February 12, 2020
Africa: AFAWA Initiative - French Delegation Follows Through Its Commitment With Working Visit to AfDB Headquarters
A delegation from the French government, led by Philippe Lacoste, director of sustainable development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, paid a working visit to African… Read more »
February 18, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Director Hanan Morsy Named One of Egypt's 50 Most Influential Women
The Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research at the African Development Bank, Dr Hanan Morsy, has been named one of Egypt's 50 most influential women. Read more »
December 23, 2019
Africa: Global Gender Summit 2019 - Climate Investment Funds Can Cushion Women From Adverse Effects of Climate Change
Gender-sensitive climate action can help reduce women's vulnerability to climate change, according to experts. Read more »
December 20, 2019
Africa: Getting Onboard - A New Highway Along the Nigeria-Cameroon Border Is Helping Women Commuters and Villagers All Around
Women commuters along the Nigeria-Cameroon border are breathing a sigh of relief. 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 »
December 12, 2019
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
Senegal: African Development Bank Lends €62.8 Million to Help Create 150,000 Jobs for Women and Young People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a €62.83 million loan to the Government of Senegal for implementation of the first phase of a project aimed at… Read more »
November 27, 2019
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: 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 »
November 18, 2019
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 / Promises Made, Promises Kept - Champions Share Why Investments Benefit Women
60% of Mara phones' 400-450 employees are women: This is why our quality is better than anyone else's - Ashsish Thakkar Read more »
November 12, 2019
Africa: Speaking Up - Diplomats, Policy Makers and the African Development Bank Share Lessons On Creating Harassment-Free Workplaces
- More people willing to speak out about abuse means there is progress - panel Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Billion Dollar Boost for African Female Entrepreneurs
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a $1.1 billion lending programme to help women entrepreneurs on the continent. Read more »
October 18, 2019
Africa: 2019 Global Gender Summit Plans to Tackle the Constraints to Gender Equality
Rwanda is preparing to welcome women from all over the world for the first Global Gender Summit to be held in Africa. Read more »
October 03, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - African Development Bank Announces New Accountability Index to Measure Institutional Lending to Women
A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank… Read more »
September 27, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Hands Off Our Girls! African First Ladies Take Campaign Against Rape, Early Child Marriage, to UN General Assembly
Africa's first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio brought their campaign to ban early child marriage and sexual violence against women and girls before a global stage in… Read more »
September 25, 2019
Africa: Unga 2019 - Women Are "Africa's Tigers" Says Congolese First Lady As African Development Bank Touts $3bn Fund
African women are on the cusp of securing gender equality. "We are convinced that the moment for African women has now come," said Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, the First Lady of the… Read more »