September 24, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Meets With UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina held discussions with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday at the UN headquarters in New York, ahead of the UN Sustainable… Read more »
September 23, 2015
Madagascar: AfDB Approves Rural Youth Enterprise Project for Food Security in Madagascar
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved two loans amounting to US$ 24.55 million for Madagascar to help reduce the country's food insecurity and fragility. Read more »
Ethiopia: Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and Ethiopia to Benefit From African Trade Insurance (ATI) Membership Programme
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a combined USD 30 million soft loan to Benin, Cote d'Ivoire and Ethiopia to be utilized for membership subscriptions in the… Read more »
Africa: President Akinwumi Adesina Appoints Dr. Sipho Moyo As Director of the Cabinet and Chief of Staff
"It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Sipho Moyo, a citizen of Zimbabwe, as Director of Cabinet and Chief of Staff in the Office of the President" said Mr… Read more »
Seychelles: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 10 Million Loan to Seychelles for Private Sector Development
The African Development Bank has approved a US$ 10-million loan to the Republic of Seychelles in support of the government's Inclusive Private Sector Development and… Read more »
September 22, 2015
Africa: AfDB Gears Up for Key Role in Post-2015 Development Agenda
A high-level African Development Bank (AfDB) delegation led by its new President, Akinwumi Adesina, will ensure that Africa's voice is heard at the UN Sustainable Development… Read more »
Africa: African Renewable Energy Fund, Cornerstoned By AfDB and Sefa
The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), a dedicated renewable energy fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, announced during the African Development Bank's "Energy Week" that it… Read more »
Africa: From the MDGs to the SDGs - Africa At a Crossroads
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Africa: AfDB and Badea Discuss Enhancing Cooperation
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met with Sidi Ould Tah, Director General of the Banque Arabe pour le Développement Economique en Afrique… Read more »
Africa: Ambassador of Turkey Pays Courtesy Visit to President Adesina
The Ambassador of Turkey to Côte d'Ivoire, Esra Demir, paid a courtesy visit to the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, September 21 at… Read more »
September 18, 2015
West Africa: Ivoire Hydro Energy Scoops Top Prize At Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Awards
Etty Ekolan Alain being congratulated by AfDB's Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, Solomon Asamoah Read more »
Africa: AfDB Puts Energy On the Front Burner of Africa's Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has placed energy squarely on the front burner of its development agenda, for a continent on which some 645 million, more than half of the… Read more »
Africa: Benin Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou Says Access to Energy Should Be a Social Right
Speaking in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on 17 September, where he Joined a stakeholders meeting on lighting Africa packaged by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Prime Minister… Read more »
West Africa: Ivoire Hydro Energy Scoops Top Prize At Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Awards
Etty Ekolan Alain is the winner of the top prize at the second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2). Read more »
September 17, 2015
Africa: Adesina, at the High-Level Consultative Stakeholder Meeting On the New Deal On Energy for Africa
Your Excellency, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Your Excellency, Lionel Zinsou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin (thank you so much:… Read more »
Africa: Ten Finalists Shortlisted for Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Awards
The Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2) awards, in which entrepreneurs showcase their projects in the area of clean and renewable energy, opened Thursday,… Read more »
Africa: Speech - Akinwumi A. Adesina, AfDB's President, At the High-Level Consultative Stakeholder Meeting On the New Deal On Energy for Africa, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Your Excellency, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Your Excellency, Lionel Zinsou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin (thank you so much:… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Unveils "New Deal for Energy in Africa."
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Tanzania: African Development Bank Support for Safe City Water and Sewage Treatment in Tanzania
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of US $211-million to help address the urgent need for improved water and sanitation in the city of Arusha in… Read more »
September 16, 2015
Africa: Nigerian Entrepreneur's Award-Winning Clean Energy Project Ensures Cooking Does Not Kill
Femi Oye, winner of the first-ever West African Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF) award in 2013, is living his dream of contributing to women's health in Nigeria and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves US$ 121 Million for Electricity Expansion to Rural Households in Uganda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board approved on 16 September 2015 a US$ 121 million loan and grant to help Uganda's government improve access to electricity for rural… Read more »
Africa: Benin's President, Boni Yayi, Visits AfDB - "Energy Is Alpha and Omega for Africa's Prosperity"
African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina, received Benin's President, Thomas Boni Yayi, on September 15, 2015 at the Bank's headquarters in Abidjan. Boni Yayi… Read more »
September 15, 2015
Africa: First Afcop Steering Committee Takes Stock of Progress of U.S. $12.6-Million Project
Members of the African Community of Practice (AfCoP) Steering Committee met on September 14 in Abidjan to review performance and provide strategic guidance on the African… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Vice-President Solomon Asamoah Discusses US-Africa Economic Relations At the Woodrow Wilson International Center
On September 10, 2015, African Development Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, Solomon Asamoah, participated in a panel discussion… Read more »
September 14, 2015
West Africa: Turn Energy Plans Into Action, Ecowas Countries Told
The African Development Bank has lauded the development of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Action Agendas, and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Action Plans by… Read more »