May 03
Africa: Restitution Session - Mapping Study of Women Business Associations in Africa
What: Workshop presenting findings of the African Development Bank's Mapping Study of Women's Business Associations in Africa Read more »
Zambia: Transforming Zambia's Agricultural Landscape - African Development Bank Approves $32m Guarantee for Zambeef's Expansion Project
The African Development Bank Group has approved a Zambian Kwacha-denominated Risk Sharing Credit Guarantee of $32 million to support Zambeef Products Plc's $100 million expansion… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Appoints Dr. Bahati Sanga As Acting Senior Director, Corporate Information Technology Services/Chief Information Officer
The African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Bahati Sanga as Acting Senior Director of Corporate Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer, effective April 1,… Read more »
Cape Verde: Inauguration of Cabo Verde's Technology Park in Praia and Mindelo
What: Event inaugurating Cabo Verde's Tech Park Read more »
May 02
Africa: 2025 Annual Meetings - Decade of Life-Transforming Actions Provides Drinking Water and Sanitation for 94 Million Africans
Over the decade running up to 2025, projects financed by the African Development Bank Group have provided breakthrough access to drinking water and sanitation for 94 million… Read more »
Central Africa: The Bridge Over the River Logone Marks a New Era of Cooperation in Central Africa
There was a festive atmosphere on the morning of Monday 28 April in Yagoua, in Cameroon's Far North region. Beneath a burning sun, the Prime Minister of Cameroon, Joseph Dion… Read more »
April 30
Nigeria: Nigeria - African Development Bank Approves Strategy to Boost Economic Growth
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has a new five-year Country Strategy Paper (2025-2030) for Nigeria, committing about $650 million annually to drive… Read more »
April 29
East Africa: African Development Bank Appoints Dr. Alex Mubiru As Director General for East Africa
The African Development Bank Group has appointed Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General for the East Africa Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Office and Country… Read more »
Southern Africa: African Development Bank Group Appoints Dr. Kennedy K. Mbekeani As Director General for Southern Africa Region
The African Development Bank Group has appointed Dr. Kennedy K. Mbekeani, a Malawian national, as Director General for the Southern Africa Regional Development and Business… Read more »
April 28
Africa: Ahead of COP30, Africa Champions New Approach to Measuring Green Wealth of Countries and Incentivizing Climate Action
African leaders are advocating for a new approach to measuring the continent's green wealth, emphasizing that current gross domestic product measures in most African countries are… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Signs $3.2 Billion Exposure Exchange With Inter-American Development Bank
The African Development Bank Group has signed a $3.2 billion Exposure Exchange Agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), renewing a prior agreement originally… Read more »
April 25
Tanzania: Tanzania - African Development Bank's Idev to Share Findings From Project Tackling Maternal Mortality
What: "Lessons on investing in health infrastructure": An IDEV impact evaluation of the Maternal Mortality Reduction Project in Tanzania Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia Launches $24 Million Project to Restore Forests and Revitalize Rural Economies
The Government of Tunisia, in partnership with the African Development Bank Group, has launched a flagship $24 million initiative to restore degraded forest landscapes and boost… Read more »
April 23
Africa: From Aid to Investment - Africa Investment Forum Builds $225b Momentum in Making Continent Bankable
Buoyed by last year's successful Africa Investment Forum's Market Days that generated $29.2 billion of investment interest, its nine founding partners are bracing for an even… Read more »
Equatorial Guinea: 'It's Like Mineral Water!' an African Development Bank Project Is Transforming Communities in Equatorial Guinea
"It's like mineral water!" exclaim the women of Onvang Eñenh, gathered around a water well with a solar panel above it. New water and sanitation facilities have changed the… Read more »
Africa: 2025 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings - High-Level Event On Accelerating Africa's Development in a Multipolar World
What: High-Level Side Event on Accelerating Africa's Development in a Multipolar World featuring the presentation of the Report on "Strategic Framework on Key Actions to Achieve… Read more »
Africa: 2025 World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings - High-Level Event On Measuring the Green Wealth of Nations - Natural Capital and Economic Productivity in Africa
What: High-Level Side Event: Presentation of policy report "Measuring the Green Wealth of Nations: Natural Capital and Economic Productivity in Africa," advocating for the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Stakeholders Acknowledge Progress With Zimbabwe Arrears Clearance Dialogue, Call for More Effort and Support
International organisations, creditors, and other stakeholders in the Zimbabwe arrears clearance and debt resolution unanimously acknowledged on Monday that tremendous progress has… Read more »
Africa: Botswana Vice President Lauds African Development Bank's 60-Year Legacy, Urges Economic Resilient Africa
Botswana's Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Nkosinathi Gaolathe has urged African leaders to build an economically viable and resilient continent amid global funding… Read more »
April 22
Djibouti: AfDB Mission to Djibouti Charts Course to Strengthen Development Partnership
Djibouti and the African Development Bank have renewed their development partnership following a consultation mission to the country led by the institution's Executive Director for… Read more »
April 18
Africa: Call for Proposals - Capital Markets Development Trust Fund 2025 Work Program
The Capital Markets Development Trust Fund, managed by the African Development Bank Group, has announced a call for proposals under its 2025 Annual Budget & Work Program. Read more »
Botswana: Botswana and the African Development Bank Reaffirm Strategic Partnership to Drive Private Sector-Led Industrialization
Botswana's Vice President and Minister of Finance Ndaba Gaolathe, has reaffirmed the country's strong partnership with the African Development Bank Group during high-level… Read more »
April 17
Equatorial Guinea: Value Chains, Life Chains - A Bank Project in Equatorial Guinea
A strong wind is blowing off the sea on this rainy April morning in Bata, the economic capital of Equatorial Guinea, shaking the palm trees along the corniche and whipping up waves… Read more »
April 16
Algeria: African Development Bank Launches Dialogue Mission in Algeria to Prepare 2025-2030 Country Strategy
An African Development Bank team has launched a strategic dialogue mission in Algiers this Sunday with the Algerian authorities, in preparation for the Country Strategy Paper (CSP)… Read more »
Africa: Annual Meetings 2025 / The Taat Programme - The Bold Wager On Agricultural Innovation to Feed Africa and Tackle Climate Change
Launched in 2018, TAAT aims to reinforce one of the Bank's strategic "High 5" priorities: "Feed Africa." Seven years after its inception, the programme has demonstrated the power… Read more »
