May 24, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank to Launch African Economic Outlook 2022
What: Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2022 Read more »
Africa: Innovate4climate Conference 2022
What: African Development Bank at Innovate4Climate Read more »
Africa: Media Launch of the Africa Circular Economy Facility (Acef)
What: Media Launch of the Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) Read more »
May 23, 2022
Africa: Africa's Leading Financial Institution Will Avert Looming Food Crisis
The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors has approved a $1.5 billion Emergency Food Production Facility to help tackle the global food crisis sparked by the… Read more »
Africa: Cop 15 - In Senegal, the Women-Led Ndoloum Vert Project Is Fighting Desertification One Tree - and One Baby - At a Time
Women and their central role in fighting climate change and sustainable land management was the focus of a special session during the 15th summit of the United Nations Convention… Read more »
May 21, 2022
Senegal: Cop 15 - Senegal, Burkina Faso Reveal Success Stories During Discussion On the Economic Benefits of Sustainable Land Management
Scaling up sustainable land management and ecosystem restoration have definite economic benefits for African countries, according to experts who took part in a panel discussion as… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Appoints Dr. Daniel Alexander Schroth As Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Daniel Alexander Schroth as Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department, effective… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: African Development Bank Support for Two Road Projects Opens Up Major Agricultural Areas in the DRC
In the early 2010s, Godelive Ngalula, a trader from Kikwit, the main town of Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, spent a week to travel the 350 kilometres (km) to… Read more »
Niger: The African Development Bank Helps Strengthen Food Security in Niger's Maradi and Tillabéry Regions
In 2017, 32-year-old Hamsa Hamidou of Simiri in southwest Niger's Tillabéry region, was given a cow. Three years later, he sold it and used the money to buy a sheep and ewe.… Read more »
May 20, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Board Approves $1.5 Billion Facility to Avert Food Crisis
Initiative to benefit 20 million African farmers, who will receive certified seed and technology to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food. Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Appoints Ms Malado Kaba Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department
The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Malado Kaba as Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development… Read more »
Africa: Africa Has What It Takes to Feed Itself, African Development Bank Chief Tells G7 Development Ministers
Ethiopia no longer imports wheat, thanks to climate resilient technology from the African Development Bank's TAAT program Read more »
Mauritius: Mauritius - National Bourse Launches New Automated Trading Platform
The Stock Exchange of Mauritius (SEM) on Thursday launched a new automated trading system, positioning itself as an attractive multi-currency listing platform capable of offering… Read more »
May 19, 2022
Africa: The Independent Recourse Mechanism Launches Its First Accountability Report
The Independent Recourse Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) launches its first-ever Accountability Report to present its performance to its stakeholders… Read more »
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire and UN Conference to Combat Desertification Executive Secretary Present Key Outcomes of COP15
Who: UN Conference to Combat Desertification and the government of Côte d'Ivoire Read more »
Africa: Africities 2022 Summit - Backbone of the Continent, Intermediary Cities Absorb Most of the Urban Population Growth, According to a Report Co-Led By the African Development Bank
"Intermediary cities are the backbone of the continent. They absorb most of urban population growth in Africa. Yet they face a significant investment gap and have very little… Read more »
May 18, 2022
Africa: Towards an Integrated and Climate-Resilient Africa and a Just Energy Transition
Of all continents, Africa is least responsible for climate change. It has contributed only a minute part of the Greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the climate… Read more »
May 17, 2022
Africa: Statement By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank - May 17, 2022
I have been extremely humbled by several calls from Nigerians at home and abroad that I should consider running for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Read more »
Africa: Cop 15 - A Story of Hope Emerges Around Africa's 'Audacious' Great Green Wall
The COP15 conference of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification hosted discussions on the Great Green Wall, an ambitious project to restore a vast stretch of… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Group Head Urges Development Partners - 'Be the Advocates for a Substantial African Development Fund Replenishment'
African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina has urged international development agencies in Africa to rally behind his institution's efforts to mobilize more… Read more »
Africa: Pre-Ticad8 Event - Solidarity of Women Entrepreneurs in Africa and Japan
What: Webinar on Solidarity of Women Entrepreneurs in Africa and Japan Read more »
May 13, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group Seeks US Support for $1.5 Billion Emergency Food Plan for Africa
The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case, on Wednesday, for the United States to back the institution's $1.5 billion… Read more »
Africa: Ghana's President Strongly Supports African Development Bank's Quest for More Resources to Accelerate Continent's Transformation Agenda
Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has backed calls for more resources for the African Development Bank Group to accelerate its transformative role across the continent. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Annual Meetings 2022 - Time to Tackle Triple Crises of Food, Energy and Finances, Says Ghanaian Finance Minister
41 African economies face dreaded three f's: food, fuel and finance conditions - Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta Read more »
May 12, 2022
Africa: COP15 - African Heads of State Mobilize Against Drought, Call for Land Restoration At Conference in Abidjan
Nine African heads of state, senior officials of pan-African and international organizations attended the opening of a high-level summit on drought and land restoration on Monday. Read more »
