November 06, 2018
Morocco: African Development Bank Approves € 117 Million for Secure and Sustainable Access to Drinking Water
On Monday 5 November 2018, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved a €117 million loan to finance a Project to Ensure the Sustainability and… Read more »
Africa: La Banque Africaine de Développement appuie l'extension et la modernisation de l'aéroport international de Rabat-Salé
Renforcer la compétitivité et l'attractivité de la zone économique Rabat-Salé ; Read more »
November 05, 2018
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - All Set to Tilt the Tide of Investments Into Africa
Forum to advance projects to bankable stages, raise capital, and accelerate financial closure of deals Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Key UN Partners Push for Improved Gender Statistics
The African Development Bank is vigorously pushing through changes in its data collection to ensure it is gender disaggregated for better monitoring of how policies affect women as… Read more »
Africa: Uganda's Kampala-Jinja Expressway Project Approved By African Development Bank
The African Development Bank has approved a sovereign loan of US$229.5 million to the Republic of Uganda to finance phase one of the Kampala-Jinja Expressway project. The financing… Read more »
November 02, 2018
Africa: African Economic Conference - Interview With African Development Bank's Regional Integration and Business Delivery Vice-President, Khaled Sherif
In this interview ahead of the African Economic Conference, the African Development Bank's Vice-President for Regional Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled Sherif disagrees… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Collaborates With Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative
The African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program has signed a financial procedures agreement with the World Bank-led Women… Read more »
November 01, 2018
Mozambique: The African Development Bank Launches Mozambique's Lurio University Support Programme and Awards 68 Scholarships
The African Development Bank and Mozambique's Lúrio University recently launched the UniLúrio Support to Skills Development for Agriculture and Industry Programme in… Read more »
Africa: "Chancellor Merkel Your Name Is Written in Gold in Africa" - African Development Bank's Adesina to Stakeholders At G20 Investment Summit, Germany
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina on Tuesday commended the Presidents and Heads of State of the Compact with Africa countries for their strong… Read more »
October 31, 2018
Africa: 2018 African Economic Conference to Focus On Innovative Solutions to Impediments to Africa's Regional and Continental Integration
The 2018 African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place at the Kigali Marriott Hotel, KN 3 Avenue, District de Nyarugenge, Conference Center, in Kigali, Rwanda from December… Read more »
October 30, 2018
Tanzania: Alternative Learning and Skills Development Project
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Africa: 2018 African Economic Conference to Offer Practical Solutions - African Development Bank
"The 2018 African Economic Conference (AEC) will feature practical solutions from regional integration experts and the private sector," a senior African Development Bank staff has… Read more »
Africa: Nigeria's Emir Sanusi Urges Africa to Put Education and the Poor At the Centre of Development
One of Nigeria's foremost traditional rulers has challenged Africans and development experts to rethink development financing to reach the poorest communities on the continent, to… Read more »
October 29, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Rolls Out Programme to Boost Climate Risk Financing and Insurance for African Countries
The African Development Bank has approved the Africa Disaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, the institution's first climate risk management programme to boost resilience and… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank, Partners, Launch E-Learning Program for African Financial Institutions in Africa
Five hundred trade finance staff of 200 local partner banks in 35 African countries to be trained over a three-year period Read more »
Africa: Renowned Banker, HRH Muhammadu Sanusi II Speaks At the Eminent Speakers' Seminar of the African Development Bank
The African Development Institute, the knowledge promotion and capacity development department of the African Development Bank will host an Eminent Speakers' Seminar on 29 October… Read more »
Zambia: African Financial Markets Initiative in Partnership With Central Bank of Zambia Will Organise a Workshop On Local Currency Bond Markets and Financial Sector Development
The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the Central Bank of Zambia (BOZ) is organising the 7th Annual Workshop on Local… Read more »
October 26, 2018
Nigeria: Bank Strives to Boost Job Creation and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria
Engages Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, National Universities Commission, Siemens, GE, Master Card Foundation, World Bank &t NESG Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Approves U.S.$ 15 Million Grant for Nkhata Bay Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project
The African Development Bank Group, has approved a US$15 million grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) for a water supply and sanitation project in Malawi, expected to… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Urges Power Sector to Capitalize On Women's Capabilities
The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency, Association of Power Utilities of Africa and African Network of Centers of Excellence (ANCEE)… Read more »
October 25, 2018
Africa: Speech Delivered By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, At the African Development Fund (ADF-14) Mid-Term Review Meeting
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Africa: Agri-Tech Can Turn African Savannah Into Global Food Basket - African Development Bank
The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a "Sleeping Giant" to the cradle of the continent's green… Read more »
October 24, 2018
Africa: Interview With Moono Mupotola, African Development Bank's Director for Regional Integration
"How would this year's African Economic Conference (AEC) advance latent issues for Africa, including free movement of goods, people, labour, services and currency restrictions?… Read more »
Rwanda: The 2018 Mid-Term Review of the African Development Fund, Kigali, Rwanda
"The Bank knows how much more still needs to be done in the economic transformation of Africa. This is why being fit for purpose in every respect is necessary for improving… Read more »
October 23, 2018
Africa: Green Climate Fund Board Approves Three African Development Bank Proposals for Green Climate Projects Worth Over U.S.$ 110 Million
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved funding for three proposals from the African Development Bank totaling over US$110 million. The approvals were granted at the… Read more »