July 20, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Technologies for African Agriculture Transformation (Taat) to Receive $27 Million for Emergency Production of 120 Million Tonnes of Food
The African Development Bank will release an additional $27.41 million to implement Phase II of its flagship agricultural initiative, "Technologies for African Agricultural… Read more »
Africa: Africa50 General Shareholders Meeting in Morocco Call for Global Investments in African Infrastructure
African Development Bank Group President and Chairman of the Africa50 Board of Directors, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has highlighted the crucial role that Africa50 is playing to help… Read more »
July 19, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group Board Approves More Than $1 Billion for Emergency Food Production Plan
Facility targets 20 million African smallholder farmers to end reliance on food imported from Russia and Ukraine Read more »
Africa: In Bugesera, Former Swamps Become a Source of Wealth and Schooling
Cyriaque Ndagijimana was a modest Rwandan farmer in Bugesera, a district in Eastern Province, Rwanda, known for its many marshes. While he managed TO provide for his family, he was… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Africa: Fitch Ratings Affirms African Development Bank At 'Aaa' - Outlook Stable
On July 13, the global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings affirmed the African Development Bank's long-term credit rating: AAA with a Stable Outlook. This is a very strong… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference Invites Researchers to Submit Papers for 2022 Edition
The organizers of the African Economic Conference have issued a call for research and policy papers that focus on the event's theme: Supporting Climate-Smart Development in Africa. Read more »
July 15, 2022
Africa: South Sudan - African Development Bank Grants $8.1 Million to Support Food Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today approved a grant of $8.1 million to South Sudan to fund its Emergency Food Production Programme. Read more »
Africa: When Solidarity Becomes a Value Chain
Just a few years ago, Benina Bint Yahya was barely making ends meet in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania. Back then, Yahya and her eight children relied mostly on her husband's… Read more »
Africa: World Youth Skills Day July 15 - African Development Bank's Coding for Employment Program Selects 500 Digital Ambassadors to Lead Peer-to-Peer Training Model
The African Development Bank's Coding for Employment program has selected 500 changemakers, 45% of whom are women, from four countries for the pilot Digital Ambassadors Program. Read more »
Africa: African Development Fund Approves $11 Million Grant to the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved an $11.02 million support package to the Permanent Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)… Read more »
July 14, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina to Visit Morocco
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina will travel to Morocco next week on a four-day visit to the Kingdom. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina Visits Morocco
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, will travel to Marrakesh on Monday, 18 July 2022, for a four-day visit. Read more »
July 13, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves Euro 50 Million Trade Finance Risk Participation Partnership With Societe Generale to Support Local Banks and SMEs in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday 13 July approved a €50 million unfunded risk-sharing facility partnership with Societe Generale to… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Ranks First On Global Aid Transparency Index
Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid and development transparency, has named the African Development Bank the most transparent organisation in the world. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank - New Flagship Publication Looks At Ten Years of Investments in Regional Operations
The African Development Bank Group has released a new report providing a snapshot of results of regional operations financed by its concessional lending window, the African… Read more »
Africa: Cameroon - African Development Bank and Government Launch Programme to Strengthen Supreme Audit Institutions
The African Development Bank and the Government of Cameroon have launched the Regional Programme to Strengthen the Mandates of Supreme Audit Institutions. The launch took place… Read more »
Africa: Niger - African Development Bank, Government Hold Multistakeholder Dialogue On Country Strategy Paper for 2023-2027
The government of Niger, the African Development Bank and several other stakeholders have begun a review of the country's 2018-2022 Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and 2022 portfolio… Read more »
July 11, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group Chief in Zimbabwe to Get Debt Clearance Plan Underway
African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina arrived in Zimbabwe today at the start of a two-day official visit to the country. Read more »
Africa: Zimbabwe - Zimfund $23 Million Power Project Ready to Roll With Delivery of New Transformer
An Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project funded by ZimFund, has reached the last leg of implementation with the delivery of a 175 MVA transformer, Read more »
July 10, 2022
Africa: Statement On the Death of Former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe
I wish to express my condolences and sympathies to the Government and people of Japan on the tragic death of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Read more »
July 08, 2022
Africa: Water At Last! Zimfund Brings Relief to Dangamvura Residents After 22 Years of Dry Taps
Elison Basopo, a lecturer, is a resident of Dangamvura high density suburb in Mutare, a city in eastern Zimbabwe's Manicaland province. A senior citizen, he has lived there for 37… Read more »
July 04, 2022
Africa: Africa Energy Forum 2022 - African Development Bank, Private Infrastructure Development Group, Deepen Cooperation On Desert to Power
A financing facility associated with the African Development Bank's Desert to Power Initiative was featured at a side event held on the margins of the just-ended Africa Energy… Read more »
Africa: Invest More in Africa--Akinwumi Adesina Urges Keen Irish Business Community
Since joining the African Development Bank Group as its 81st shareholder in 2020, Ireland has shown steadily increasing interest in strengthening its economic ties with Africa.… Read more »
July 01, 2022
Africa: 11th World Urban Forum - Amplifying the Voices of African Cities
What can representatives of African cities learn from their counterparts from the rest of the world? To answer that question, the African Development Bank invited representatives… Read more »
June 30, 2022
Africa: Ghana - African Development Fund Approves $27.19 Million Grant for Skills Development Infrastructure to Boost Post Covid-19 Recovery
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund today approved a $27.19 million grant to Ghana for infrastructure for skills development and job creation for youth and women… Read more »