May 31, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Provides €100 Million Partial Guarantee for Commercial Agriculture in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, meeting in Abidjan on 29 May 2019, approved a €100 million partial credit guarantee (PCG) to the structured finance… Read more »
May 29, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank's First Symposium On Climate Change Calls for Increased Focus On Resilience Building
African nations must focus on building resilience against climate change and renew efforts to save resources spent on weather-related emergency relief to better address the needs… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Hosts the Zero Emissions Omissions Coalition
The African Development Bank and the Zero Emissions Omissions Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to mobilising support for climate change, have met to discuss the Bank's role… Read more »
May 28, 2019
Africa: Medupi Power Plant Drives Limpopo's Long-Term Socio-Economic Advancement
Medupi is the largest dry-cooled coal-fired plant in Africa, with six boilers that will produce 4,764MW of power, at peak operation. The African Development Bank Group signed a… Read more »
Africa: Japan and Austria to Support Private Sector Climate Change Investments On the Continent
The governments of Japan and Austria have approved a $1 million fund to strengthen the participation of the private sector in combating climate change. Read more »
May 23, 2019
Mozambique: African Development Bank Supports New Tracking System to Create Growth-Friendly Labor Market
Mozambique has launched a new statistics-based system to track trends in the labour market sector. The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Mozambique (MITESS)… Read more »
May 22, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank to hold first Business Opportunities Seminar in the Kingdom of Eswatini
Who: Ministry of Finance, Business Eswatini and the African Development Bank Read more »
May 21, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Commissions Value Chain Study Into Jewelry Manufacturing in Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and the Republic of Guinea
The study will focus on jobs for women and youth Read more »
Ethiopia: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund Approves Grant to Spur Renewable Investments
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank on 17 May 2019 approved a $995,000 grant to support the roll out of a sustainable procurement… Read more »
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 »
Africa: Adea, the Didier Drogba Foundation and Education Ministry Sign MOU to Promote Digital Literacy in Africa
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) hosted by the African Development Bank, the Didier Drogba Foundation (FDD) and the Ministry of National Education,… Read more »
Africa: Bank's Lines of Credit Help to Deepen African Financial Systems, Small Projects Blossom
The African Development Bank has since 1995 granted five loans totaling $700 million to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), a governmental financial institution with… Read more »
May 20, 2019
Burkina Faso: President Kaboré Receives Mission Roadmap From the African Leaders for Nutrition
The president of the Republic of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, is now officially a champion of the "African Leaders for Nutrition" (ALN) initiative, after being… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank President Pledges Deeper Cooperation, Urges Donor Support for Energy Sector
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, on 17 May 2019, pledged to deepen cooperation between his organization and Chad, to help the central African nation to meet… Read more »
May 17, 2019
Africa: African Countries Call for Collaborative Solutions to Indebtedness
Representatives from four African countries today called for a balanced approach to growing debt vulnerabilities to help low-income African countries meet their commitments to… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Digital Economy Is a Pan African Responsibility, Rwanda's President Kagame Says At Transform Africa Summit
Officially opening the continent's digital economy summit in the Rwandan capital, President Paul Kagame called the task to advance Africa's digital economy agenda "a pan-African… Read more »
Malawi: 'One of the Best Opportunities I Received' - Malawi Student Looks Forward to Being a Teacher After Studies Funded By African Development Bank Project
Cecilia Phiri is a student at Chancellor College in Malawi. Located in Zomba, about 300 km south of Lilongwe, Chancellor College (CHANCO) is the largest of the five constituent… Read more »
May 16, 2019
Malawi: Increasing Access to Higher Education Through Investment in Modern Open & Distance Learning
Petros Gama, a Bachelor of Education Science student at Mzuzu University in Malawi. Read more »
Africa: African Legal Support Facility Partners Utility CEOs Forum
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), hosted by the African Development Bank, has been named the official partner of the seventh Utility CEOs Forum in Cape Town, South Africa. Read more »
May 15, 2019
Kenya: African Development Bank Approves Eur 90 Million to Support the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company
Bank funding to boost mortgage finance access to lower middle- and middle-income households Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Hosts First-Ever Pan-African Dialogue On Achieving Climate Change Goals for Adaptation and Mitigation
While Africa enjoys unprecedented economic development and strong demographic and urban growth, large parts of the continent are also highly vulnerable and already face the… Read more »
Burkina Faso: African Development Bank Welcomes New Nutrition Champion, President Kaboré
The African Development Bank will this week welcome a new African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) champion. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Digital Economy poised to explode as regional integration opens new markets
"Africa has shown it can deliver. Cross-border private sector "champions" are essential - Pierre Guislain, African Development Bank Vice President Read more »
May 14, 2019
Congo-Brazzaville: African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Ends Visit, Reaffirming Stronger Ties and Increased Support
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina completed a three-day visit to the Republic of Congo on 12 May 2019, reaffirming the Bank's strong partnership with the Central… 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 »