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How AfDB's High 5s for Africa Prioritizes Women Empowerment

Africa Development Bank's Alberic Kacou recently elaborated on the Bank's programs aimed at supporting empowerment of women under the AfDB's High 5 development priorities. The Bank's High 5s support for women also include recent initiatives such as the recognition on the role women play in agriculture; implementing the Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative; funding the "50 Million Women Speak" and Fashionomics networking platforms. More about AfDB in this BRIEFING.

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"To transform agriculture we must recognise the critical role women play in agriculture in Africa. We must invest in measures that target the needs of women farmers including access to land, improving market access, increasing access labour-saving tools, and providing improved seeds and quality fertilisers" - Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) during the 27th Ordinary Session of the AU Summit on 17th July 2016 in Kigali, Rwanda

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