October 09, 2019
Malawi: The African Development Bank Approves $13.2 Million for Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture Development and Watershed Management
The African Development Bank Group has approved a $13.2 million financing package from the African Development Fund for a fisheries and aquaculture development project in Malawi.… Read more »
October 07, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank and Partners Launch Pilot Cities Diagnostics Tool in Five Cities
The tool includes key environmental and urban sustainability indicators as well as disaster risk and vulnerability, and urban footprint growth Read more »
Africa: Climate Action Summit - Three Questions to Dr Anthony Nyong, Director Climate Change and Green Growth Department
Leaders from all over the world met in New York recently to discuss efforts to tackle climate change. 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 »
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves Loans of €209m for Expansion of 'Great North Road'
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved loans of around €209 million to fund the expansion of a highway that links major economic hubs in… Read more »
October 01, 2019
Africa: First West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum, Hosted By African Development Bank, Opens in Abidjan
"Effective partnerships for financing are key to the fertilizer sector growth." Read more »
September 28, 2019
Burkina Faso: TAAT Deploys Climate Smart Technologies to Boost Sorghum Production in the Sahel
Sorghum is the fifth most produced grain globally. Read more »
Benin: TAAT Excites Beninese Farmers with Pro Vitamin A Cassava Varieties
A staple to about 350 million people in sub Saharan Africa, cassava, had been declared in 2003 by African Heads of State as a poverty fighter. However, the crop is yet to prove its… 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 »
Africa: The Bank Group's Swears in Its New Sanctions Commissioners
On 10 September 2019, two experts with more than 35 years of combined experience in the legal field were sworn in as the Bank Group's new sanctions commissioner and alternate… Read more »
Ghana: Helping Ghana Feed Itself - Pilot Project Bodes Well for the Region
Tahiru Ibrahim says he made his fortune off shea nut trees on his savannah land in Ghana's northern region. Read more »
September 26, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Young Africans Will "Produce the Magic" Says AU Chief As the UN Sounds Warning On Sustainable Development Goals
Leaders should devise an "incentive structure" to promote a startup culture among young Africans. "I think they will produce the magic," Albert Muchanga, the African Union's… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Debars On-Track Technical Services Limited for 18 Months for Fraudulent Practices
The African Development Bank Group on 26 September 2019 announced the debarment of On-Track Technical Services Limited, a Uganda-registered engineering company, for 18 months after… 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 »
Africa: UN General Assembly - Strong Plea to Boost Food Security Through South-South Cooperation
Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea for enhanced South-South cooperation to strengthen food… Read more »
Africa: Unga 2019 - African Development Bank to Help Boost Climate Change Adaptation Funding to $12.5bn
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday pledged to boost funding commitments by $12.5bn to help countries adapt to the effects of climate change between 2020… Read more »
Africa: UN General Assembly 2019 - Scaling Up Nutrition Lead Group Meets to Chart Way Forward
"Energy, passion and a lot of young people who care about nutrition" will underpin the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement's newest phase, alongside stronger private sector… Read more »
Africa: Unga 2019 - Sahel Threats Necessitate 'Global Response': Issoufou
Niger's President Mahamadou Issoufou called on Sunday for a "global response" to the problems of land degradation that threaten the arid Sahel belt. Read more »
Africa: Unga 2019 - No Room for Coal in Africa's Renewable Future: Akinwumi Adesina
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday unveiled ambitious plans to scrap coal power stations across the continent and switch to renewable energy at United… Read more »
September 23, 2019
Africa: UN, African Development Bank High-Level Meeting Calls for Speed and Action On SDGs
With an estimated 390 million people living in extreme poverty, hunger and food insecurity, Africa is in a race against time to deliver on its regional and global development… Read more »
Africa: Can Africa Afford to 'Strand' Its Fossil Fuels?
In recent years, "stranded assets" have attracted a lot of interest, as climate-driven changes to our physical environment amplify the calls for a seamless transition to low-carbon… Read more »
Africa: UN Climate Action Summit - High Level Mdb Statement
Multilateral Development Banks have been at the forefront of supporting our clients' efforts to pursue ambitious climate action for more than a decade. In light of growing climate… Read more »
September 20, 2019
Cameroon: Yaoundé Aims for Zero Floods By 2020, Thanks to Funding From the African Development Bank
The Yaoundé Sanitation Project (PADY) has reduced the number of floods in the Cameroonian capital by five times (from 15 to 3). Read more »
South Sudan: Bank Approves $17.7 Million for First Education Project
The Board of the African Development Bank approved a proposal for $17.7 million on 5 September, 2019 to finance the first social sector project in South Sudan since the Bank's… Read more »
Nigeria: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Approves $500,000 Grant for Clean Energy
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has approved a $500,000 grant to support the development and launch of the Nigeria Energy… Read more »
