September 16
Africa: African Development Bank Unveils Gender Marker System Dashboard to Strengthen Monitoring and Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in Bank Projects
The African Development Bank Group has launched a new digital platform to track progress towards mainstreaming gender equality in its programmes and projects across the continent. Read more »
September 10
Africa: 60 Years of the African Development Bank - Private Sector Representatives Applaud Institution's Backing and Urge Further Support for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Among Women and Young People
The African Development Bank must expand its support for female entrepreneurs, as well as young innovators and business creators, to reduce poverty and tackle the lack of jobs in… Read more »
August 12
Africa: African Development Bank Group Women and Gender Communications Campaign Wins National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award
America's largest organization of journalists and media-related professionals of colour has named the African Development Bank Group a "Salute to Excellence Award" winner for Bank… Read more »
July 02
Africa: African Development Bank Group Launches Project to Map Women Entrepreneurs' Associations in Africa
The African Development Bank launched a project on 26 June aimed at mapping 160 women entrepreneurs' associations in 16 African countries. Read more »
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone - African Development Fund Approves $20 Million Grant for Youth and Women Jobs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, approved a $19.95 million grant for an initiative to provide… Read more »
Mauritania: Mauritania - the African Development Bank Grants $17 Million to Strengthen Resilience of Female Market Gardeners, Add Value to Agricultural Production and Increase Incomes of Rural Women
The African Development Bank (ADB) Group Board of Directors has approved a grant of $17 million to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to implement the Project for Promotion of… Read more »
July 01
Zambia: Empowering Women - Community-Based Training in Non-Timber Forest Products and Business Management in the Kafue Sub-Basin
Women farmers living in one of Zambia's critically important forest regions - the Kafue Sub-Basin - recently completed a training programme, supported by the African Development… Read more »
June 12
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - African Development Bank Builds Civil Society and Private Capacity to Promote Gender Equality, to Reduce Emissions Caused By Deforestation
The African Development Bank, through the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), ran a capacity-building session for civil society and private sector organisations on gender mainstreaming… Read more »
June 14
Africa: African Development Bank Empowers Women Entrepreneurs Associations - New Businesswomen's Associations Mapping Project
What: Launch of Civil Society Organizations Women Business Associations Mapping Project Read more »
May 31
Africa: Annual Meetings 2024 - Centenary Rural and Development Bank Named Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa Initiative's 'Afawa Bank of the Year' At African Banker Awards
A Kampala-based commercial bank with a "mission critical focus" to provide financial services to vulnerable women entrepreneurs has been named the "AFAWA Bank of the Year" at the… Read more »
May 29
Africa: Changing Mentalities, Removing Obstacles and Finding New Tools to Boost Female Entrepreneurship in Africa
"The first thing that women need to do is to change their opinions of themselves - that is how they can excel, project themselves and develop their businesses, going beyond… Read more »
May 27
Africa: African Development Bank Annual Meetings 2024 - AfDB, UN Women Strengthen Collaboration to Advance Women's Economic Empowerment
A day ahead of the African Development Bank Group's Annual Meetings, the institution teamed up with UN Women to host a side event showcasing both organizations' achievements to… Read more »
May 22
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - African Development Fund Approves Nearly $43 Million to Boost Access to Finance and Non-Financial Services for Ethiopian Youth and Women-Led Msmes
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund - the African Development Bank Group's concessional financing window - approved a grant of $42.86 million to Ethiopia on 22… Read more »
May 10
Africa: Paris Summit Aims to Secure Commitments Toward $4b Needed to Close Clean Cooking Funding Gap for African Women
Development partners gathering in Paris on 14 May are expected to pledge towards the $4 billion needed to provide clean cooking access for 250 million African women by 2030. Read more »
April 08
Togo: Afawa Finance Series Togo - African Development Bank and African Guarantee Fund Unite to Strengthen Female Entrepreneurs' Access to Finance
The African Development Bank and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have brought the curtain down on the AFAWA Finance Series Togo conference, a key note event aimed at promoting a… Read more »
April 04
Africa: Gender in Focus - Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa-Funded Training Gives Women Entrepreneurs Tools and Confidence to Grow
Editor's note: The African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa initiative aims to increase access to financing for the continent's women-run business,… Read more »
March 12
Togo: Empowering Vulnerable Women - African Development Bank Financing Bolsters Economic Inclusion in Togo
Some 45 kilometres from Lomé, in the village of Aného, a transformative initiative is reshaping the lives of vulnerable women like Adjoa Agbomassi. Following her… Read more »
March 08
Africa: #iwd2024 - Impactful Investment: African Development Bank Support Shapes Scholarship Graduate Career in Drone-Enabled Public Health
The African Development Bank's Japan Africa Dream Scholarship program invests in promising African students from Bank member countries at partner universities in Africa and Japan,… Read more »
Africa: #iwd2024 - African Development Bank's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (Afawa) Is Investing in Women, Accelerating Africa's Progress Toward Gender-Inclusive Economic Growth
Africa is undergoing a fundamental reset in mindset toward investing in its women entrepreneurs. For too long, too many commercial banks and other financial institutions have been… Read more »
March 05
Africa: Bootcamp for African Women Entrepreneurs
What: Launch of bootcamp for African women entrepreneurs Read more »
February 05
Morocco: Morocco - The Assafae Association for Sustainable Development, Concrete Support for Women Entrepreneurs
The Entrepreneurial Profile of Morocco, published in December 2023 by EiNA, the African Development Bank and the Moroccan Ministry of Economy and Finance, pays particular attention… Read more »
January 30
Comoros: African Development Bank Country Gender Profiles Reveal Progress in Addressing Gender Discrimination in Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Seychelles
African Development Bank reports on Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, and Seychelles show advances in addressing gender discrimination - despite uneven rates of… Read more »
December 12, 2023
Africa: Webinar 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
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December 08, 2023
Africa: COP28 - African Development Bank's Afawa Grants $1.8 Million to Boost Entrepreneurship Skills for Thousands of Women in Partnership With Export Trading Group
The African Development Bank Group's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) and Export Trading Group have signed a technical assistance agreement of $1.8 million to… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Africa: African Development Bank, African Guarantee Fund Make Business Case for Investing in Africa's Women-Led Enterprises At Afawa Finance Series Kenya
AfDB Vice President, Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Marie Laure Akin-Olugbade (third from left) poses with Kenyan government officials and Jules Ngankam,… Read more »