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 »
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 »
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 »
November 30, 2022
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 »
December 01, 2022
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
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 »
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 »
Africa: Afac Unveils New Strategic Vision to Catalyze Private Financing for Climate Action Across Africa
The African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC) unveiled a new vision for 2030 during the global climate summit (COP27), prioritizing mobilizing capital and tools to meet… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: African Development Fund Invests More Than $6 Million to Strengthen Public Finance Governance in African Countries
The support of the African Development Fund will strengthen the capacities of African tax administrations for improved domestic revenue mobilization. Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: New Report By African Development Bank, Partners Finds That 37 African Countries Have Industrialized in Last Decade
Top performers not necessarily those with the biggest economies, but countries that generate high manufacturing value-added per capita Read more »
November 21, 2022
Africa: Global Community of Practice (G-Cop) Policy Dialogue - Development Without Borders
Leveraging the African Diaspora for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa Read more »
November 23, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa Secures $64 Million in New Funding From Norway and Geapp
African Development Bank President Adesina (left) with GEAPP's Africa Executive Director, Joseph Nganga, following the grant announcement Read more »
November 22, 2022
Africa: AfDB's Support to Climate-Focused Esos Through the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab
According to the International Labour Office (ILO), "green jobs" are created by the shift of economies, enterprises, workplaces and labour markets toward a sustainable, low-carbon… Read more »
Africa: Business Integrity Roundtable - Engaging African SMEs in Corruption Prevention
What: Roundtable on Engaging African SMES in Corruption Prevention Read more »