October 06, 2023
Africa: Kenya, African Development Bank Group Sign Memorandum On Hosting 2024 Annual Meetings in Nairobi
From left to right: Dr Chris Kiptoo, Principal Secretary, National Treasury; Prof Vincet O. Nmehielle, Secretary General, African Development Bank Group; Prof Njuguna Ndung'u,… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank, IOM Collaborate On Joint Report On Diaspora Engagement, Climate-Induced Migration and Skills Mobility
The African Development Bank and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have produced a joint report examining the nexus between humanitarian, peace, development and… Read more »
Africa: Remarks By Secretary-General Vincent Nmehielle, Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding On the 2024 Annual Meetings, Nairobi
6 October 2023, Nairobi, Kenya Read more »
October 05, 2023
Benin: Benin - African Development Bank's 2023 Country Focus Report Calls for a Concerted Effort to Seize Investment Opportunities
The African Development Bank has called on Benin to adopt a concerted approach to seize investment opportunities in agriculture, energy, transport and green industry, in its 2023… Read more »
West Africa: West Africa - African Development Bank, Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development Sign Loan Agreement for $50 Million and €50 Million to Enhance Regional Food Security
The African Development Bank Group and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) have signed an agreement for a dual currency line of credit comprising $50 million and… Read more »
Mali: Mali's Natural Capital Offers Opportunities for Private Climate Finance and Green Growth, Says the African Development Bank's 2023 Country Focus Report
During the launch workshop of the African Development Bank 2023 Country Focus Report for Mali, the Malian private sector learned of investment opportunities to be seized in the… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Youth and SMEs for Climate Resilience
What: Seminar on Empowering Youth and SMEs for Climate Resilience: Innovative Finance for Transformative Adaptation at the Adaptation Futures Conference 2023 Read more »
October 04, 2023
Angola: Angola - African Development Bank Group, Angola Sign Two Loan Agreements Worth $124.4 Million to Finance Sanitation Project for Coastal Towns
Angolan finance minister, Vera Daves de Sousa (r)and African Development Bank Country Manager for Angola, Pietro Toigo (l) sign coastal projects agreements in Luanda, Angola 03… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia - African Development Bank Group Approves $13.3 Million Grant to Help Improve Domestic Revenue Mobilisation and Public Expenditure Management
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 2 October 2023 approved a grant of $13.29 million to Somalia to help improve domestic revenue mobilization and… Read more »
October 03, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank and Interpeace Join Hands to Promote Peace Finance in Africa
The African Development Bank and Interpeace, an international organisation for peacebuilding based in Switzerland, today signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote… Read more »
Madagascar: Madagascar - African Development Bank and the Government Join Forces to Secure Water Access and Strengthen Climate Change Resilience
The African Development Bank and Madagascar's Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene have launched the preparation stage of a project to protect and develop water resources and… Read more »
Tunisia: African Development Bank Names Malinne Blomberg As Country Manager for Tunisia
The African Development Bank Group has appointed Ms Malinne Blomberg, a Swedish national, as Country Manager for Tunisia in addition to her current roles as Deputy Director General… Read more »
Gambia: African Development Bank Head Adesina Receives Gambia's Highest National Honour
President Adama Barrow of Gambia has conferred the country's highest national award, 'the Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of The Gambia, on African Development Bank… Read more »
October 02, 2023
Gambia: The Gambia and the African Development Bank Group to Boost Rice Output and Uplift Youth and Women Entrepreneurs
Dr Adesina (left) and The Gambia President Barrow (right) with a local rice producer Read more »
West Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2023 - West Africa Aims to Accelerate the Construction of the Abidjan to Lagos Highway
Representatives from more than 30 regional and international development finance institutions took part in the first roundtable on the Abidjan-Lagos highway. Read more »
East Africa: East Africa Civil Society Regional Forum
What: East Africa Civil Society Regional Forum Read more »
September 29, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank-Financed Solar Irrigation Scheme Improves Farmers' Lives in Togo
Hounlessondji Kpadonou, a respected farmer in the village of Aglanvikopé, in the Bas-Mono region of southern Togo, has been tilling the soil with passion since he retired… Read more »
Africa: A New Vision for Africa Policy Dialogue - Enhancing Africa-Asia Cooperation On Green Minerals
What: Policy Dialogue for African and Asian Audiences on Enhancing Cooperation Between Africa and Asia in Developing Green Minerals Value Chains Read more »
September 28, 2023
Africa: 2023 Africa Investment Forum Market Days
What: 2023 Africa Investment Forum Market Days Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum to Hold Market Days From 8-10 November in Marrakech, Morocco
The Africa Investment Forum Market Days will take place as scheduled from November 8 -10 2023 at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Country-By-Country Reports On Africa's Climate Change, Green Growth Financing Needs Ahead of COP28
Ahead of the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), the African Development Bank Group has launched country-by-country economic reports to guide African… Read more »
September 27, 2023
Africa: Seminar On African Economic Outlook 2023 Report
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September 26, 2023
Tunisia: Tunisia - AfDB, Amea Power, IFC and Sefa Launch First Large-Scale Privately-Financed Solar Project
The African Development Bank and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), in partnership with the International Finance Corporation and UAE's AMEA Power, today herald… Read more »
Africa: Pharmaceutical Investment Forum
What: Pharmaceutical Investment Forum Read more »
Africa: Former World Bank President Jim Yong Kim to Deliver 2023 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture
WHAT: 2023 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture Read more »