May 30, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzania - the African Development Bank Provides a Usd 2 Million Partial Credit Guarantee and a Usd 528,600 Grant to Facilitate Access to Fertilizer for Smallholder Farmers
The partial credit guarantee will enable the African Fertiliser and Agro-Industry Partnership (AFAP) to provide fertilisers to 550,000 smallholder farmers in Tanzania through… Read more »
May 17, 2023
Africa: African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism - African Development Bank Board of Directors Approves 2022 Annual Report
The African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism implemented major schemes in 2022 to help farmers access affordable fertilizer as global prices skyrocketed following the war in Ukraine. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank-Funded Enterprise Produces Affordable, Healthier Vegetables Using Urban Rooftop Hydroponics
Ifeoluwa Olatayo, founder of Nigeria's Soupah Kitchen & Company, inspects the condition of vegetables in her hydroponic farm Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $11.7 Million to Facilitate Access to Fertilizers for African Farmers
The African Fertiliser Financing Mechanism aims to expand access to fertilizer, agricultural inputs and technical assistance for smallholder farmers in Africa. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire - Arlette Ophélia Koffi Dreams of Becoming Africa's Top Producer of Ganoderma Mushrooms
Arlette Ophélia Koffi has the aspiration to be the top producer of Ganoderma mushrooms in Africa. She plans to launch her business following a period of incubation in the… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Viviane, a Young Graduate Swearing By Agriculture to Achieve Her Dreams
Viviane Kakou, who has a master's degree in geography, didn't want to spend her career in an office. She chose agriculture out of passion. Thanks to the African Development Bank,… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Africa: Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism Governing Council to Support Entity's Resources Mobilization Efforts
The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism's (AFFM) Governing Council committed to to mobilize funds to implement the AFFM's Strategic Plan 2022 - 2028 to support the increased… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Africa: Hear From Women Smallholder Farmers About How Digital Microinsurance, Together With Digital Agronomy Tips Can Help Them Mitigate Against Climatic and Other Risks to Their Crops.
"We are very happy knowing that whenever we face disasters, there is insurance to help us." Read more »
March 10, 2023
Africa: It's Time to Scale Up African Solutions for the Continent's Food and Climate Crises
President of Kenya; President of the African Development Bank; CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation Read more »
March 06, 2023
Senegal: Gender in Focus - Senegalese 'Agripreneur' and African Development Bank Agripitch Competition Winner Says Digital Marketing Key to Luxury Tea Startup Success
Senegalese businesswoman Adja Sembene Fall said she had no choice but to launch her start-up business online because her new Contanna fair-trade tea company only had $200 to its… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia - Using Drones to Improve Farm Productivity
Wiem Taieb, a Master's student at the library of the National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia (INAT), keenly leafs through botanical literature. Wiem, an agricultural engineer… Read more »
March 03, 2023
Africa: International Support for Africa's Plan to Transform Agriculture Hits $50 Billion
Africa's drive to transform its agriculture and become a breadbasket continues to receive strong global support, with development partners agreeing to commit more than $50 billion… Read more »
March 04, 2023
Africa: Time for Africa to Feed Itself - Dakar 2 Summit Takes Africa's Food Agenda Forward
Thirty-four African heads of state and government along with scores of ministers and international partners came together in Dakar to mobilise investment and move forward plans to… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Africa: African Leaders Declare Support for African Development Bank's Food Summit Outcome, Call for Urgent Implementation
Urge global support to unleash continent's agriculture potential Read more »
February 10, 2023
Africa: Unlock the Impact Potential of Agricultural SMEs in Africa, Experts Urge At Dakar 2 Food Summit
L-R: Allan Kasujja, Moderator; Admassu Tadesse, president and CEO, Eastern and Southern African, Trade and Development Bank; Danladi Verheijen, Co-founder and CEO, Verod Capital;… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Partnership to Deliver Technologies to Farmers to Feed Africa - Says Adesina
L-R: Panel Moderator Daouda Sembene; Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank Group; Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 - African Development Bank Group, Government of Canada Announce Funding Facility to Grow Agriculture Small and Medium Enterprises
(l to r) Nungari Mwangi, AgriSME Strategy and Partnerships Officer, AfDB, Atsuko Toda, Director, Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, AfDB, Andrew Mude, Lead, AgriSME… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Optimism Abounds As African Leaders Share Experiences of Agricultural Transformation.
President of Burundi Évariste Ndayishumiye welcomed to the Dakar 2 summit by Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank. He is one of 34 leaders to… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $50 Million and Eur 50 Million Trade Finance Transaction Line of Credit for Ecowas Bank for Investment and Development (Ebid) to Enhance Food Security and Boost Agricultural Value Chains in the Region
EBID headquarters building in Lome, Togo Read more »
January 27, 2023
Africa: Dakar 2 Summit - Development Partners to Commit $30 Billion to Boost Food Production in Africa
The second Africa food summit in Senegal ended on Friday, with development partners agreeing to commit $30 billion to back the continent's resolve to boost agricultural… Read more »
Africa: "Mission 1 for 200" to Double African Farmers' Production
African Development Bank Group and International Fund for Agricultural Development cement new initiative to ramp up agricultural investments in African countries. Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: Feed Africa Summit - African Development Bank to Commit $10 Billion to Make Continent the Breadbasket of the World
The African Development Bank Group, will commit $10 billion over the next five years to boost Africa's efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Africa: Tunisians Anticipate Productive Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit
There is keen interest from Tunisia in this week's three-day Africa Food Summit taking place near the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Some of Tunisia's leading agricultural… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Ethiopia: Whistles and Whips - Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Program Results in Sounds of Success in Ethiopia's Lowlands
(Korofto, Adama District, Ethiopia) If the shrill sounds of policemen's whistles echoing across Ethiopia's Awash River Valley do not seem out of place, the crack of whips in the… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Senegal: Pre-Africa Food Summit Press Conference (Dakar 2)
What: Dakar 2 Summit launch press conference Read more »