Africa Visa Openness Index Reveals

A record 54% of the continent is accessible for African visitors who no longer need a visa to travel or can get one on arrival Read more »

Africa: "If We Cannot Find a Balance Between Nature and Economic Development, Humans Will Suffer the Most," a Financing Biodiversity Webinar Concludes

The African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Biodiversity Alliance (ACBA) and the African Development Bank held the first joint webinar on 'Financing Biodiversity in Africa from… Read more »

Africa: Food Security, Agriculture, Afcta, Crucial for Africa's Post-Covid-19 Recovery - African Economic Conference

"The agriculture sector is among the most vulnerable. Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration," African Development… Read more »

Africa: Back to Better, Not Normal

African researchers meeting this week must devise ways the continent's economy can do even better than before the coronavirus pandemic hit Read more »

Africa: Regional Development Banks Heads Discuss Common Challenges, Opportunities to Build Back Better Post Covid-19

Heads of four regional development banks (RDBs) meeting virtually on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to working together to build back better in the wake of the COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference - Don't Overlook Women As Part of Covid-19 Recovery

In order to recover rapidly from COVID-19, Africa must focus on building sustainable health, education and food industries, with income support for women, attendees at the opening… Read more »

Africa: Irena and African Development Bank Partner to Scale Up Renewable Energy Investments in Africa

"The Bank's partnership with IRENA will support Africa's energy transition and our goal to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy in Africa… Read more »

Africa: Africa Business Media Innovators (Abmi) 2020

What: The opening address at the virtual ABMI20 Innovator Chats will examine the immense and unprecedented disruption of COVID-19 and other factors on the media landscape in Africa… Read more »

Africa: Making Finance Work for Africa Annual General Assembly (Aga)

What: Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Forge Strong Partnerships, Effectively Manage Its Abundant Natural Resources, to Rebuild Faster Post-Covid-19 - International Forum On African Leadership

"African leaders must be at their creative best to get the best partnerships on offer"- Lazarus Chakweras, Malawian President Read more »