November 03, 2023
Ghana: Ghana - African Development Fund Approves $102.59 Million Grant for Government's Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $102.59 million grant in budget support to the Ghana government's Fiscal Consolidation and Economic… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves €100-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Attijariwafa Bank to Promote African Trade
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October 31, 2023
Namibia: Namibia - African Development Bank Approves $196 Million Loan to Modernize Railway Infrastructure
The African Development Bank supports Namibia to modernize its railway infrastructure. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa - African Development Bank Approves $300 Million for Energy Governance and Climate Resilience
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $300 million loan to South Africa to implement its Energy Governance and Climate Resilience Programme. Read more »
Africa: Tunisia - Ecomarc, a Successful Transition From the Laboratory to the Market Place
Hamdi Ahmed with his Souk at-Tanmia award certificate. Read more »
October 30, 2023
Africa: Benin - Private-Sector Climate Finance and Green Growth On the Agenda in the African Development Bank 2023 Country Focus Report
Senior officials, some 60 in number, from the Beninese Ministry of Quality of Life and Transport, in charge of sustainable development, discussed the African Development Bank Group… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia Set to Host the 2023 African Economic Conference
The stage is now set for the 2023 African Economic Conference, jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations… Read more »
Africa: Do Not Overlook Africa's Trillion-Dollar Food and Agribusiness Sector, African Development Bank Chief Tells Investors At World Food Prize Dialogue
President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia and African Development Bank chief Akinwumi Adesina discuss Ethiopia's remarkable journey to food security during the Borlaug Dialogue.… Read more »
Africa: IATF 2023, Cairo, Egypt, From 9 to 15 November 2023
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October 27, 2023
Africa: Northern Africa Civil Society Regional Forum
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Africa: African Development Bank Joins Global Partners to Raise Financing for $1.6 Bn Multinational Lobito Transportation Corridor Programme
The African Development Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), joining global partners to mobilise resources for the Lobito Corridor and the Zambia-Lobito rail line… Read more »
East Africa: African Development Bank Launches Capacity Building Initiative to Enhance Trade in East Africa
The African Development Bank is partnering with the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to launch a capacity… Read more »
Africa: South Africa - African Development Bank Approves Zar 2.7 Billion Subordinated Financing and $150 Million Trade Finance Facility for Absa Group Limited
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a financial package for Absa Group Limited comprising a sustainability-linked loan for an amount of ZAR 1.7… Read more »
October 26, 2023
Africa: African Public Procurement Network - 3rd General Assembly
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October 25, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Commits €203 Million Loan to Land-Use Development and Promotion of the Private Sector in the Far North
The African Development Bank is providing significant financial support to Cameroon for major road infrastructure works in the country's Far North. Read more »
South Africa: South Africa - African Development Bank's New 5-Year Strategy Paper Focuses On Governance and the Private Sector
The African Development Bank's interventions in South Africa between 2023 and 2028 focused on improving governance and developing the private sector. Read more »
Africa: Former World Bank Boss Tells Mdbs to Put Human Capital and Creative Partnerships At the Heart of Development
Multilateral development banks can tackle poverty post-Covid 19, by focusing on human capital development and innovative private sector ventures says former World Bank President… Read more »
October 24, 2023
Africa: Marrakech Meeting On Sdrs Rechanneling - Accelerating Development Finance Through Multilateral Development Banks
The African Development Bank (AfDB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Center for Global Development came together to co-host a high-level… Read more »
Africa: Rich in Green Minerals, African Countries Eye Booming Electric Vehicle and Clean Energy Market Worth Trillions of Dollars
The International Energy Agency projects that manufacturers of clean energy technologies will need forty times more lithium, twenty-five times more graphite, and about twenty times… Read more »
October 23, 2023
Africa: Countdown to Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2023
The Africa Investment Forum (AIF) 2023 Market Days is less than three weeks away. Read more »
October 20, 2023
Africa: Call for Applications - Youthadapt Challenge 2023 - Empowering Africa's Female Tech Innovators to Tackle Climate Change
The Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program, a joint initiative of the African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation, has launched a call for applications for the… Read more »
Africa: Addressing Fragility, Forced Displacement, and Climate Resilience
What: Addressing Fragility, Forced Displacement, and Climate Resilience Read more »
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank Supports Small Horticultural Businesses With $2.5 Million Grant
Some 10,000 operators in Tanzania's horticultural value will receive financial support from the African Development Bank. Read more »
October 19, 2023
Rwanda: African Development Bank Commits Over $23 Mln to Rwanda's New Aviation Centre of Excellence
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $23.6 million loan for the construction and equipment of a new aviation training facility in the Rwandan… Read more »
Southern Africa: Southern Africa Civil Society Regional Forum
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