October 22, 2017
Africa: New World Food Prize Africa Institute to Produce Borlaug-Adesina Fellows
Donors grow Adesina's fund for young African agripreneurs to US $600,000 Read more »
October 20, 2017
Africa: Towards a Prosperous African Agriculture
No region of the world has ever industrialised without the agricultural sector being first transformed. Africa is the last continent to do so and needs to catch up fast. Read more »
Africa: Adesina Calls for Immediate Action Over Deepening Crisis of Global Malnutrition
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called for urgent action from stakeholders over the deepening crisis of global malnutrition. Read more »
Africa: AfDB's Agricultural Transformation Strategy to Guarantee 513 Million Tons of Additional Food Production
Adesina rallies support for technologically driven agriculture in Africa Read more »
Africa: Adesina to Set Up Fund for Young Farmers, Agripreneurs With Us $250,000 World Food Prize Money
US Vice-President praises Laureate, pledges more collaboration on food security Read more »
Africa: World Food Prize Laureate Says Recognition Motivates Him to Accelerate Africa's Agricultural Transformation
The World Food Prize is a great motivation which puts the wind behind the sails of what the African Development Bank is doing with its development priorities - the High 5s -… Read more »
October 19, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Openoil Launch Report On How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage… Read more »
Africa: Going Digital AfDB's '50 Million Women Speak Digital Platform
Online platforms can dramatically change the digital economy and bring enormous benefits in today's digital society. They play a prominent role in the creation of 'digital value'… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches Pilot Programme to Cultivate the Savannah in Eight African Countries
The savannahs of Africa cover a mind-boggling 600 million hectares, of which 400 million hectares are cultivable, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina,… Read more »
October 18, 2017
Africa: Three World Food Prize Laureates Call for Global Action to Save African Crops
The world's anti-hunger organizations have an opportunity to prevent widespread destruction of African crops by stopping the spread of an insect, warn three of the most respected… Read more »
Africa: Remarks Delivered By Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, World Food Prize Laureate 2017
Good morning. Let me welcome you all to this session, organized by the African Development Bank. Read more »
Africa: Making Farming Cool - Investing in Future African Farmers and Agripreneurs
We are grateful that you all made it here at 7 :30am. You are the early birds. And early birds always wake up everyone to action! Read more »
Africa: AfDB Seeks Global Support for Africa's Young Farmers
Highlights agribusiness as solution to Africa's youth unemployment Read more »
Sudan: AfDB Commits to Help Sudan Build Resilience and Tackle Fragility
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, 18 October 2017 approved Sudan's Country Brief 2017-2019, designed to help the country build… Read more »
Africa: Urban Diets and Nutrition - Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Policy Action.
On the eve of the Laureate Award Ceremony where African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina will receive the World Food Prize, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food… Read more »
October 17, 2017
Africa: Africa Holds the Key for Feeding 9 Billion People By 2050
Calls for land tax for unused agricultural land or underutilized agricultural land Read more »
Africa: Betting On Africa to Feed the World
- Lecture Delivered By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, Phd, President, African Development Bank, World Food Prize Laureate 2017, At Norman Borlaug Lecture At Iowa State University,… Read more »
October 16, 2017
Africa: World Food Day - AfDB Urges African Leaders to Make Agriculture Attractive to Young Africans and Stem Migration
"We must get youths into agriculture and see it as a profitable business venture not a sign of lacking ambition."- Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. Read more »
Africa: Policy Reforms Urgently Required for Increased Private Investment in Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa, Says Blanke
Jennifer Blanke is the Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). On the occasion of World Food Day, October 16, she spoke on… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, Participates in Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium
In June, the World Food Prize announced African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina as the 2017 Laureate for his work in improving the availability of seed, fertilizer… Read more »
October 15, 2017
Africa: Transforming Agriculture in Africa
The African rural world is one I know well. I grew out of rural poverty myself and went to a rural school without electricity and lived in a village where we had to walk for… Read more »
October 13, 2017
Africa: "Betting On Africa to Feed the World" - Adesina, 2017 World Food Prize Laureate, to Deliver Norman Borlaug Lecture On World Food Day
The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, will deliver the Norman Borlaug Lecture as part of the World Food Prize events taking place from October 16-20, 2017 in… Read more »
Africa: Invitation to the Launch of the Africa Water Facility Long Term Strategy (2017-2025)
The Vice-President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, of the African Development Bank (AfDB) cordially invites you to the launching of the Africa Water Facility (AWF)… Read more »
October 12, 2017
Africa: Africa's Economic Performance Improves in 2017
Expected GDP growth up to 3% from 2.2% in 2016 but down from projected 3.4%Projected to reach 3.7% also down from projected 4.2% in 2018Steady domestic demand and public investment… Read more »
Africa: Invitation to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of Post-Harvest Losses and Agro-Processing (Phap)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are pleased to invite you to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of… Read more »