Africa: Africa's Ai Revolution - African Development Bank Report Projects $1 Trillion in Additional GDP By 2035 With Use of Ai to Enhance Productivity

The African Development Bank has released a report establishing a strategic roadmap for unlocking the economic and social potential of artificial intelligence (AI) across Africa.… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group Develops Original Idea to Present Climate Solutions to COP30 Participants

At COP30, held in Belém, Brazil (10-21 November), the African Development Bank Group introduced a new, more interactive way to showcase its climate solutions by hosting… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria - African Development Bank and Partners Break Ground On $223 Million Urban Water Sector Reform and Sanitation Project in Ondo State

The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the Ondo State Government and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), has broken ground for the Nigeria Urban… Read more »

Djibouti: African Development Fund Approves $21 Million Grant to Boost Djibouti's Urban Infrastructure, Climate Resilience and Adaptation

The Board of the African Development Fund has approved a grant of $21 million to upgrade critical urban infrastructure and boost climate resilience. Read more »

Uganda: Financing for Technical Assistance to Spur a Cotton Comeback in Northern Uganda

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $2 million in technical assistance to support the Cotton Value Chain Project in Northern… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Approves 2025-2028 Strategy to Drive Libya's Reconstruction and Economic Diversification

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new strategy for engagement with Libya that prioritises the country's recovery and long-term economic… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanipac - Turning the Tide Against Aflatoxin in Tanzania

Maize rustles in the breeze across Tanzania's heartlands with renewed promise. Farmers who once feared consuming their own harvests now look to the future with confidence. Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Group Welcomes Canadian Africa Envoy for Discussions to Reshape Cooperation

The Senior Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade welcomed Canada's Special Envoy for Africa, Ambassador Ben Marc Diendéré, to… Read more »

East Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves $76.3 Million in Additional Financing to Advance Transport Connectivity in the Horn of Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved $76.37 million in additional financing for the Road Infrastructure Programme in Somalia, a key component… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya - African Development Bank Group and Kcb Bank Sign $150 Million Deal to Accelerate Green Lending and Trade

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and KCB Bank Kenya Limited have signed a $150 million financing package to support green finance and accelerate climate-smart investments… Read more »

Mali: The African Development Fund Grants Guinea Nearly $26 Million in Additional Funding to Develop an Electricity Interconnection With Mali

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved additional financing of $25.79 million for Guinea for the 225 kV Guinea-Mali electricity interconnection project. Read more »

Africa: At COP30, AfDB, Development Partners Call for Major New Financing to Accelerate Africa's Great Green Wall Initiative

At the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, development partners including the African Development Bank, urged for a scale up in financing… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - the African Development Fund Grants €70.34 Million in Financing for the Transport Sector Support Project

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund approved a €70.34 million loan to Burkina Faso to finance the Transport Sector Support Project in Abidjan on 10 December… Read more »

Somalia: African Development Fund Approves Investment to Help Somali Communities Build Climate-Resilient Livelihoods

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved, on 02 December 2025, a $9.63 million grant to strengthen climate resilience, food security and incomes of… Read more »

Benin: Benin - African Development Bank to Invest €102 Million to Boost Poultry Meat Production

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group meeting in Abidjan today approved a €102.12 million loan to Benin to implement the first phase of the Agriculture… Read more »

Malawi: African Development Fund Approves $22.9 Million Grant to Revitalize Malawi's Critical Hydropower Infrastructure

The African Development Fund's (ADF) Board of Directors has approved a grant of $22.9 million for the rehabilitation of Malawi's Kapichira and Nkula B hydropower plants, marking a… Read more »

São Tomé and Príncipe: African Development Bank to Strengthen São Tomé and Príncipe's Economic Resilience With $7.5 Million Nigeria Trust Fund Grant

The African Development Bank Group Board of Directors has approved a $7.5 million supplemental financing grant from the Nigeria Trust Fund (NTF) to support São Tomé… Read more »

Sudan: New African Development Bank Group Country Manager Presents Credentials to the Government of Sudan

The African Development Bank Group's incoming country manager for Sudan, David Muthusi Mutuku, formally presented his credentials to Muhi al-Din Salem Ahmed, Sudan's Minister of… Read more »

Chad: In the Heart of Chad, Water Is Changing Lives

Across the vast plains of Chad, where drought shapes daily life, a profound change is underway. In a region where finding and carrying water once required hours of effort each day,… Read more »

Guinea Bissau: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence - African Development Bank Launches Initiative to Strengthen Gender Equality and Governance in South Sudan, the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau

The African Development Bank Group has approved approximately $3.7 million to launch a new governance and gender equality initiative in South Sudan, The Gambia and Guinea-Bissau. Read more »

Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Inefficiency in Allocation of Capital Keeps Women Entrepreneurs From Unlocking Full Potential - Nialé Kaba

Nialé Kaba, Côte d'Ivoire's Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, has described Africa's women entrepreneurs as untapped "gold mines" at the 2025 Africa… Read more »

Namibia: African Development Bank Approves $10 Million to Catalyse Namibia's Large Green Hydrogen Project

The African Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a $10 million loan to Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, a Namibian green hydrogen development company, to support a green… Read more »

Ghana: Twenty Years of Waiting - How Seizing One Opportunity Transformed a Struggling Farmer Into a Community Leader

Abdul Salam Dauda, 35, a farmer from Zanindo, a community in the Gushiegu District of Northern Ghana, has been farming for over two decades without much success. Read more »

South Sudan: African Development Bank Extends Country Strategy to Support Stability and Growth in South Sudan

The African Development Bank Group has approved the extension of its Interim Country Strategy Paper for South Sudan through to 2027. The extension reflects the Bank's continued… Read more »

Libya: African Development Bank Unveils Libya 2025 Country Focus Report - Making Libya's Capital Work Better for Its Development

The African Development Bank Group has released its 2025 Country Focus Report for Libya titled "Making Libya's Capital Work Better for its Development". Read more »