October 24, 2025
Mozambique: Mozambique Receives $2 Million Insurance Premium for Drought Protection As Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme Reaches $150 Million Milestone
Mozambique received a $2 million insurance premium for drought protection covering the 2025-2026 agricultural season, marking the country's third consecutive year of coverage under… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique Receives $2 Million Insurance Premium for Drought Protection As African Risk Financing Programme Reaches $150 Million Milestone
Mozambique received a $2 million insurance premium for drought protection covering the 2025-2026 agricultural season, marking the country's third consecutive year of coverage under… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique - African Development Bank Group Trains Experts On Improved Project Sustainability
The African Development Bank and the Government of Mozambique have concluded a training workshop aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge and skills to apply the Bank's… Read more »
Burundi: African Development Fund Approves Additional $8.6 Million Grant for Clean Water Supply and Climate Change Resilience in Rural Burundi
The African Development Fund, through its Climate Action Window, has approved an $8.6 million grant in additional financing to support the implementation of the first phase of the… Read more »
Kenya: African Development Fund Approves $73 Million to Empower Kenyan Youth Through Science and Technology Development and Entrepreneurship Hubs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the African Development Bank Group's concessional lending arm, has approved a loan of $73.31 million to strengthen science… Read more »
October 23, 2025
Togo: Togo - African Development Bank Group Evaluates Project Portfolio Performance
The African Development Bank Group has conducted a comprehensive performance review of its 2025 portfolio in Togo, bringing together government officials, project managers and… Read more »
October 22, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Group Receives $14 Million in First Funding Allocation Under Global Agriculture and Food Security Program's New Private Sector Financing Window
The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has announced the first allocation from its new private sector financing window to the African Development Bank Group,… Read more »
Djibouti: African Development Bank Mission to Djibouti Deepens Ties, Focuses On Regional Integration and Innovative Financing
A week-long consultation mission led by the African Development Bank Group Executive Director Khaled Sherif has reaffirmed the Bank's strong partnership with Djibouti, highlighting… Read more »
October 21, 2025
Africa: Tackling Africa's Off-Grid Gap - IFC, AfDB, and Partners Appoint Inspired Evolution As Investment Manager for Zafiri
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), The International Finance Corporation (IFC), and partner organizations today announce the appointment of Inspired Evolution as the… Read more »
Ethiopia: African Development Bank Group Approves Additional Funding to Develop Climate-Resilient Water Infrastructure in Ethiopia's Borana Region
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved $16.38 million in additional financing for the Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods… Read more »
Angola: African Development Bank and Angola Launch $125 Million Drive to Boost Youth Entrepreneurship
The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the Government of Angola and the European Union, has launched a $125 million Youth Employment Project (Crescer Project) to… Read more »
October 18, 2025
Africa: Ahead of ADF-17 Replenishment, African Development Bank Group Bolsters Cooperation With Major Shareholders
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Sidi Ould Tah, met on Friday in Washington, D.C. with senior government officials from France, Belgium, and Luxembourg -… Read more »
October 17, 2025
Nigeria: The Text Message That Changed Everything
At 52, with a family to support and years of wheat farming in Kano State behind her, Hajiya Sidiya Kiru knew what to expect: little help, uncertain harvests, and watching Nigeria… Read more »
Sierra Leone: African Development Bank Approves $500 Million Strategy to Drive Inclusive Growth and Economic Resilience in Sierra Leone
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for Sierra Leone for 2025-2030, committing approximately $500 million… Read more »
Africa: Heads of MDBs Meet to Take Stock of Progress On Joint Actions and Look Ahead
The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group, chaired in 2025 by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), met today to review progress on joint actions and chart… Read more »
October 16, 2025
Sierra Leone: African Development Bank Approves $2.25 Million to Boost Agricultural Productivity in Sierra Leone
In a move set to boost Sierra Leone's food security and crop yields, the African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors has approved a $2.25 million financing package for the… Read more »
Sudan: Farmers Cultivate Wheat and Hope to Avert a Food Crisis in Sudan
When conflict forced Hajer Othman, an IT specialist from Khartoum, to flee her home in 2023, she arrived in her mother's village in Sudan's Northern State with nothing but… Read more »
Africa: Reeling in Change - AfDB-Financed Profishblue Program Supports Fights Waste, Fuels Opportunity for Women and Youth
In Tolaria, Madagascar, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of capital Antananarivo, pretty much every woman working in this city by the sea has a connection to the fishing industry.… Read more »
West Africa: African Development Bank President Pledges Deeper Cooperation With Key Constituency
African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah met with the finance ministers of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan this week, reaffirming the Bank's… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Young People Chart a Future Far From the Cobalt Mines
Amid clanging sound in a small workshop in Lubumbashi's Haut-Katanga, Patricia Kayombo, 17 adjusts a wrench on a car engine, her blue overalls contrasting sharply with the muddy… Read more »
October 15, 2025
Africa: International Day of Rural Women - Empowering Africa's Rural Women for Sustainable Development
Dr. Jemimah Njuki is Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society at the African Development Bank Group. Here she discusses the Bank's commitment to gender equality, its results in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Chief Economist Highlights Africa's Economic Strength and Investment Potential
Africa's appeal as a prime investment hub lies in its rapidly growing labour force, vast renewable energy resources, and largely untapped agricultural sector. This was one of the… Read more »
Tanzania: African Development Bank and ITFC Align Strategies to Unlock Tanzania's Investment Potential
The African Development Bank Group's Tanzania Office and the Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) committed to fostering private sector development as a catalyst for… Read more »
October 14, 2025
Africa: African Development Bank Chief Joins Global Push to Turn Youth Into Economic Powerhouse
African Development Bank Group President Dr Sidi Ould Tah on Monday joined global leaders on the World Bank Group's High-Level Advisory Council on Jobs, championing Africa's… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Saudi Institutions Deepen Partnership to Boost Investments in Africa
The African Development Bank Group and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have agreed to strengthen their partnership to accelerate investment across Africa's key growth sectors,… Read more »
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