Africa: AEC2018 - African Governance Report Calls for Better Management of Natural Resources

The African Governance Report 2018 has called for better management of the continent's natural resources to match the expected yields generated by the African Continental Free… Read more »

Africa: AEC2018 - Calls for Quality Research to Boost African Economies and Integration

Jean-Guy Afrika, a Principal Trade Expert at the African Development Bank, has tasked researchers on the continent to provide quality evidence-based studies that can help… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 - "If Climate Change Gets Any Worse, We're Simply Going to Disappear!", 12-Year Old Mounir Mbogo Warns

At just 12 years of age, Mounir Mbogo wades into the climate discourse and has sounded the alarm on climate impacts to humanity's survival. Read more »

Africa: Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Small-Scale Renewables Energy in Africa

Africa has access to a unique wealth of primary renewable energy supplies. It has enough solar, wind and hydro resources to power up the whole continent and to increase the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Investing in Youth, a Must for Africa's Future

An Ivorian youth was among a select group who took centre stage on the final day of the Africa Investment Forum - to demonstrate their business acumen and to secure investment in… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 Panel On Need to Prioritise Energy Efficiency in Africa

On Tuesday, the second day of the UN climate change conference (COP24) the African Development Bank held a session on energy efficiency in Africa in its Pavilion, where panellists… Read more »

Africa: AEC 2018 - Moving the Africa Free Trade Area Agreement Ahead With Quick Win Solutions

A total of 44 African nations signed the landmark African Continental Free Trade agreement earlier this year, with only 12 out of the required 22 countries ratifying the accord,… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank to Unveil New Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan

The African Development Bank is organizing regional dissemination events to share its newly adopted Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan (2018-2025) and secure stakeholders buy-in… Read more »

Africa: Training Young African Journalists On Climate Issues

This week in Poland, more than 20,000 delegates from 196 countries are participating in COP24, considered to be the most important climate conference, held this year in Katowice,… Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Development Banks (Mdbs) Announced a Joint Framework for Aligning Their Activities With the Goals of the Paris Agreement

Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) today announced a joint framework for aligning their activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement, reinforcing their commitment to combat… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference 2018 Focusses On Africa Visa Openness and Integration

For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations… Read more »

Africa: Paris Agreement Takes Center Stage As Climate Negotiations - Cop24 - Open in Poland

The core business of climate negotiations officially opened today, Monday 3 December, in the heart of the Silesia region of southern Poland. At the Katowice Conference Centre, more… Read more »

Africa: "Infrastructure Development Key to Accelerated Regional Integration," Says Negatu

Gabriel Negatu is the Director General for East Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office at the African Development Bank. Representing the Bank Group President at… Read more »

Southern Africa: Trade Finance - U.S.$20 Million Facility for Meridian's Soft Commodity Value-Chain Operations in Southern Africa

The African Development Bank (through its Trade Finance operations) has signed a US$20 million facility to finance Meridian's operations in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Joins 'Moving for Climate Now' Initiative At Cop24

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Deputy Executive Secretary, Ovais Sarmad, welcomes the cyclists from Moving for Climate NOW initiative. C.Arthur Wyns Read more »

Nigeria: The African Development Bank and Africa Growing Together Fund to Provide U.S.$ 200 Million in Joint Financing to Support the Nigeria Electrification Project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a US$150 million sovereign loan to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the Nigeria… Read more »

Africa: Importance of Regional and Continental Integration for Africa's Development

Africa's integration is no longer a matter of choice. Against an international backdrop of changing political and economic priorities, Africa must plot a new course for its… Read more »

Africa: Africa Economic Conference 2018 Focusses On Africa Visa Openness and Integration

For millions of ordinary travellers, inter-African travel is still too often a nightmare. Be it border hassles, lack of road or air routes linking key cities, or the frustrations… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 - The African Development Bank Out in Force to Defend the Continent's Interests and Vision in the Fight Against Climate Change

The 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland. Read more »

South Africa: African Development Bank Approves a Zar 3 Billion Loan to Bolster Renewable Energy in South Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a senior loan of ZAR 3 billion to the 100 MW Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project, which is expected to… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Issues First Ever Sofr-Linked Transaction in Green Bond Market

On Tuesday 27 November 2018, the African Development Bank rated Aaa/AAA/AAA by Moody's/S&P/Fitch (all stable) successfully priced a dual-tranche US$ 500 million 3-year and US$… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: African Development Bank Staff Council and Lion Club Clean Up Flood-Hit Ivorian Community

The plight of the Nemattoulaye-Attecoube area in Abidjan was highlighted by African Development Bank staff who, in collaboration with the Lion's Club Abidjan Strelitzia, joined… Read more »

Africa: Interview With Seyni Nafo, African Ambassador to Cop24

"To combat climate change, African countries need to develop their own resource-mobilization strategies" Read more »

Kenya: African Development Bank Group Approves U.S.$18.17 Million for the Kopere Solar Project in Kenya

The African Development Bank Group has approved a US$ 18.17 million senior loan to the 40 MWac (50MWp) Kopere Solar Power Project owned by Voltalia, an international player in the… Read more »

Africa: Cop24 - Progress On Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

The Paris Climate Agreement in 2015 was by far the most ambitious effort yet made to strengthen the global response to the increasingly urgent challenges of climate change, with… Read more »