December 08, 2020
Africa: Irena and African Development Bank Partner to Scale Up Renewable Energy Investments in Africa
"The Bank's partnership with IRENA will support Africa's energy transition and our goal to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy in Africa… Read more »
Africa: Africa Business Media Innovators (Abmi) 2020
What: The opening address at the virtual ABMI20 Innovator Chats will examine the immense and unprecedented disruption of COVID-19 and other factors on the media landscape in Africa… Read more »
Africa: Making Finance Work for Africa Annual General Assembly (Aga)
What: Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Read more »
December 07, 2020
Africa: Africa Must Forge Strong Partnerships, Effectively Manage Its Abundant Natural Resources, to Rebuild Faster Post-Covid-19 - International Forum On African Leadership
"African leaders must be at their creative best to get the best partnerships on offer"- Lazarus Chakweras, Malawian President Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2020 - Africa Beyond Covid-19: Acceleration Towards Inclusive Sustainable Development
WHAT: African Economic Conference 2020: Africa beyond COVID-19: acceleration towards inclusive sustainable development Read more »
December 05, 2020
Africa: Remarks of Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, At the 2020 Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (Cibn) Fellowship Investiture Saturday December 5, 2020
Your Excellency, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Mr. Ernest Ebi, Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Bayo Olugbemi, FCIB, the President and Chairman of the Council of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Remarks of Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, at the 2020 Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Fellowship Investiture
Your Excellency, Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State, Mr. Ernest Ebi, Chairman of the occasion, Mr. Bayo Olugbemi, FCIB, the President and Chairman of the Council of the… Read more »
December 04, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Offers African Aviation a Chance to Reset
The air transport system is really at the forefront of all our collective objectives to realize Africa as a single economic bloc - VP Solomon Quaynor Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Launches $50 Million Facility to Support Energy Access Companies Through and Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to establish the… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - African Development Fund Approves $71.5 Million in Loans for Road Upgrading Project
Improved access to schools, hospitals and farms expected to benefit 1 million people in southwestern Uganda Read more »
December 03, 2020
Africa: Development Evaluation Week - African Development Bank Marks 40 Years of Evaluating Progress As Experts Mull SDGs and Covid-19
The African Development Bank celebrated 40 years of evaluating its development efforts, taking the opportunity to reflect on the challenges around monitoring and evaluating… Read more »
Africa: Leave No One Behind - Fostering Digital Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Africa
How can people in Africa acquire the skills to digitize work and help diversify and grow economies? Read more »
Africa: Local Currency Financing for Off-Grid Energy Solutions in Africa Limited, Needs Scaling Up - African Development Bank Report
Although advantageous, local currency financing for off-grid renewables projects and businesses in Africa is still limited, according to a new report released by the African… Read more »
West Africa: Unlocking the Solar Potential of the G5 Sahel Countries
WHAT: Africa Energy Market Place (AEMP) - Unlocking the Solar Potential of the G5 Sahel Countries Read more »
December 02, 2020
Africa: Webinar On the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (Fiti)
What: Webinar on the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank and Partners Roll Out Comprehensive Report On the State of Gender Equality in Africa
The African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and UN Women unveiled details of its Africa Gender Index report during a virtual global… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Accountability and Transparent Recovery in the Context of Covid-19
What: Panel discussion Read more »
December 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Receives Coveted Stevie Award During Virtual Ceremony
The African Development Bank has taken home two coveted prizes at the 17th Annual International Business Awards in recognition of the institution's 2019 Annual Report. Read more »
Africa: Ten Years After the Inaugural Development Effectiveness Review, the African Development Bank Is Once More Shepherding African Economies Through a Global Crisis
We should be in no doubt that Africa faces its gravest threat in many years, and that national health and social protection systems will be severely tested." Akinwumi Adesina Read more »
Africa: "It Brings Us Hope" - African Development Bank Leads Drive to Deliver Electricity to All
Kindergarten teacher Fatima Zahera Hagou recalls that just a generation ago, when the sun went down over the Moroccon countryside, her rural village of Dar Laain ground to a halt… Read more »
Africa: 2020 Annual Anti-Corruption Day
Recover with integrity: Adapting the fight against corruption to the new normal Read more »
South Sudan: South Sudan - For the People of Juba, an AfDB Supported Water Project Brings Better Health - and Peace
Farida, her school bag on her back and her face betraying a hint of a smile, sings softly on her way to school in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. Read more »
November 30, 2020
Africa: Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector - Future of Mining
What: Webinar on Africa's COVID-19 Response within the Extractives Sector: The Future of Mining in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur extractif - L'avenir de l'exploitation minière
Quoi ? Webinaire sur la réponse de l'Afrique à la pandémie de Covid-19 dans le secteur des industries extractives : l'avenir de l'exploitation minière… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Invests in Pioneering Spark+ Africa Fund to Deliver Clean Cooking Solutions
The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $5 million investment in the SPARK+ Africa Fund to deliver clean cooking solutions to over two million households… Read more »
