September 17, 2020
Africa: Gca Africa Launch - 'Let's Save the Planet's Second Ecological Lung'
The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
September 16, 2020
Africa: Africa's Climate Change Fight Gets a Boost As Global Center On Adaptation Sets Up Regional Home At the African Development Bank
African leaders welcomed the opening of a regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday, voicing hopes it will spur the continent's efforts to combat climate… Read more »
Africa: Global and African Leaders Welcome Launch of GCA Africa As "Historic Moment to Accelerate Adaptation" On the Continent
The Global Center on Adaptation today announced the launch of its regional office in Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
Africa: Global Philanthropy Forum Panelists Call for 'Smarter' Collaboration Among Funders to Meet Ambitious Targets for a Climate-Resilient Africa
Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat that climate change poses to Africa's… Read more »
September 15, 2020
Africa: African Leaders for Nutrition Call On Leaders to Embed Nutrition Within the Covid-19 Response and Recovery
The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads of State and Governments to ensure that financing for nutrition is included in… Read more »
Africa: Nutrition Experts Discuss Ways to Advance Nutrition and Gender At the African Green Revolution Forum
A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups such as women and children face in Africa's urban areas, at the African… Read more »
September 14, 2020
Africa: Despite Covid-19 Pandemic, Africa Still a Prime Investment Destination, Participants Affirm At AfDB Webinar for Asian Audiences
The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020 and 2021 and highlights the impact of COVID-19 on Africa's socio-economic landscape. It recommends… Read more »
Africa: 8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Joins AfDB President Adesina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Other Global Leaders to Launch Global Center On Adaptation's Regional Office in Africa
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September 11, 2020
East Africa: In Eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank Is Helping Provide Climate-Resilient Facilities to 100 000 People
The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Webinar - Asian Private Sector - Doing Business in Africa
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September 10, 2020
Africa: Supporting Public Private Partnerships in Africa - African Development Bank Ready to Scale Up
Representatives of the African Development Bank, governments, Development Finance Institutions, the private sector and professional associations joined a September 8 workshop to… Read more »
Africa: Development Partners Explore Scaling Up Food Systems Transformation in Africa Post-Covid-19
The COVID-19 crisis is highlighting many fragilities in contemporary food systems. But the pandemic has also created opportunities for local organizations and technologies to… Read more »
September 09, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $27.33 Million to Ramp Up the African Union's Covid-19 Response Initiative
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors on Wednesday approved $27.33 million in grants to boost the African Union's (AU) efforts to mobilize a continental response to… Read more »
Africa: Small and Medium Enterprises Lynchpin of African Agriculture - African Development Bank
Africa's emerging agripreneurs call for increased SME-to-SME cooperation at Bank-organized food systems webinar attached to the African Green Revolution Forum Read more »
September 08, 2020
Namibia: Walvis Bay Port Now a Regional Logistic Hub As New Container Terminal Runs At Full Capacity
The new container terminal at the Namibian Port of Walvis Bay, built between 2014 and 2019, gives the country a high-end port facility. The terminal, commissioned in August 2019,… Read more »
September 07, 2020
Africa: African Water and Sanitation Projects Critical to Preparedness for Covid-19-Like Pandemics
As the prevalence of COVID-19 accelerates across Africa, over 40% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to clean water and are unable to heed the advice of… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Partners With Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa As Sponsor of Virtual African Green Revolution Forum (Agrf)
The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) - Africa's largest agriculture conference - to be held online for the first… Read more »
September 04, 2020
Africa: Watch - A Look Back At the Swearing-in Ceremony of President Adesina
African leaders and dignitaries gathered on Tuesday to witness the swearing in of African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina. Read more »
Africa: With African Development Bank Support, Two West African Science and Tech Institutions Are Driving Local Solutions to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment for African workers on the frontline of the COVID-19… Read more »
Africa: Discussion On Integrating African Food Systems Through the Lens of SME Champions
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September 03, 2020
Africa: Call for Papers - A Special Issue of the African Development Review On the Impact of Covid-19 On African Economies
The African Development Review, one of the flagship publications of the African Development Bank Group devoted to the study and analysis of development policy in Africa, invites… Read more »
Kenya: In Kenya, a Water Project Results in Unexpected Increase in Property Development
A water supply and sanitation project for small towns and rural areas, implemented between 2011 and 2017 in Kenya, has helped improve the quality and sustainability of these… Read more »
Africa: Financing Natural Capital - Policies for Value Chain Development in Natural Resources in Post Covid-19 Africa
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September 02, 2020
Africa: Virtual Workshop On Designing the African Development Bank's Public Private Partnership Framework
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September 01, 2020
Africa: African Leaders Reaffirm Support for African Development Bank As President Adesina Begins Second Term
African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with… Read more »