Cameroon: Cameroon - African Development Bank Group Approves €330 Million Loan to Upgrade Ngaoundéré-Garoua Road to Improve Connectivity and Strengthen Regional Integration

The African Development Bank Group has given the green light to a loan of €330.48 million to Cameroon to redevelop and widen a key section of the Douala-Ndjamena economic… Read more »

Lesotho: The Gift of Water - How the Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project Is Transforming Lives

"Water is life; when there is no water, it is as if there are no people living." Read more »

Africa: World Water Day 2025 - Preserving Africa's Water Resources

Each year, World Water Day highlights the pressing challenges surrounding global water resources and the actions needed to address them. Nowhere is this more critical than in… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, and Partners to Host Regional Dialogue On Modernising Transparency and Accountability of Public Finance Management in Africa

What: High-Level Regional Dialogue on Public Finance Systems in Africa Read more »

Africa: African Ministers Advocate Digitalization to Support Smallholder Farmers

Agricultural ministers from several African countries have called for the digitalization of the sector over the next five years (2025-2030) to address problems of risk and the… Read more »

Africa: No Child Should Be Forced to Choose Between Hunger and Education, King Letsie III and African Development Bank President Adesina Declare

A school feeding organization in Kenya, Food4Education, left King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho and the President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches Ennova Ai Platform to Boost Entrepreneurship and Job Creation At Sankalp Summit

The African Development Bank's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab launched ENNOVA, an artificial intelligence-powered platform connecting entrepreneurs, enterprise support… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Provides €5 Million Grant to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to Advance Agricultural Transformation in Africa

The African Development Bank has provided a €5 million grant in supplementary financing to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to advance food security… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Mulls $500 Million Facility to Mobilize Financing for Smallholder Farmers

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has announced plans to launch a $500 million facility designed to unlock $10 billion in financing for smallholder… Read more »

Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Regional Corridors As Drivers of Continental Integration

"It is only via regional corridors that we will be able to move goods and services easily across the continent, reduce transport costs, encourage integration and achieve effective… Read more »

Africa: Ministers Call for Increased Financing to Boost African Smallholder Productivity

Agriculture ministers have reaffirmed the importance of scaling up financing for smallholder farmers to enhance agricultural productivity through targeted subsidies, irrigation… Read more »

Cameroon: Reform of the Transport Sector in Cameroon - Signature of a Financing Agreement Between the African Development Bank and the Government

What? Signing ceremony for a financing agreement between the African Development Bank and Cameroon Read more »

Africa: Africa's Green Growth Agenda - Unlocking Opportunities for a Climate-Resilient Future

The African Development Bank Group participated in the third edition of the Africa's Green Economy Summit (AGES) in Cape Town, South Africa, from 18 - 21 February, 2025. Read more »

Africa: Global and African Financial Experts Urge Action to Enhance Smallholder Farmer Financing

Leading global and African financial experts have issued a resounding call to align financial structures with the needs of smallholder farmers. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Germany Sign €18.4 Million Financing Agreement in Support of NEPAD-IPPF to Boost Infrastructure Project Preparation in Africa

The African Development Bank and Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), the German state-owned investment and development bank, have signed an agreement for a contribution of… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's President Ruto Awards African Development Bank's Adesina Highest National Honour

Kenya's President H.E. William Samoei Ruto has conferred the country's highest honour, Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart CGH, on the President of the African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: Africa Circular Economy Facility - Bolstering Africa's Transformation in 2025

In Adjamé's bustling streets, resources are valued and repurposed, providing livelihoods to thousands of self-taught mechanics and artisans. Across Ebrié Lagoon in… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, African Water Facility, Association of European Development Finance Institutions to Hold Investment Event for Water and Sanitation in Africa

The African Development Bank Group, African Water Facility, and the Association of European Development Finance Institutions will host a high-level event to generate investment for… Read more »

Africa: 14th Governing Council Meeting of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism

What: 14th Governing Council Meeting of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Who: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism When: 20 March 2025, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm EAT … Read more »

Angola: African Development Bank Vice President Visits Angola to Strengthen Investment

African Development Bank Vice-President Solomon Quaynor has concluded a two-day mission to Angola for meetings with government and private sector stakeholders and to affirm the… Read more »

Cameroon: In the Centre of Cameroon, Pineapple Farming Is Transforming the Daily Lives of Women

On the green hills of Ngoumou, cocoa, coffee, banana and pineapple plantations stretch as far as the eye can see. The district in the Centre Region of Cameroon is a rapidly… Read more »

Eritrea: Desert to Power - The African Development Bank Group, Eritrea Sign Agreement for 12 Mw Mini-Grid Project

The African Development Bank Group and Eritrea have signed an agreement for $19.5 million in grant funding for the Desert to Power Eritrea 12MW Mini Grid Project. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group Appoints Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of Disclosure and Access to Information (DAI) Appeals Panel

Members of the African Development Bank Group's Disclosure and Access to Information Appeals Panel (DAI Appeals Panel) have selected Mohammed Nyaoga and Devalingum Naiken Gopalla… Read more »

West Africa: African Development Bank and Ecowas Commission Sign $11.78 Million Agreement to Strengthen Rice Value Chains in West Africa

The African Development Bank and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission have signed a Protocol of Agreement for a grant of $11.78 million to strengthen… Read more »

Southern Africa: Transforming the Zambezi River Basin Region - a Bold Vision for Sustainable Development and Climate Resilience

In February 2025, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved funding to support the Zambezi Region Nature, People, and Climate (NPC) Investment Plan, a significant milestone for… Read more »