March 07, 2017
Africa: Mali to Receive $25 Million Concessional Loan to Build Utility-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Plant and Transform the West African Energy Market
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a senior concessional loan of $25 million to fund the Segou Solar PV Project, Mali's first utility-scale solar… Read more »
Africa: African Risk Capacity and the African Development Bank Partner to Strengthen African Countries Struggling With Climate Disasters
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) has added a crucial partner to its portfolio by formally teaming up with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to strengthen mechanisms to manage… Read more »
Africa: NEPAD-IPPF Approves $3.88 Million in Grants to DRC, Mozambique and Zambia for Power Interconnector Projects
The NEPAD-IPPF (Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility) has approved US $3.88 million in grants to the Governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique and… Read more »
March 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Government of Sudan Launch Enable Youth Sudan Program
The African Development Bank and the Government of Sudan, in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), launched the ENABLE Youth Program in… Read more »
Africa: Reaching Small and Medium Enterprises in Africa - a Learning Forum On Africa SME Program Technical Assistance
The African Development Bank provides significant financial resources to reach small and medium enterprises (SMEs), including through its non-sovereign operations. In 2016 alone,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Engages Stakeholders On Suitable Regulatory Environment for Investment in Power Sector
Wale Shonibare, AfDB Director, Energy Solutions, Policy and Regulation (second from left), and Moctar Touré, AFUR Chairperson (second from right), during the power… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Makes a Courtesy Call On the Widow of the First President of the African Development Bank Group
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina made a courtesy call on Suad Sayed Ali Omer Beheiry, widow of the first President and founding father of the… Read more »
March 03, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Renews Partnership MOU With Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Badea)
As part of his three-day official visit to Sudan, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met with the Director General of Arab Bank for Economic… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Engages Sudan's Private Sector, Explores Opportunities for Collaboration On the Implementation of the High 5s
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, engaged with representatives from Sudan's private sector on available support to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Concludes Three-Day Official Visit to Sudan With a Meeting With the Minister of Finance
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina concluded his three-day official visit to Sudan with a wrap-up meeting with the Minister of Finance and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Announces Appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh As Director for Power Systems Development
The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh as the Director for Power Systems Development with effect from May 1, 2017. Read more »
March 02, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Meets With Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir
On Monday, February 27, 2017 in Khartoum, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Sudan, Field Marshal Omar… Read more »
Africa: German Government Unveils Marshall Plan With AfDB Leadership
Africa is a continent of opportunity facing many challenges that the Plan can help resolve. Focus on entrepreneurship, private sector, renewable energy and green growth. Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Holds High-Level Meeting With the Diplomatic Community in Sudan
As part of his official visit to Sudan, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, met with the diplomatic community in Sudan. The meeting comprised… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Zimbabwe's State Enterprise Reforms With USD $4.061 Million
On February 28, 2017, Bank Group Director General (DG), Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, Tonia Kandiero, and Zimbabwe's Finance and Economic… Read more »
March 01, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President Visits Africa's Leading Sugar Factory and the World's Largest Producer of White Sugar
On February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank visited the Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) in Sudan, which is by far Africa's largest sugar-producing… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan: AfDB President Visits Africa's Leading Sugar Factory and the World's Largest Producer of White Sugar
On February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank visited the Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) in Sudan, which is by far Africa’s largest sugar-producing… Read more »
February 28, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President Holds High-Level Discussions With Sector Ministers to Reinforce Support to Sudan and Roll Out Implementation of the High 5s
On Monday, February 27, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met the Sector Ministers of the Government of Sudan to reinforce the Bank's support… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Pays a Courtesy Call On Sudan's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
The three-day official visit of the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, to Sudan kicked off with a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance of Economic… Read more »
Sudan: AfDB President Explores Power Supply Projects in Sudan
On Tuesday, February 27, 2017, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), visited Garri Power Station located in Khartoum and discussed the Government of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Takes Agricultural Transformation Discourse to India, Cradle of Green Revolution
Agriculture, agri-business and agro-industries will dominate the knowledge events of the 2017 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group scheduled to take place from May… Read more »
Africa: Association for the Development of Education in Africa 2017 Triennale
The Republic of Senegal - under the high patronage of Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal and Lead Champion for the Committee of Ten Champion African Heads of State on… Read more »
February 27, 2017
Gambia: Sefa Commits Close to U.S.$1 Million to Energy Access in the Gambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a US $995,000-grant to the Republic of The Gambia to implement a programme to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Builds Capacity On Value for Money in Social Service Delivery in the West African Region
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the World Health Organization-Africa Region and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI), organized a… Read more »
February 24, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President to Make a Three-Day Official Visit to Sudan
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, will make an official visit to Sudan from February 26 to March 1, 2017. He will meet top Government… Read more »