July 06, 2020
Africa: Global Experts Call for a Radical Health Policy Shift in Post COVID-19 Africa
Global health experts and practitioners at a policy webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) called for a "Marshall Plan on Inclusive Health in Africa." Read more »
July 04, 2020
Madagascar: African Development Bank Provides $2.13 Million for Farmers to Cover Drought-Related Economic Losses
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company presented a cheque for $2,126,803 to the Republic of Madagascar to cover anticipated livelihood losses for 600,000 vulnerable Malagasy… Read more »
Africa: Appointment of Acting Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank Group - Wambui Gichuri
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Wambui Gichuri as Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective 5 July… Read more »
July 03, 2020
Africa: Scaling Climate Action Through Technology and Innovation By SMEs for Green Investment in Africa
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East Africa: Launch of the 2020 Regional Economic Outlook Report for East Africa
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Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Concludes R2 Billion Investment in Nedbank SDG-Linked Bonds
The African Development Bank Group has concluded the investment of R2 billion (around $116 million) in Sustainable Development Goals-linked bonds (SDG bonds) issued by Nedbank… Read more »
Africa: African Development Fund Approves $165 Million Grant for National COVID-19 Emergency Response
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July approved a grant of $165.08 million to support Ethiopia's response to the health and economic impacts of the… Read more »
Africa: VP Kariuki Explains How AfDB Supports Countries in Face of Climate Change
"Climate business is simply and profoundly good business," Vice President Kevin Kariuki says in an interview leading to the 2020 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank. Read more »
July 02, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Joins WTO and Other Mdbs to Support Trade Finance Amid COVID-19 Crisis
The African Development Bank Group has joined the World Trade Organisation and other multilateral development banks to reduce trade finance gaps that emerge as a result of the… Read more »
Africa: The Africa We Want After COVID-19 - A Blogger, a Politician and a Diplomat in Conversation
Four inspiring young Africans have set out their vision of the Africa they would like to see in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »
Mozambique: In Mozambique, Water Project Boosts Yields As Farmers Grapple With Climate Extremes
Felicidade Machava, 60, likes to recount the story about how, one year, she filled a small truck with maize from her harvest. Read more »
July 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank to Launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement
What: Launch of African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement Read more »
Africa: Five years of the New Deal on Energy for Africa
Five years into the African Development Bank’s ambitious New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the Bank’s investments are set to provide electricity access to around 13… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Egypt: In Egypt, Young Innovators Are Transforming Africa's Future
The sun has barely risen on the seaside village of Baltim, 200 km north of Cairo and twenty-year-old Read more »
Africa: AfDB Vice President of Human and Social Development On Preparing for the Next Pandemic
The Vice President of Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, Jennifer Blanke, says the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded countries and development… Read more »
East Africa: African Development Fund Approves $9.52 Million to Enhance Coordinated COVID-19 Response in East and Horn of Africa and the Comoros
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) have approved grants totaling $9.52 million to strengthen responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in East Africa and the… Read more »
Africa: Appointment of Souley Amadou As Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Souley Amadou as Acting General Counsel and Director of the Legal Service Department, effective 1 July… Read more »
Sudan: Development Finance Institutions Commit to Support Sudan's Transformation
Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged multi-pronged… Read more »
June 29, 2020
Gabon: Gabon COVID 19 - Q and a With Country Manager Robert Masumbuko
1. The African Development Bank has just approved a EUR 100.5 million loan as budget support to help tackle COVID-19. What does it mean to the government and people of Gabon? Read more »
Ethiopia: "One" Wash Program Improves Well-Being of Vulnerable Communities in Ethiopia
Ethiopia's 'One' model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH ) National Program, has steadily improved the well-being of the country's rural and… Read more »
June 26, 2020
Africa: Video - AfDB Private Sector VP On Country Needs for Better Economic Stabilization Strategies
Solomon Quaynor, the Vice President of Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank, says during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, private… Read more »
Africa: International Community Shows Strong Support for Sudan With $1.8 Billion Pledge
Over $1.8 billion dollars in pledges for Sudan poured in during a high-level Sudan Partnership Conference held on Thursday, 25 June 2020, marking an important step in the African… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and Financial Partners Celebrate First $200 Million Disbursement of Loan to Boost Cocoa Productivity in Ghana
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan facility to boost cocoa productivity in the world's second-largest… Read more »
Gabon: African Development Bank Approves 100.5 Million Euros Budget Support for COVID-19
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a 100.5 million euros loan to the government of Gabon as budget support to mitigate against the effects of the… Read more »
