December 01, 2021
Africa: Cabo Verde Set to Host Hybrid 2021 African Economic Conference On Financing Development in the Covid-19 Era
African heads of state and government together with senior policymakers will share their perspectives on how to reshape Africa's development financing models at the 2021 African… Read more »
Africa: Compact - African Development Bank and IFC Partner to Advance Economic Development in Lusophone African Countries
The African Development Bank and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement admitting IFC as the first institutional partner to the… Read more »
November 30, 2021
Mozambique: Mozambique Conference Calls for Revival of Fishing Communities
African leaders and policymakers have called for strategies to harness the potential of the blue economy to achieve sustainable development. The call came at a high-level… Read more »
Africa: Blue Economy in Africa - The African Development Bank Explores the Continent's Off-Shore Renewable Energy Potential
The African Development Bank's African Natural Resources Centre and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa have hosted the first in a series of webinars discussing the potential of… Read more »
Africa: Nobel Laureate Economist Esther Duflo to Deliver 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture
What: 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers' Lecture Read more »
East Africa: African Development Bank Group Board Approves $217 Million to Finance Vital Horn of Africa Road Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $217 million in loans to fund a project that will improve road transport services in Kenya's northeastern… Read more »
November 29, 2021
Africa: 2021 Africa Investment Forum Postponed
2021 Africa Investment Forum Postpone Read more »
November 25, 2021
Africa: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence - What Does It Take?
A statement from Dr. Beth Dunford Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development Read more »
Africa: Mozambique - African Development Bank Group approves $36 million grant for power scheme that includes refugees and internally displaced persons
UN workers deliver relief items to internally displaced people in Corrane Site in Nampula Province. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Outlines New Health Infrastructure Strategy to Health Ministers in Economic Community of West African States
African Development Bank Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford has outlined the details of a new strategy that seeks to boost access to health services across the continent. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Board Approves New Water Strategy for 2021-2025
The five-year Strategy aims to increase water security and foster sustainable, green and inclusive growth and development in Africa Read more »
November 24, 2021
Africa: Sudan Sees Record Harvest As Agricultural Technologies Reach 10.6 Million Farmers in 2020
Sudanese wheat growers like Daf'Allah Mohamed Ahmed have battled the elements in recent years. Droughts, rising temperatures and the coronavirus pandemic have stretched the… Read more »
November 23, 2021
Africa: Annual Development Effectiveness Report Credits African Development Bank With Impressive Results Despite Covid-19 Pandemic
Almost 16.5 million people benefited from improvements in agriculture More than 9 million people gained access to better transport services More than 8 million people with new or… Read more »
Africa: 2nd CII-India Eximbank Summit On Innovative Financing Partnership With Africa
What: 2nd CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing Partnership with Africa Read more »
November 21, 2021
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2021 - Billions More Expected in New Investments for the Continent
The Africa Investment Forum's Market Days 2021, one of the biggest flagship initiatives of the African Development Bank, is poised to attract billions of dollars in investment for… Read more »
November 19, 2021
Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Showcases Achievements At the Sidelines of the COP26 in Glasgow
On November 8, the Africa Climate Change Fund held a public stakeholder engagement event titled "The Role of the Africa Climate Change Fund in building African climate finance… Read more »
Burundi: African Development Bank, Burundi Sign Agreement for $29 Million Grant to Finance National Energy Access Project
The African Development Bank Group and the Government of Burundi on Tuesday signed a $29 million grant agreement to finance Phase 1 of the Access to Energy Project, which is part… Read more »
November 18, 2021
Africa: Regional Civil Society Forum 2021 - Southern Africa
What: Southern Africa Civil Society Regional Forum Read more »
Africa: At Fertilizer Financing Forum, Participants Call for Closer Stakeholder Collaboration and Innovative Tools to Get Fertilizers to Farmers
Over 400 participants from government, development finance institutions, the fertilizer industry, the banking sector and civil society joined the inaugural East and Southern Africa… Read more »
Africa: Wanted - A Champion to Rally Support for Billion-Dollar Potential of Local Green Banks/ Funds in Africa
Over the past few years, Green Banks have financed low-carbon projects worth billions of dollars, using blended financing, leveraging multiple private dollars per public dollar of… Read more »
November 17, 2021
Africa: At Iatf, Multilateral Financiers Discuss Trade Initiatives After Covid-19
Multilateral financial institutions on Tuesday discussed their role in promoting trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), an ambitious plan to create the… Read more »
Africa: Webinar On the Blue Economy
What: Webinar on the Blue Economy Read more »
Africa: Let's Push the African Continental Free Trade Area As a Sure-Fire Way to a Golden "Made in Africa" Label, Leaders Say At Intra-African Trade Fair
That history repeats itself need not be a bad thing in Africa, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa stressed during the opening ceremony of the second Intra-African Trade Fair… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank's Coding for Employment Program Set to Expand Digital Skills Among Rural Youth
The African Development Bank's Coding for Employment program will train over 500 digital ambassadors to lead a peer-to-peer training model set to expand digital skills to more… Read more »
November 16, 2021
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank Highlights Infrastructure and Business Climate in Country Strategy Paper
Improving Tanzania's infrastructure and business climate: these are the African Development Bank's priority intervention areas in its Country Strategy Paper 2021-2025 (CSP… Read more »