June 15, 2017
Africa: Speech By Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank At the Us-Africa Business Summit
Your Excellency, President Filipe Nyusi of Mozambique, Read more »
June 14, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Adesina Receives Life-Time Award for Child Nutrition
"... I accept it because it will spur me to continue my passion and commitment to ending hunger and malnutrition globally and in Africa." Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $100 Million for Export Trading Group's Soft Commodity Value Chain Operations in Sub-Saharan Africa
The African Development Bank has approved a US $100- million facility to finance Export Trading Group (ETG's) soft commodity value chain operations in sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
Africa: Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, Recipient of the "2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award for Child Nutrition"
Your Excellencies, Read more »
June 13, 2017
Africa: Poll Ranks Adesina Among 100 Most Reputable Persons On Earth
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been rated one of the 100 most reputable personalities in the world on the 2017 Most Reputable People on… Read more »
Africa: Poll Ranks Adesina Third Most Reputable Person On Earth
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been rated third most reputable personality in the world on the 2017 Most Reputable People on Earth list… Read more »
Nigeria: African Development Bank Supports Afe Babalola University Expansion With a U.S.$40 Million Loan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed agreements for a corporate loan to finance the expansion of Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. Read more »
Africa: African Forestry Investment Conference (Afic)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-organizing the first African Forestry Investment Conference (AFIC) in Accra, Ghana, on June 13 and 14, 2017. Read more »
June 12, 2017
Africa: 2016 Was Business Unusual for AfDB's Independent Evaluation, Says Annual Report
Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has published its Annual Report 2016, a year marked by the delivery of an exceptional report,… Read more »
Africa: G20, African Countries Explore Opportunities to Increase Investments in Africa At Berlin Conference
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, joined leaders from African countries and G20 members in Berlin on Monday to discuss opportunities to enhance the… Read more »
Africa: 20 Million Africans Benefit From Transport and ICT Projects Financed By AfDB in 2016
Transport and information and communication technology (ICT) projects financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in 2016 would have a positive impact on the living conditions… Read more »
June 09, 2017
Africa: Adesina Calls On Mandela Washington Fellows to Be Change Agents for Africa
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has encouraged the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellows for Côte d'Ivoire to research and develop innovative… Read more »
June 08, 2017
Africa: AfDB Approves €5 Million Equity Investment to Support Small Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €5 million equity participation in Investisseur & Partenaire pour le… Read more »
Africa: Alsf At Africa Energy Forum 2017
The quest for energy security is central to a great part of the advisory services and litigation support provided by the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). In keeping with this… Read more »
June 07, 2017
Africa: AfDB to Work With African Central Banks to Increase National Savings
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Governors of Central Banks in Africa have resolved to strengthen cooperation on a range of issues to curb illegal financial outflows,… Read more »
Africa: 5.6 Million People Benefit From AfDB's Agriculture Interventions in 2016
Efforts by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to upgrade Africa's agriculture sector is yielding good results with about 5.6 million people benefiting from the Bank's… Read more »
Africa: How AfDB's Investments in Youth Raise Hope for a New Africa
"The future of Africa's youth does not lie in migration to Europe; it should not be at the bottom of the Mediterranean; it lies in a prosperous Africa. We must create greater… Read more »
June 06, 2017
Africa: Political Will Needed to Drive Africa's Agricultural Transformation, Debate Hears
The African Development Bank has identified political will as a key ingredient to Africa's agricultural transformation agenda and to pull millions of people out of poverty. Read more »
June 04, 2017
Africa: AfDB to Host Independent Review Mechanism Experts to Familiarize With the Policies and Procedures
From 4 to 10 June 2017 in Abidjan, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a mission of Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) experts, as part of the mechanism's annual and… Read more »
June 02, 2017
Somalia: Donors Commit to Fill U.S.$ 105 Million Infrastructure Projects Funding Gap
On 25 May 2017, during the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings in Ahmedabad, India, the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) organised… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves U.S. $343,000 to Enhance Honey Production in Rwanda
- 80% of beneficiaries are women Read more »
June 01, 2017
Africa: Nutrition et sécurité alimentaire - La Banque Africaine de Développement offre son appui dans la région Cedeao
Antoinette Batumubwira, représentante résidente de la BAD au Burkina Faso, prononce son allocution d'ouverture. À sa gauche, Landry Hien, représentant… Read more »
Africa: African Community of Practice Project Trains Senior Government Officials On Rapid Results Initiative
The African Community of Practice (AfCoP) on Managing for Development Results (MfDR), at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in the Delivery, Performance Management and Results… Read more »
Malawi: AfDB to Support Local Agri-Businesses in Malawi-Nacala Corridor
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on 23rd May 2017 approved a US$ 1 million grant from the African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) fund to the… Read more »
May 31, 2017
Africa: AfDB Promotes Sustainable, Resilient and Healthy Agro - and Forest Ecosystems With GEF
On May 24, 2017 at the 52nd Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council meeting, the GEF approved a total funding of US $11.2 million for two projects co-financed with the African… Read more »
