October 19, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Progressing Zones Initiative to Be Launched Oct 24
What: Launch of Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones Phase One Nigeria Read more »
Africa: Heads of World's Development Banks Focus On Sustainable Recovery for Africa
Heads of public development banks on Wednesday underlined the critical need to build resilience for fragile countries and to boost African countries' capacity to tackle global… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Head Urges Multilateral Development Banks to Drive Healthcare Financing
Africa will never again be caught flat-footed at the outset of another health pandemic, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina stressed on Monday at the… Read more »
Africa: Ustda, Mobihealth Partner On African Telehealth Infrastructure
This USTDA press release was originally published on 17 October 2022 on USTDA's website. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank's Afawa Initiative Asks Business Enablers To Apply For Second Round Of Funding To Support Africa's Women-Led Businesses
The African Development Bank Group's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative is launching its second call for proposals for the Women Entrepreneurship… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Joint Report On Multilateral Development Banks' Climate Finance - Climate Finance to Low - and Middle-Income Countries Hits $51 Billion in 2021
Increase in adaptation finance to over $19 billion in 2021 Read more »
October 15, 2022
Africa: World Food Day - African Development Bank Marks Key Milestones in Interventions to Feed Africa
World Food Day 2022 falls on 16 October, with the theme "Leave No One Behind" Read more »
Africa: U.S.-Based Foundation for Democracy Awards African Development Bank's Akinwumi Adesina for Exemplary Leadership
U.S.-based Foundation for Democracy in Africa, an advocacy and research think tank, has conferred its topmost Medal of Glory Award on African Development Bank President Akinwumi… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Group's $140,000 Agripitch Competition Invites Youth Agripreneurs to Virtual Information Session On How to Win Seed Funding and Training
The African Development Bank will host an online seminar to encourage African young entrepreneurs in the agriculture sector - or "agripreneurs" - to enter the Bank's AgriPitch… Read more »
October 14, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Group Approves $50 Million Trade Finance Risk Participation Partnership With Natixis
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) for Natixis, a French Bank. The agreement will enable… Read more »
Mozambique: Mozambique - The African Development Bank's Sustainable Energy Africa Fund for Africa Provides $2.5 Million to Increase Penetration of Renewable Energy
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of a grant of $2.5 million to the Mozambican government to develop renewable energy resources. Read more »
October 13, 2022
Liberia: African Development Fund Extends $3 Million in Additional Financing for Liberia's Special Agro-Processing Zone Scheme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved an additional $3 million of mixed financing for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone project in… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Approves $75 Million Risk Participation Agreement Facility for Firstrand Bank Limited to Enhance Trade Financing On the African Continent
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, 12 October approved an unfunded $75 million trade finance Risk Participation Agreement facility for… Read more »
Africa: European Union-African Development Bank Group High Level Conference On Water Investment
What: European Union-African Development Bank Group High Level Conference on Water Investment Read more »
Africa: Minimising Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Petroleum Sector - The Opportunity for Emerging Producers
What: Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series on Natural Gas and Energy Transition Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank to Showcase Its Youth Agenda At Youth Connekt Africa Summit
What: African Development Bank to host session at Youth Connekt Africa Summit Read more »
October 12, 2022
Africa: AfDB Head to Tackle Climate, Africa Needs 'Finance and More Finance'
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October 11, 2022
Africa: Sweden Reassures AfDB President of Continued Strong Support for Africa
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina bolstered continued strong support for the institution and its development initiatives recently from one of the group's… Read more »
October 10, 2022
Africa: The African Development Bank Is Pleased to Announce the Appointment of Ms. Hassatou Diop N'sele As Vice-President for Finance & Chief Financial Officer, Effective 16th October 2022
Ms. Hassatou Diop N'Sele, a Senegalese national, is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of banking and finance experience. She joined the Bank in 1999 as Senior Treasury… Read more »
Africa: Mauritius Ready to Host 2022 African Economic Conference - Finance Minister Padayachy
The island nation of Mauritius is set to host the 2022 African Economic Conference (AEC) from 9-11 December, its Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development, Dr.… Read more »
East Africa: Delivering Desert to Power in the Horn of Africa - Enhancing Regional Power Trade in Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia
What: The 6thAfrica Energy Market Place (AEMP) Read more »
October 07, 2022
Africa: Civil Societies Are Key to Africa's Climate Change Resilience, Says Dr Adesina
President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina says civil society organizations are essential partners in the Bank's effort to build the continent's resilience… Read more »
Africa: Africa Investment Forum Market Days 2022 - The Countdown Has Started!
The third edition of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days is fast approaching. Read more »
Africa: Civil Society Forum 2022 - African Development Bank President Reaffirms Critical Role of Civil Society in Achieving Climate Goals Towards COP27
At the opening of the 2022 Civil Society Forum in Abidjan, the President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, reaffirmed the importance of the work of African… Read more »
Africa: Afawa Partners With 100 Lionesses of Africa to Launch "Future of Work" Playbook for Women Entrepreneurs
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced Africa's women entrepreneurs to rethink how they run their businesses, organize their workspaces, and manage employees. They have had to innovate… Read more »
