October 07, 2022
Cote d'Ivoire: Côte d'Ivoire - African Development Fund to Release $10.53 Million to Secure Electricity Access for Approximately 500,000 Inhabitants in 739 Localities
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional financing window of the African Development Bank Group has approved $10.53 million in financial support to… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Rwanda: How Rwanda Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Healthcare
Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an innovation that is addressing procurement… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina Awarded Man of the Year (Africa) in 2022 By Exclusive Men of the Year Awards
African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been named 2022 Man of the Year (Africa) by Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY), for his visionary leadership as the… Read more »
Morocco: Morocco - African Development Bank Group Executive Directors Take Note of Country's Development Progress
At the end of a five-day visit to Morocco, Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group lauded the Moroccan government's vision for development and the progress the… Read more »
Egypt: New Report Sheds Light On the Potential of the Egyptian Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Its Stakeholders
The African Development Bank's Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab and the Swiss State Secretariat have launched a new report assessing the state of entrepreneurship in Egypt. Read more »
October 05, 2022
Africa: Nigeria - African Development Bank Approves $25 Million Trade Finance Facility for Fsdh Merchant Bank for Local SMEs
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $15 million trade finance line of credit and $10 million transaction guarantee for FSDH Merchant Bank in… Read more »
Benin: Benin - African Development Fund to Provide Partial Credit Guarantee to Facilitate Resource Mobilization for Sustainable Development Goals
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a partial credit guarantee to support… Read more »
October 04, 2022
Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau - Energy and Transport Infrastructure At the Core of African Development Bank's 2022-2026 Country Strategy
To address Guinea-Bissau's development challenges, the African Development Bank's new strategy will promote economic diversification, structural transformation and lay the… Read more »
Africa: Webinar - Presentation of African Economic Outlook 2022 to Asian Audiences
What: Presentation of the African Development Bank African Economic Outlook 2022: Supporting Climate Resilience and a Just Energy Transition in Africa to Asian Audiences Read more »
October 03, 2022
Africa: African Development Bank Chief Visits Norway - Shores Up Continued Support for Solutions to Africa's Development Challenges
In the face of a looming food crisis that could hit Africa and other parts of the world on account of Russia's war in Ukraine, Norway this week announced that it is providing 100… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Chief Visits Norway - Shore Up Continued Support for Solutions to Africa's Development Challenges
In the face of a looming food crisis that could hit Africa and other parts of the world on account of Russia's war in Ukraine, Norway this week announced that it is providing 100… Read more »
Africa: 77th UN General Assembly Meetings Stress Key African Development Bank Priorities - Climate Finance, Job Creation, and Food Insecurity
The African Development Bank had several productive engagements around its strategic priorities at the just concluded 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings in New… Read more »
September 30, 2022
Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau - African Development Bank Project Strengthens Judiciary, Boosts Enrolment of Women Lawyers
Implemented between 2017 and 2021, the Guinea-Bissau Support Project to Build Institutional Capacity in the Justice Sector helped to improve the quality of training in the judicial… Read more »
September 29, 2022
Namibia: Namibia - African Development Bank Board Approves $134.9 Million Loan for Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery Support Program Phase II
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of 2.3 billion South African rands ($134.9 million) in co-financing for the second phase of Namibia's… Read more »
Morocco: Morocco - African Development Bank Commits €199 Million to Cereal Production
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, 28 September 2022, in Abidjan a €199 million loan to finance Morocco's Competitive and Resilient… Read more »
September 28, 2022
Africa: Africa Co-Guarantee Platform Partners Reaffirm Commitment to Catalyzing Trade and Investment
Amid rising urgency for instruments to de-risk investment across Africa, the Africa Co-Guarantee Platform's (CGP) six partners have affirmed commitments to better leverage… Read more »
Africa: Move Africa's Industrialization Goals and Trade Competitiveness With Network Planning and Implementation At a Regional Cross Border Level Now - Transnet-AfDB Conference
Joint network lifetime planning and implementation of regional borderless crossings are key tools for the scaling up of integrated regional freight transport and logistics systems… Read more »
September 27, 2022
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso - African Development Bank Supports Government Efforts to Relieve Internally Displaced Persons
On the north-eastern outskirts of Ouahigouya, the capital of Yatenga Province in northern Burkina Faso, the size of two internally displaced persons (IDP) camps indicates the scale… Read more »
Madagascar: Madagascar - Notice to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises of Second Call for Applications for the "Business Linkage Program"rer
It has been three years since the African Development Bank launched a programme in Madagascar to support the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. Read more »
September 26, 2022
Africa: Ticad8 Side Event - Africa Continental Investor Convening: Partnering for SDG Investments in the Green & Blue Economy in Pursuit of Agenda 2063
The recently concluded Eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD8) culminated in the announcement of Japan's $4 billion Green Growth Initiative with… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon - New African Development Bank Funds to Develop the Port Sector and Sustainable Urban Sanitation
The African Development Bank Group has provided new funding for two ongoing major projects in Cameroon: the Develop Access Roads to the Industrial and Port Area of Kribi Project… Read more »
Africa: Create Quality Jobs and Provide Social Protection, Urges UN SEC Gen
"At the African Development Bank, we have taken a proactive job, jobs, jobs approach"--Dr. Adesina Read more »
Africa: Launch of the Egypt Market Assessment Report
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Africa: African Development Bank Sponsors Study Visit to Two Scandinavian Cities for Municipal Officials of 11 African Cities
Representatives of 11 African cities have begun a visit to two Scandinavian cities to learn about people-centred solutions to urban planning and development under a trip sponsored… Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: African Leaders, Global Partners Vow Urgent Cooperation to Stave Off Food Security Crisis
African leaders and governments in Europe, Asia and the Americas on Tuesday vowed to act "with urgency, at scale and in concert" in responding to the current food insecurity and… Read more »
