December 04, 2019
Africa: "Let's Address Skills Mismatch in Jobs for the Youth," Speaker Tells African Economic Conference
The second day of the 2019 African Economic Conference, exploring ways to create jobs for Africa's youth, focused on the youth skills gap issue across the continent. Read more »
December 03, 2019
Africa: Doughnuts From Sweet Potatoes - Young African Entrepreneur Makes Business a Tasty Success
When Regis Umugiraneza graduated from college in Rwanda he didn't know what to do. Then he discovered that sweet potatoes, a popular harvest in his country, could be the answer. Read more »
Africa: Bank Group President and Colleagues Bid Farewell to Outgoing Vice President Pierre Guislain
The African Development Bank, on Thursday, bid farewell to retiring Vice-President for the Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Pierre Guislain. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Launches Digital Tool to Help African Youth Learn to Code
The African Development Bank and technology firm Microsoft today launched the 'Coding for Employment' digital training platform, an online tool to provide digital skills to African… Read more »
December 02, 2019
Africa: Government of Flanders Grants 1 Million Euros to the Africa Climate Change Fund to Support 5 Projects in Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa
The Government of Flanders this year has committed 1 million euros to the Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) to support five projects in three African countries - Malawi, Mozambique… Read more »
Africa: 2019 African Economic Conference - A Clarion Call for Bolder Action to Tackle Africa's Youth Jobs Crisis
The 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC) opened in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El Sheikh on Monday with a call on African policymakers to take bold steps to tackle red-tape… Read more »
Africa: Africa Climate Change Fund Grants Nearly $1 Million to Support Access to Climate Finance in Benin and Lesotho
The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) has approved a project proposal for a total of $997, 524 to support Benin and Lesotho to access international climate finance, an initiative… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2019 - Participants Converge On Sharm El Sheikh to Debate Jobs, Skills and Capacity Development for Africa's Youth
More than 350 stakeholders are converging on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC), with this year's focus on jobs, skills and… Read more »
November 29, 2019
Africa: Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank Takes the Continent's Climate Agenda to Cop25 in Spain
The Bank is playing a leading role in guiding progress on climate change on the continent. The Bank has doubled its total climate change commitment to $25 billion between 2020 and… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $210 Million Financing for Transmission Expansion Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $210 million financing package to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, for the Nigeria Transmission… Read more »
November 26, 2019
Africa: Conference On Land Policy in Africa - Re-Thinking Land Reform
As Horman Chitongue, Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa, stated: "It's a question of guaranteeing the means for people working the land to have a livelihood from… Read more »
November 27, 2019
Africa: Land Policy in Africa - Expert Panel Calls for "Fair, Efficient Land Management"
Experts attending this year's conference on Land Policy in African have called for fair and efficient land management to support moves to transform the continent. Read more »
Africa: 2019 Global Gender Summit marks concrete gains and actionable goals to surge ahead on gender equality
Highlights of the Summit include the launch of: Read more »
November 26, 2019
Africa: Bring Women to the Table to Build Peace in Africa, Say Gender Experts
Women bear the brunt of conflict and for peace building to be successful they must be involved in conflict resolution and reconstruction at every stage, said gender experts at the… Read more »
Africa: "Women Are an Excellent Investment" - Finance Leaders Call for Increased Support for in Women in Business
Leaders from multilateral development banks, financial institutions and the private sector called on peers to dispel myths about women being too "high risk" for financing - and to… Read more »
Africa: 2019 Global Gender Summit to Achieve New Impetus Towards Gender Parity, All Stakeholders Need to Act in Five Priority Areas
Africa needs new impetus in its journey towards gender parity. Making progress on any single indicator of gender inequality is likely to require systematic action on a range of… Read more »
Africa: First Ladies Panel Seeks Urgent Policies to Translate Africa's Demographic Dividend Into Viable Potential
"What a man can do, a woman can do just as well," Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of Rwanda Read more »
November 25, 2019
Africa: Global Gender Summit 2019 - "Put Prejudice Behind Us and Give Women Access to Finance," Says Akinwumi Adesina
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called for greater access to finance for African women when he addressed the inaugural session of the Global Gender Summit. Read more »
Africa: AEC 2019 - Only a Competitive Youth Will Guarantee Africa's Sustainable Inclusive Economic Growth - African Development Bank Chief Economist Charles Lufumpa
The youth of Africa must be empowered to be competitive in order to play a more meaningful role in the continent's economic transformation drive, urged African Development Bank's… Read more »
Africa: 2019 Conference On Land Policy in Africa - Technology and Innovation Will Help Speed Up Removal of Land Sector Corruption in Africa - African Development Bank
African countries must act faster to purge corruption in the land sector by harnessing technology and innovation, African Development Bank Senior Vice President Charles Boamah… Read more »
Africa: Project Successes in Morocco and Ghana Offer Lessons in Gender and Climate Change
The African Development Bank recognizes the importance of addressing gender in efforts to combat climate change and its effects in order to increase the benefits of its projects… Read more »
Africa: Global Gender Summit 2019 - African Leaders Take On the Responsibility to Urgently Close the Gender Gap
'There is no template to follow... we (women) can deliver but we can deliver differently" - President Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia Read more »
November 24, 2019
Africa: Mainstreaming Gender in African Policymaking - Ensuring No Voice Is Unheard
Despite remarkable progress made on women's participation in policymaking, Africa is still far from achieving the 50 percent gender parity target set by the UN's Sustainable… Read more »
November 22, 2019
Africa: Interview With Jennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and Social Development At the African Development Bank Group, Ahead of the 2019 Gender Summit
The African Development Bank and the government of Rwanda are hosting the Global Gender Summit from 25 to 27 November in Kigali. The Summit is being organised by the Multilateral… Read more »
Africa: Gender Equality - It's Time for Disruption, Time to Shatter the Status Quo. We Can't Afford to Wait!
If you are a gender champion, then you are familiar with the discussions around the glass cliff. The story of women eager to defy the odds, accepting leadership roles at times of… Read more »