October 20, 2020
Africa: African and US Development Financiers Reaffirm Their Commitment to Attracting Greater Private Sector Capital to Africa
The continent's largest development finance institutions have emphasized that a sustained and collaborative approach among development partners to scale up project development… Read more »
October 19, 2020
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Fund Approves $50.7m Covid-19 Crisis Response Budget Support
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a loan of UA 36 million ($50.7 million) to Tanzania, to finance the nation's response to the COVID-19… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda - Sharp Decline in Cases of Typhoid Fever, Diarrhoea, in Capital, Thanks to Sanitation Project
For several years now, typhoid fever and diarrhoea cases have fallen significantly in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, especially in the major district of Kawempe, according to an… Read more »
Ghana: The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, OCP Africa Team Up to Increase Access to Fertilizers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
The African Development Bank has approved the participation of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) in a $4 million partial trade credit guarantee with OCP Africa, a… Read more »
Africa: Women in Compliance in Africa - Navigating Challenges & Opportunities in the Era of Covid-19
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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 »
October 16, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank's Second Virtual Business Opportunities Seminar of 2020, Draws 250 Global Partners and Suppliers
The African Development Bank hosted its second virtual business opportunities seminar in 2020 (BOS) on 13 and 14 October. Read more »
Africa: Why Covid-19-Impacted World Food Day 2020 Is the Time to Prioritize Investments in Food Systems
World Food Day 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization, but celebrations this 16 October are muted due to the coronavirus. Read more »
Africa: World Food Day 16 October, 2020
Theme: "Grow, nourish, sustain. Together. Our actions are our future." Read more »
Africa: World Food Day 2020 - Banking On Agriculture
Quick facts on the African Development Bank's Feed Africa High 5: Read more »
October 15, 2020
Africa: Bank Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation Training in Ghana Is Raising Farmer Agricultural Ambition
When Isaac Papanko started farming maize on eight hectares of farmland, he couldn't have imagined that within just a few years, his agribusiness would grow to be 425 hectares -… Read more »
Ghana: In Ghana's North, Training and Support to Farmers Drives Major Livelihood Improvements
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location in the country's… Read more »
Africa: World Food Day 2020 - He Came Second Place, but Kenyan Agripreneur Still On Winning Streak
AgriPitch "agripreneur" competition runner-up credits African Development Bank for start-up success Read more »
October 14, 2020
Africa: Webinar On Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector
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Africa: Message From Wambui Gichuri, Acting Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, African Development Bank Group, On Global Handwashing Day
Only one in four Africans have access to a safe source of water Read more »
October 13, 2020
Africa: Appointments in the Cabinet of African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina
The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Yacine FAL Director General, Cabinet Office of the President, effective 1st November 2020. Read more »
October 12, 2020
Africa: Webinar "Pulse Check - Trade Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa During Covid-19"
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October 09, 2020
Kenya: In Kenya, the Menengaï Geothermal Plant, Funded By the African Development Bank, Is Helping 500,000 Households Overcome a Severe Electricity Shortage
In six years, Kenya has more than tripled production, from 198 to nearly 672 megawatts (MW), becoming Africa's leading producer of geothermal energy in the process. The… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Makes Pitch for Strategic Partnerships With Nordic Businesses
AfDB interested in transformational agro value chain industrialization projects which add value to competitively-produced commodities in Africa - VP Quaynor Read more »
October 08, 2020
Africa: Covid-19 Crisis Is Pushing Us to Refocus Priorities, Says Bank Vice President Quaynor in Global Infrastructure Forum Event On Infrastructure Project Preparation
The African Development Bank hosted an online seminar 7 October as part of the fourth annual Global Infrastructure Forum, drawing together representatives of government, the… Read more »
Ghana: In Ghana, Improved, Sustainable Sanitation Helps a "Queen Mother of Oranges" Reign Supreme in Her Heavily Populated Community Market
New project provides sanitation infrastructure to tens of thousands Read more »
October 07, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Urges Japanese Investors to Seek Investment Partners in Africa
The African Development Bank has urged Japanese investors to collaborate with local partners in Africa in order to stimulate growth on the continent. Read more »
October 05, 2020
Africa: Tanzania - Zanzibar's Urban Residents Have Improved Access to Water and Sanitation With African Development Bank Support, Says Report
The Zanzibar Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, implemented between 2012 and 2018 in Tanzania, has provided water and sanitation services to around 287,000 people,… Read more »
Africa: World Circular Economy Forum - Partners, Leading Experts Discuss Africa's Post Covid-19 Sustainable Recovery
The African Development Bank organized a high-level session on fostering inclusivity and circularity in Africa's post COVID-19 recovery. Read more »
October 01, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Wins Global Award for Covid-19 Bond Issue
The African Development Bank was selected in a poll of bond market players as the best issuer in 2020 of a COVID-19 bond for its $3 billion dollar-denominated Fight COVID-19 social… Read more »
