January 06, 2023
Sudan: New Data Collection Tool Launched in Sudan
A group photo of Stakeholders of Bank-financed projects at the RASME training Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: Sudan - African Development Bank Group Commits Nearly $74 Million to Boost Wheat Production
Daf'Allah Mohamed Ahmed is one of more than 1,400 farmers and stakeholders taking part in the TAAT program, set to expand under the African Emergency Food Production Facility… Read more »
June 21, 2022
Sudan: Sudan - Bank-Funded Programme Yields a Pioneering Batch of Graduates in the Education Sector
When the African Development Bank launched a project to enhance institutional and human capacity in Sudan's education sector, Ahmed Mutiagin was a student with ambitions of getting… Read more »
April 08, 2022
Eritrea: African Development Fund Approves $5.5 Million Grant to Fund Phase Two of Flagship Desert to Power Energy Project in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $5.5 million technical assistance grant to kick-start the roll-out of the flagship Desert to Power initiative… Read more »
November 24, 2021
Africa: Sudan Sees Record Harvest As Agricultural Technologies Reach 10.6 Million Farmers in 2020
Sudanese wheat growers like Daf'Allah Mohamed Ahmed have battled the elements in recent years. Droughts, rising temperatures and the coronavirus pandemic have stretched the… Read more »
July 09, 2021
Sudan: Sudan - African Development Fund $8.56 Million Grant to Boost Resilience to Climate Shocks Boosts, Disaster Risk Management
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $8.56 million from the African Development Fund to implement the Africa Disaster Risk Financing… Read more »
May 12, 2021
Sudan: Sudan - African Development Bank Group Completes Clearance of Sudan's $413 Million Arrears
5th May 2021, Dr. Gibril Ibrahim Mohammed, Sudan's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Nnenna Nwabufo,African Development Bank Director-General, East Africa Region, sign… Read more »
December 15, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $14.96 Million Project to Boost Women Entrepreneurs in Sudan
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved financing for a $14.96 million project to help women in Sudan access finance and grow their businesses. Read more »
November 19, 2020
Sudan: Sudan - $28.233 Million in African Development Fund Grants to Bolster Response to Covid-19
The Board of the African Development Fund on Wednesday approved grants worth $28.233 million to Sudan to shore up the country's health system to effectively respond and contain the… Read more »
October 31, 2020
South Sudan: African Development Bank Group Approves $440,000 Emergency Relief Assistance for Flood Victims in South Sudan and Sudan
The African Development Bank Group has approved an emergency assistance relief package of $440,000 to fund ongoing humanitarian and emergency relief efforts in areas recently hit… Read more »
October 19, 2020
Sudan: Sudan's Record Wheat Harvest Is Proof That Bank Agricultural Transformation Program Will Boost Breadbasket Goal
Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest. According to Sudanese officials, the nation saw a wheat… Read more »
June 30, 2020
Sudan: Development Finance Institutions Commit to Support Sudan's Transformation
Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged multi-pronged… Read more »
June 26, 2020
Africa: International Community Shows Strong Support for Sudan With $1.8 Billion Pledge
Over $1.8 billion dollars in pledges for Sudan poured in during a high-level Sudan Partnership Conference held on Thursday, 25 June 2020, marking an important step in the African… Read more »
March 30, 2020
Sudan: TAAT: Wheat Farmers in Sudan Record Increased Yields After Adoption of Proven Technologies
Sudanese wheat farmers are in a joyous mood. Read more »
June 10, 2020
Sudan: The African Development Bank Gives $1.2 Million for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway Study
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $1.2 million grant to Ethiopia's government to finance a feasibility study into a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link… Read more »
April 30, 2020
Sudan: Women's Farming Group in Sudan Breaks New Ground With Sorghum Seeds
A women's farming group in South Darfur is eyeing business opportunities with a nutritious cash crop. Read more »
March 10, 2020
Sudan: African Development Bank Signs First Private Sector Loan, Dal Group to Receive Up to $75 Million
The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with DAL Group, one of Sudan's largest conglomerates, for the provision of up to $75 million to improve food security and… Read more »
March 08, 2020
Africa: Interview of Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development
TAAT initiative participant and Zimbabwean smallholder farmer Gertrude Marisa poses with Dr. Jennifer Blanke in Marisa's field of healthy maize plants. Read more »
January 15, 2020
Senegal: African Development Fund Board Approves $37.2 Million in Credit Risk Participations By the Private Sector Credit Enhancement Facility for Non-Sovereign Operations in Kenya, Sudan and Senegal
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, approved on January 15, 2020, credit risk… Read more »
December 23, 2019
Africa: Sudan - African Development Bank Approves $21.783 Million Grant for Roll Out of Solar-Powered Irrigation
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a grant to the government of Sudan to accelerate the adoption of solar-powered irrigation pumps in the country's West… Read more »
December 19, 2019
Sudan: African Development Bank Approves $60 Million Loan to Support Elnefeidi Group's Agricultural Expansion
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $60m loan to Elnefeidi Group Holding Company to help finance its long-term agriculture and food expansion… Read more »
October 11, 2019
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $31.3 Million Grants for Water and Sanitation Facilities
The African Development Bank Group on 9 October, 2019 approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of $30 million and a $1.3 million grant from the Rural Water Supply and… Read more »
April 10, 2019
Sudan: In Sudan Technology Helps Farmers Overcome Wheat Woes
Women's groups from Maukashfi IP sites display bread products during "Field Day" Read more »
July 27, 2018
Sudan: African Development Bank Signs Us$41 Million Grant Agreement for Sudan's Agriculture Value Chain Development Project
The African Development Bank on Thursday signed a US$41-million grant agreement with Republic of Sudan to finance a public sector Agriculture Value Chain Development Project in the… Read more »
June 19, 2018
Africa: African Development Bank Invests in Sudan Agribusiness
To boost agricultural production and productivity in the Sudan, the Bank approved US $42 million in concessional grants from the African Development Fund to support the National… Read more »