December 18, 2019
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Pledge to Step Up Support for Forcibly Displaced Populations At Global Refugee Forum
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are stepping up their support for refugees and people affected by forced displacement, including hosting communities, across a wide range of… Read more »
Africa: Cop 25 - After Renewable Energy, What Else Can Salvage Climate Change? African Development Bank Presents Update On Adaptation Benefits Mechanism
Three decades ago, renewable energy was considered too futuristic. The idea of plugging a car into a wall socket was unthinkable. Read more »
December 16, 2019
Africa: Cop 25 - African Development Bank Urges African Nations to Persist With Climate Change Ambitions As Marathon Talks End in Madrid
The African Development Bank has urged the continent's nations to stay the course on climate action, after a marathon session of talks at the twenty-fifth Conference of Parties to… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $5 Million Grant to Scale Up Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $5 million to enable the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme to scale up its outreach… Read more »
December 13, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Joins Forces With International Organisations to Help Developing Countries Build Resilience to Extreme Weather
The African Development Bank has joined forces with 11 other international organizations to assist developing countries to build resilience against the impact of natural disasters… Read more »
Africa: Cop 25 - African Islands Want Their Place in the Sun As They Grapple With Climate Change
Africa's small island states are bearing the brunt of climate change, even though technology exists to prevent the worst impacts of extreme weather. Read more »
December 16, 2019
Africa: Cop 25 - Africa Pushes for Special Consideration in Madrid Climate Talks
As terrible floods inundate their country, close to 100 Kenyan delegates have convened in Madrid, Spain, along with thousands of global leaders, for the COP 25 climate conference. Read more »
December 13, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank's Digital Skills Training Benefits Women
After graduating from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria with a degree in Communication and Language Arts in 2016, Olashile Odetola could not find a job. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Commits €20 Million to Boost Private Sector Competitiveness in Cape Verde
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors today approved a €20 million loan to strengthen the private sector's role in Cape Verde's economic growth. Read more »
December 12, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Validates Regional Power Acceleration Programme, to Boost Bankability of Regional Power Projects
The African Development Bank has validated a study report on enhancing regional and sub-regional power projects to enhance energy access and integration across the continent. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and African Union to Roll-Out a Continent-Wide Electricity Market Masterplan
The African Development Bank and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have agreed to jointly develop a blueprint for a pan-continental electricity network and market. Read more »
Africa: Cop 25 - Kenya Experience Suggests Gender Equality Is Best Path to Achieve SDGs
Stakeholders at COP25 climate talks, citing Kenya's example, called on developing countries to boost women's involvement in the fight against climate change. Without gender… Read more »
December 11, 2019
Africa: Development Institutions Present Digital Guide to Help African Countries Fast-Track SDGs, Paris Agreement and AU's Agenda 2063 Implementation
Three leading development partners have presented a digital application at the COP 25 climate conference in Madrid to help African countries grappling with the simultaneous… Read more »
Africa: Cop 25 - African Parliamentarians Called On to Speak As One for Their Voice to Be Heard
African parliamentarians should speak as one to make their voice heard in climate negotiations, Arona Soumaré, the African Development Bank's principal expert in climate… Read more »
December 09, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank's Fashionomics Africa Launches "Game Changing" Digital Marketplace for the Continent's Fashion Creators
The African Development Bank's flagship initiative, Fashionomics Africa, has launched the pilot phase of a digital marketplace to help Africa's fashion designers, textile and… Read more »
December 06, 2019
Africa: Are Nature Based Solutions the Key to Africa's Climate Response?
While the UN climate talks are celebrating their 25th year, carbon emissions around the world have continued to climb. For many, that is where natural solutions could play a key… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference - The Do's and Don'ts of Youth Employment
African governments, working with civil society and the private sector, should formulate deliberate policies to boost employability, particularly of the continent's youth,… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank President Wins All Africa Business Leaders Awards ™ 2019 African of the Year Award
To follow in the footsteps of my big brother President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, who won the award in 2018, is an honour beyond description - Akinwmi Adesina Read more »
December 05, 2019
Africa: ADF-15 Replenishment - Donors Commit $7.6 Billion, a 32 Percent Boost From Last Replenishment, in Support of Africa's Low-Income, Fragile, Countries
Donors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday agreed to commit $7.6 billion to speed up growth in Africa's poorest nations and help lift millions out of poverty. Read more »
Africa: African Legal Support Facility Management Board Approves Work Plan and Budget for 2020
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) Management Board, the legal support arm of the African Development Bank, met in Abidjan, to review the institution's activities, work plan… Read more »
Africa: 2019 African Economic Conference - Work As One and Listen to the Youth to Create Jobs for Africa's Next Generation, Delegates Urge Policymakers
Africa must work as one to turn the continent's 'youth bulge' into opportunities, delegates at the closing of the 2019 African Economic Conference said on Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: The African Development Fund - Over 45 Years of Support to Strengthen the Continent's Least Developed and Fragile Nations
In 38 of the continent's most vulnerable countries, the African Development Fund or ADF is enhancing livelihoods by promoting regional integration, fostering businesses and… Read more »
December 04, 2019
Africa: Fostering Jobs, Entrepreneurship, and Capacity Development for African Youth - the Time for Disruption Is Now!
"There is no greater asset to Africa than its youth," a statement that has been repeatedly proclaimed, but the continent still has a long way to go. Despite robust economic growth… Read more »
Africa: Bring Us to the Table to Unlock Youth Jobs and Power Growth, Say Young African Entrepreneurs
Young African entrepreneurs urged to make their voices heard in business policy-making across the continent and called on governments to implement friendlier tax policies, improve… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Group Appoints Stefan Nalletamby As Acting Vice-President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization Complex
President Akinwumi Adesina of the African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment Mr. Stefan Nalletamby, as Acting Vice-President for the Private Sector,… Read more »