Partners to raise $100 million to catalyse Africa’s agriculture investment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today agreed to boost joint…
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Canada investing on women empowerment in Africa
On her first visit to the West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, Canada’s Minister of International Development, Marie-Claude…
African Development Bank calls for Africa’s green revolution
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has made an urgent call to give farmers…
Breastfeeding jumpstarts future generation wellbeing
As World Breastfeeding Week kicks off this year, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to push…
Sudan secures $41 million grant to boost agriculture
The African Development Bank on Thursday signed a $41 million grant agreement with Republic of Sudan to finance…
Tunisia to use drones for agriculture data collection
Tunisia and the African Development Bank has signed an agreement for the launch of a pilot project to…
African Development Bank approves $250 million Risk Participation Agreement
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday, 18 July 2018, approved an unfunded US$…
Lusophone Countries of Africa get development partners
The African Development Bank and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) have signed a Declaration to support…
Agencies collaborate to boost intra-Africa trade
By Omer Redi – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and…
Tanzania gets $40 million support for economic reform
Tanzania’s ongoing macroeconomic reform program has received a boost from the African Development Bank through a US$40- million…
African Development Bank introduces excellence in leadership prize
The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, has instituted a special prize for excellence in leadership in memory…
Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire discuss Africa Energy Market
Experts from Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria, Zambia and Côte d’Ivoire along with public, private and civil society representatives discuss…
African Development Bank transparency ranking improves
The 2018 Aid Transparency Index Report, released by ‘Publish what you Fund’ has ranked the African Development Bank…
Africa electricity index examines 15 countries performance
Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa (ERI), new report by the African Development Bank measures the level of development…
Uganda towns secure funding to improve water, sanitation
In a bid to help Uganda improve heath and productivity in the country’s major towns, the African Development…
Partners launch Coding for Employment Program in Kigali
The African Development Bank, together with partners – The Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft and Facebook – launched the Coding…
Continental bank issues Feed Africa bond
African Development Bank, which is rated AAA-rated by Moody’s/S&P/Fitch/Japan Credit Rating Agency, issued its second “Feed Africa” bond…
Korea host Africa Day celebration
Organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Busan, Korea hosted the Africa Day celebration on Friday. The event…
Korea boost bilateral financial assistance for Africa to $5 billion
The Korean government announced increasing its bilateral financial assistance package for Africa to $5 billion until the year…
Development financier advises Africa to diversify energy sources
The African Development Bank, which begins its annual meetings this morning in Busan, Korea advises African countries to…
Korea recommends fast-track industrialization strategies to Africa
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Busan, South Korea – Korea, which managed to become the world’s high-tech industries…
Institutions collaborate to introduce staple crop processing zones in Africa
With objective of speedup the development of manufacturing industries in Africa the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)…
Government role crucial for industrializing Africa, AfDB says
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse, Busan, Korea – If African countries have to replicate the industrialization development model of…
Morocco agribusiness gets EUR 200 million
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved EUR 200 million loan to support inclusive…
Liberia’s small enterprises secure $20 million funding
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to provide $20 million to boost lending to small and medium-sized enterprises…
Continental bank bans Robert Akika Ngong for fraudulent practice
The office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption of the African Development Bank (AfDB) found Ngong to have engaged in…
Korea helps to improve rural people lives in Cote D’Ivoire
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse – Yamoussoukro, Cote D’Ivoire – Multiple projects financed by the Korean government and implemented…
South Africa set to host Africa Investment Forum 2018
South Africa has endorsed the African Development Bank’s November 2018 Africa Investment Forum as a world-class initiative that…
CHINT Electric banned for dishonesty in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania projects
African Development Bank’s (AfDB’s) Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption found CHINT Electric to have engaged in numerous misrepresentations…
African Development Bank set to engage African media intensively
By Andualem Sisay Gessesse, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – In an attempt to showcase the success of development projects…