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 »

Africa: Conference On Land Policy in Africa - Re-Thinking Land Reform

As Horman Chitongue, Professor at University of Cape Town, South Africa, stated: "It's a question of guaranteeing the means for people working the land to have a livelihood from… Read more »

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 »

Mozambique: African Development Bank Approves $400 Million to Support Mozambique's Ambition to Become Global LNG Player

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Thursday approved a long-term Senior Loan of $400 million to support the building of an integrated Liquefied Natural… Read more »

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: AEC 2019 - Only a Competitive Youth Will Guarantee Africa's Sustainable Inclusive Economic Growth - African Development Bank Chief Economist Charles Lufumpa

The youth of Africa must be empowered to be competitive in order to play a more meaningful role in the continent's economic transformation drive, urged African Development Bank's… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Conference On Land Policy in Africa - Technology and Innovation Will Help Speed Up Removal of Land Sector Corruption in Africa - African Development Bank

African countries must act faster to purge corruption in the land sector by harnessing technology and innovation, African Development Bank Senior Vice President Charles Boamah… 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 »

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 »

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 »

South Sudan: South Sudan - African Development Bank-Financed Upgraded Juba Power Distribution System Comes Onstream

The government of South Sudan on Thursday commissioned a $38 million upgraded power distribution system financed by the African Development Bank to restore reliable electricity… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Conference On Land Policy in Africa - Why It Matters for the Continent, By Cosmas Milton Ochieng

Cosmas Milton Ochieng, an expert in natural resource governance and economic development in Africa, is the Director of the African Natural Resource Centre at the African… Read more »

Africa: Gazelles Among the Elephants and Lions - Msmes Carve Out Space to Grow

Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) are the heartbeat of Africa's economies. They represent 95% of all firms and generate more than 80% of new jobs on the continent… Read more »

Zambia: African Development Bank and Partners Improving Sanitation for Lusaka's Low-Income Suburbs

"Sometimes, it looks to me like surgery in the belly of an ancient beast," says Herbert Chinokoro, senior water and sanitation engineer at the African Development Bank's Country… Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - African Development Bank Signs $250-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Absa, to Address Africa's Trade Financing Gap

The African Development Bank has signed an unfunded $250-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility with ABSA - a pan-Africa financial institution with a solid presence in… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - Masai Ujiri Urges African Leaders to Invest in Sports, Commissions Two New "Players"

We need to invest in sports; African talent is like gold and diamonds - Masai Ujiri Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019 - "Africa's Time Is Now!", Says Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

At the close on Wednesday of the second edition of the Africa Investment Forum in Johannesburg, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina put the accent on current… Read more »

Africa: 2019 Africa Investment Forum: African Development Bank, EU Reaffirm Partnership, Ambition to De-risk Business Environment, Create Jobs in Africa

EU is Bank’s partner of choice for development – Akinwumi Adesina Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2019: Unveiling the Boardroom: $67.6 Billion Dollars of Deals Tabled, $40.1 Billion Investor Interest Secured

Africa is winning…Africa is bankable- African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Read more »