Africa: Africa Road Builders - Angolan President João Lourenço Receives 2025 'Great Builder' Babacar Ndiaye Prize On Sidelines of African Development Bank Annual Meetings

On Wednesday evening in Abidjan, at the official "Africa Road Builders" awards ceremony, the 2025 "Great Builder" Babacar Ndiaye Super Prize was awarded to João… Read more »

Africa: Africa Unites Behind Pact for Sustainable Debt Management

In a gesture intended to redefine Africa's economic outlook, hundreds of delegates gathered in Lomé, Togo, on 14 May to adopt a unified position on debt sustainability -- a… Read more »

Africa: High-Level Dialogue Spotlights Africa's Bold Ambitions for Carbon Markets

At a time of increasing urgency for climate finance, Africa is emerging as a global leader in carbon markets. In this context, the African Development Bank hosted a high-level… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum Partners Sign Partnership Framework Agreement At African Bank Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings

On the sidelines of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings, founding partners of the Africa Investment Forum signed a Partnership Framework Agreement, reinforcing their… Read more »

Africa: The Mattei Plan - A Shared Pathway to Boost Development Across Africa - in Spotlight At African Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings

The African Development Bank's ongoing Annual Meetings offered an opportunity to assess its partnership with Italy under the Mattei plan, which aims to boost trade and economic… Read more »

Africa: Annual Meetings 2025 - African Private-Sector Players and African Development Bank Officials Discuss Business Opportunities

On the fourth day of the African Development Bank Group's Annual Meetings in Abidjan, a seminar on business opportunities with the Group brought together private-sector players… Read more »

Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa Remains a Challenge, According to Panellists

Policymakers and sector experts reviewed the challenges of "Leveraging Water and Sanitation Investment in Africa" on Tuesday 27 May at the African Development Bank Group's 2025… Read more »

Africa: Sidi Ould Tah Elected Ninth President of the African Development Bank Group

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank's Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »

Togo: Togo - African Development Bank and Togolese Government Sign Agriculture-Related Financing Agreements of Approximately $39 Million

The African Development Bank and the government of Togo have signed financing agreements worth a total of $38.9 million (approximately FCFA 22.44 billion) to support the… Read more »

Togo: Togo - African Development Fund and the Republic of Togo Sign Partial Credit Guarantee Agreement to Support Mobilization of Eur 200 Million Sustainable Loan

The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Togo have signed a partial credit guarantee agreement to support the country's mobilization of a sustainable financing… Read more »

Mauritania: Mauritania - African Development Bank Scales Up Support for Resilience, Women's Empowerment, and Climate Action Through Three New Financing Agreements

The Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the African Development Bank have signed three new financing agreements totaling nearly $30 million to boost climate resilience, improve… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Club De Madrid Partner to Advance Digital Transformation in Africa

Digital platforms are catalysing important development markers across Africa such as enabling smallholder farmers to access agronomic guidance, financial advice, and markets, an… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Transforming Abidjan - Inside the Largest Urban Transport Project in Côte d'Ivoire

The bustling streets of Abidjan tell a story of transformation. What was once a frustrating journey lasting three hours between Yopougon and Plateau districts has been reduced to… Read more »

Africa: Five African Nations Pledge $16 Million in Historic 220 Percent Funding Surge for Continent's Development

In a move underscoring greater African ownership in development financing, five African nations have collectively pledged $16 million to the next replenishment of the African… Read more »

Africa: 'The African Development Bank Has One of the Most Democratic Processes in Electing the President of the Bank.'

This year's Annual Meetings have the extra dynamic of the election of a new President to take over the helm of the institution after ten years under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina. Can you… Read more »

Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Africa's Vast Human and Natural Capital Key to Achieving African Union's Agenda 2063, Experts Affirm

Africa, the world's youngest continent with immeasurable natural resources, has all it needs to achieve the African Union's Agenda 2063, provided the right public policies are… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings - African Leaders Stress Need for Homegrown Solutions to Meet Economic Challenges

At the start of its Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, the African Development Bank held a high-level Presidential Dialogue aimed at outlining the next phase of the… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Hits Record $11 Billion in New Investments for 2024 - 2025 Annual Development Effectiveness Review

The African Development Bank Group on Tuesday announced a record-breaking $11 billion in new operations for 2024, its highest ever. This includes $5.5 billion dedicated to climate… Read more »

Africa: G20 Africa Expert Panel Engagement With Stakeholders

The African Development Bank Group and the South Africa G20 Presidency cordially invite you to a joint event titled: "G20 Africa Expert Panel Engagement with Stakeholders", to be… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Outlook 2025--Africa's Short-Term Outlook Resilient Despite Global Economic and Political Headwinds

Africa's economy is projected to increase from 3.3 percent growth in 2024 to 3.9 percent in 2025, reaching 4 percent in 2026, despite mounting geopolitical uncertainties and trade… Read more »

Africa: AM2025 - African Leaders Urge Continental Capital Mobilization for Self-Reliance

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday opened the African Development Bank Group's 2025 Annual Meetings with a rousing call for Africa to mobilize its own capital,… Read more »

Burundi: Burundi Joins a New Regional Dynamic to Modernize Its Agriculture

The Burundian government and the African Development Bank launched the Burundi component of the Burundi-Rwanda Integrated Development Project (BRIDEP) in Bujumbura on 20 May 2025.… Read more »

Africa: At African Development Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings, Young Agripreneurs Transforming Africa's Agriculture in Spotlight

An Ivorian entrepreneur who started up a snack food business with about $100, then transformed it into a multinational supplier of a popular potato chip, is crediting the African… Read more »

Africa: 'A Mission, Not a Job!' - - African Development Bank President Reflects On a Decade of Leadership

Speaking Monday at a breakfast meeting with journalists, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, described his ten-year presidency as a consuming… Read more »

Zimbabwe: From Despair to Hope - Zimbabwe Breaks New Ground With Compensation Program for Displaced Farmers

The international community has described Zimbabwe's payment of compensation to white farmers as a new chapter in national healing. The payment is part of the Zimbabwe Arrears… Read more »