November 12, 2018
Africa: African Development Institute to Host Women's Rights Advocate, Graca Machel, to Deliver the 22nd Eminent Speakers' Lecture Series On Friday, 16 November 2018
The African Development Institute will host Her Excellency, Graca Machel as the Special Guest Speaker of the institute's Eminent Speakers' Lecture Series on Friday, 16 November… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - African Development Bank Achieves Significant Progress With Energy Projects Across Africa.
The just-concluded Africa Investment Forum successfully convened key stakeholders, and provided an unprecedented platform for effective dialogue to drive investments into the… Read more »
November 10, 2018
Africa: Africa Investment Forum exceeds expectations, participants unanimously agree
The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »
November 09, 2018
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - G20 Compact With Africa Assesses Role in Facilitating Private Sector Investments
As part of the Africa Investment Forum, ministers from the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) assess its impact and role in driving private sector investment into Africa. Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Exceeds Expectations, Participants Unanimously Agree
The curtain fell on a three-day marathon investment marketplace, on Friday, with transactions worth billions of dollars sealed. Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Development Financial Institutions Pledge Joint Effort to Ramp Up Investment Into Africa
Major Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have agreed to join forces to help boost private investments in developing economies, particularly those in Africa. The commitment was… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Unveiling the Boardroom Deals, Key Highlights
Investment interest secured for 45 deals worth US$32 billion Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) Acquires Stake in Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has acquired an equity stake in the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, formerly known as PTA. Read more »
Africa: Africa Agribusiness, a Us$1 Trillion Business By 2030
As project sponsors, borrowers, lenders and investors gathered at the Africa Investment Forum to make deals on investment opportunities, leaders of the continent's top agribusiness… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's IDC and African Development Bank Sign Loan Agreement to Ramp Up Industrial and Infrastructure Development in Africa
The African Development Bank and the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, have signed a US$100 million and ZAR 1.3 billion loan agreement to finance industrial and… Read more »
Africa: Souk At-Tanmia Partnership to Organize Third Laureates Award Ceremony
As part of the celebrations of Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Souk At-tanmia Partnership will organize its Third Laureates Award Ceremony, on Tuesday, 13 November 13, 2018 from… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - High-Tech Player Mara Announces First African-Made Smartphone
The Maraphone is high-spec, affordable, smart, transformative and in line with the Bank's Industrialize Africa High 5 priority Read more »
Africa: If You Want to Know 'The Big Five' Trends That Will Affect Business in Africa. This Is the Book to Read
For one week, Acha Leke and Mutsa Chironga studied stories from international news outlets to gauge the stories being told about Africa. What they found motivated them to change… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Delegates Underscore Pathways to Africa's Rapid Industrialisation
The industrialise Africa session at the Africa Investment Forum ran late into the evening on Thursday, with delegates focussing on how to drive investment, expand trade and… Read more »
November 08, 2018
Africa: The Trade and Development Bank and USAID Sign MOU to Power Africa
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and USAID's Power Africa initiative have today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will finance power… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum 2018 - Lusophone Africa Sets Sight On US$5 Billion in Projects Under New Development Finance Compact
Lusophone countries have identified a pipeline of more than US$5 billion in private sector and private-public partnership (PPP) projects to accelerate growth in their economies. Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Calls for Increased Investments Into Pension Funds On the Continent
Africa's largest economies are leading the way, investing in equity market and pension funds but more countries need to follow suit to attract much needed foreign institutional… Read more »
Africa: Adesina Shares Vision to Transform Africa Through Investment Not Aid
President Cyril Ramaphosa officially opened the inaugural edition of the Africa Investment Forum on Thursday saying Africa was not only on the rise but Africa is on the move,… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - Putting Women At the Heart of Financial Systems
Panelists on the first day of the inaugural Africa Investment Forum have urged investors to ensure that women are placed at the heart of financial systems, echoing President… Read more »
Africa: Climate, Agribusiness, Gender Are Key Priorities in New Agreement Between African Development Bank and Findev Canada
The African Development Bank and FinDev Canada - the Canadian government's development finance institution - have agreed to collaborate in joint transaction opportunities, external… Read more »
Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa to Officially Open the Africa Investment Forum At the Sandton Convention Centre
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will today, Thursday, 08 November 2018, officially open the inaugural session of the African Development Bank's Africa Investment Forum. Read more »
November 07, 2018
Africa: Renewable Energy in Africa - African Development Bank and Moroccan Agency Masen Join Forces to Roll Out 'Desert to Power' Initiative
The African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and Mustapha Bakkoury, President of Moroccan agency Masen (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy), have signed a… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum - African Legal Support Facility Offers Tools to Assist Negotiations for Infrastructure On the Continent
Stephen Karangizi, Director and Chief Executive Officer of the African Legal Support Facility on Monday said the facility offers the needed tools for African countries to better… Read more »
Africa: Kinshasa, Brazzaville Ink Landmark Bridge Project
On the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum, the African Development Bank and Africa50 have signed an agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo… Read more »
Africa: Niger Basin Authority Will Get US $134 Million to Spur Development and Climate Change Adaptation in the Niger Basin (PIDACC)
In a bid to improve the resilience of the people and ecosystems of the Niger River Basin, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, has approved US$76 million for the… Read more »
