December 07, 2022
Africa: Statement By Dr. Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank Group - 16 Days of Activism 2022 Against Gender-Based Violence
Africa can only reach its full development potential with its women. I have always been insistent that no bird can fly or soar with one wing. Likewise, Africa can only fly on the… Read more »
Africa: Botswana - African Development Bank Group Commits $180 Million to Bolster Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery
The African Development Bank is providing $180 m to support Botswana's economic recovery. Read more »
Africa: Mano River Union Launches Scheme to Build Inclusive Business Ecosystems
Government representatives and experts from the Bank and the Mano River Union, joined by women traders to launch the BI-BEST project. Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Save the Date - Register to Participate in the 2022 African Economic Conference
The island nation of Mauritius is set to host the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) from 9 to 11 December. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Global Center On Adaptation Work With Partners to Enhance Capacity to Access Climate Adaptation Funding
The African Development Bank and Global Center on Adaptation today launched a new initiative under the Technical Assistant Programme of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank At the UN Biodiversity Conference (Cop 15)
What: United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) Read more »
December 05, 2022
Africa: Capital Markets Development Trust Fund (Cmdtf) - Call for Proposals for the 2023 Work Program
CMDTF's operations complement the African Development Bank's efforts to mobilize resources through domestic financial markets while advancing the Bank's High 5 operational… Read more »
Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Launches Women and Youth Entrepreneurship Project
A screenshot of participants during the virtual launch Read more »
Africa: High-Level Meeting On the Theme of the African Year of Nutrition 2022
Who: African Development Bank Group, African Leaders for Nutrition, the African Union Commission, and the Government of Côte d'Ivoire Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Bank's New 2023-2027 Strategy to Help Spur Economic Transformation
The key objective of the Country Strategy Paper 2023-2027 is to support Ethiopia in expanding inclusive and sustainable growth through agro-industrialization Read more »
December 04, 2022
Africa: Crucial Replenishment Meeting for the African Development Fund As It Marks 50 Years of Supporting the Continent's Low-Income Countries
Members of the African Development Fund are meeting in Morocco for the fourth and final pledging session on the Fund's sixteenth replenishment. The crucial meeting will culminate… Read more »
December 02, 2022
Africa: World Circular Economy Forum 2022
What: World Circular Economy Forum 2022 Read more »
Africa: Diaspora's Remittances, Investment and Expertise Vital for Africa's Future Growth, Say Participants At African Development Bank Forum
Bank president Akinwumi Adesina opens a two-day event in Abidjan on tapping the skills and wealth of the African Diaspora Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - African Development Bank Group Commits $301 Million to Renovate the Country's Meter Gauge Railway and Bolster Regional Trade
The African Development Bank is providing $300 million to refurbish metre-gauge railway lines in Uganda Read more »
December 01, 2022
Africa: Senegal - African Development Bank Approves a €68 Million Loan to Strengthen Domestic Resource Mobilization and Attract Private Investment
The African Development Bank is working with Senegal to mobilize domestic resources and attract more private investment. Read more »
Ghana: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Approves $1 Million Reimbursable Grant to Develop Bioenergy Plants in Ghana and Sierra Leone
Seedlings under sustainable cultivation in Ghana for use in the production of biomass fuel Read more »
Angola: Angola Launches ICT Initiative for Remote Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Projects
The African Development Bank has rolled out the Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) project in Angola, following a three-day training session in the… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Call for Faster Industrialization During African Union Summit
African leaders of government and institutions at the AU Industrialization Summit in Niamey, Niger Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Africa Fund for Africa Approves $1 Million Reimbursable Grant to Develop Bioenergy Plants in Ghana and Sierra Leone
Seedlings under sustainable cultivation in Ghana for use in the production of biomass fuel Read more »
November 30, 2022
Gambia: The Gambia - African Development Fund Approves a Grant of 6.4 Million Usd to Increase Access to Finance for Agricultural Value Chain Entrepreneurs
A rice field over a large area in The Gambia Read more »
Africa: COP27 - Climate Investment Funds Announces Nine Countries to Participate in the First Nature, People and Climate Platform
Vice president Beth Dunford (at right) and other participants at a Climate Investment Funds event during COP27 Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Fund Approves $13.95 Million Grant for Borana Resilient Water Development for Improved Livelihoods Program
The African Development Fund is working to improve the livelihoods of pastoralists in Ethiopia's drylands Read more »
Africa: Cop 27 - African Development Bank Group and Ebrd Affirm Commitment to Climate Adaptation and to Helping African Businesses Become More Resilient
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and his counterpart at the EBRD, Odile Reinaud-Basso affirm commitment to climate adaptation to help African businesses become… Read more »
Senegal: Senegal - African Development Bank to Invest Over €166 Million in Construction of Highway to Open Up the Country's North
The construction of a highway between Dakar and Saint Louis will open up Senegal's northern regions, considered the country's rice granary and an area with high mining potential. Read more »
November 29, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Model for Deploying Green Financing Across the Continent
Abdou Aziz Diedhiou, head of studies and strategy, La Banque Agricole Sénégal; Kossivi Domegni, Expert in Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Togo;… Read more »