November 02, 2017
Africa: AfDB Encourages Transparent Governance of Fisheries Through the Fiti
"Eating fish caught by a vessel that is opaque about its catch often amounts to eating fish from activities related to forced labour, that have been used to provide cover for human… Read more »
Africa: Four African States Apply for Fisheries Transparency Initiative Membership
Guinea, Mauritania, Senegal and the Seychelles have informed the FiTI Secretariat of their desire to join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI). Read more »
Africa: Protecting the Bounty of Africa's Oceans - an Interview With Dr. Peter Eigen, Chair of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative International Board
Why, in your view, should African countries join the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI)? Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon Makes Significant Strides in Social Services and Infrastructure, New AfDB Report Shows
As the most robust economy in Central Africa, Cameroon, has in the past decade taken steps to further boost growth, making major advances in providing health, education, and clean… Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Governance Takes Centre Stage As African Governments, AfDB, Alsf and Development Partners Gather in Cape Town
Representatives of African governments, the global private sector, and international institutions, including the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Partners With Purdue University to Make Technologies Available to African Farmers
AfDB to join "Scale up" agricultural technologies conference in September 2018 Read more »
October 31, 2017
Nigeria: African Development Bank Strongly Supports Nigerian Government's Economic Recovery Efforts
The African Development Bank wishes to categorically refute the statement that it has "called off loans to Nigeria", as reported in Reuters and credited to AfDB Vice-President for… Read more »
Africa: Power Sector Leadership Workshop On Governance and Loss Reduction
The Power Systems Development Department (PESD) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA) will co-organize a Workshop on… Read more »
October 30, 2017
Africa: Event Financing Private Sector Development - What Works, What Does Not and Why?
As part of their series on learning and knowledge sharing events in support of Private Sector Development, the AfDB's <a target="_blank"… Read more »
October 27, 2017
Egypt: Africa50 Reaches Financial Close for Solar Plants in Egypt
Africa50, the infrastructure fund for Africa, Scatec Solar and Norfund have signed the long-term financing documentation for the 400 MWDC utility scale photovoltaic (PV) power… Read more »
Sierra Leone: African Development Fund Paves Way for Guinea-Sierra Leone Border Road Reconstruction With €48 Million Loan and Grant Finance
The Boards of the African Development Bank Group have approved funding of €48 million from the African Development Fund (ADF) for the reconstruction of the border road from… Read more »
October 26, 2017
Sierra Leone: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 3 Million Line of Credit to Union Trust Bank Sierra Leone
Supporting Women through Indigenous Financial Institutions in Africa Read more »
October 25, 2017
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 100 Million Line of Credit to Kenya Commercial Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved a US$ 100 million Line of Credit (LOC) to Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB). Read more »
Africa: Adesina Receives American University's Highest Honour, the 'Order of the Griffin'
Says green revolution only possible when seeds are sown on ridges of peace Read more »
Africa: Multi-Stakeholder Preparatory Workshop to the Great Green Wall
Context of the Partnership between the Bank and the PAGGW in the context of the Desert to Power Initiative. Read more »
Africa: Princess Astrid of Belgium Visits AfDB Headquarters in Abidjan Wednesday
Her Royal Highness, Princess Astrid of Belgium, accompanied by a high-level delegation of members of the country's federal and regional governments and business leaders, will make… Read more »
October 24, 2017
Africa: People, Planet, and Progress in the SDG Era
As international institutions mobilize to meet the ambitious milestones of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Independent Evaluation Office of the United Nations… Read more »
October 23, 2017
Africa: Adesina Caps World Food Prize Week With Speech to Youth
One day after his historic pledge to use the World Food Prize money to finance African youth and entrepreneurship in agriculture, African Development Bank President Akinwumi… Read more »
October 22, 2017
Africa: "Africa's Pathway Out of Poverty" - By Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, World Food Prize Laureate Luncheon, October 20, 2017, in Des Moines, Iowa
Today, I will be speaking about Africa's pathway out of poverty. For millions of rural poor, their aspiration is that they will make it out of poverty, especially through their… Read more »
Africa: New World Food Prize Africa Institute to Produce Borlaug-Adesina Fellows
Donors grow Adesina's fund for young African agripreneurs to US $600,000 Read more »
October 20, 2017
Africa: Adesina Calls for Immediate Action Over Deepening Crisis of Global Malnutrition
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has called for urgent action from stakeholders over the deepening crisis of global malnutrition. Read more »
Africa: AfDB's Agricultural Transformation Strategy to Guarantee 513 Million Tons of Additional Food Production
Adesina rallies support for technologically driven agriculture in Africa Read more »
Africa: Adesina to Set Up Fund for Young Farmers, Agripreneurs With Us $250,000 World Food Prize Money
US Vice-President praises Laureate, pledges more collaboration on food security Read more »
Africa: World Food Prize Laureate Says Recognition Motivates Him to Accelerate Africa's Agricultural Transformation
The World Food Prize is a great motivation which puts the wind behind the sails of what the African Development Bank is doing with its development priorities - the High 5s -… Read more »
October 19, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Openoil Launch Report On How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage… Read more »
