Agencies collaborate to boost intra-Africa trade
By Omer Redi – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and…
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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…
Report calls for domestic financing solutions to fight malaria
Launching a new report, the African Development Bank calls for domestic financing solutions alongside aid in fight against…
Report examines ten African countries’ public finance management
A new flagship report co-produced by The African Capacity Building Foundations and the African Development Bank looks ten…
Partners agree to build industry-led research institution for Africa
The African Development Bank and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) have initiated a landmark relationship…
African Development Bank seeks Portuguese-speaking investment in Africa
To help unlock economic growth, the African Development Bank is coordinating the implementation of an integrated development strategy…
Capital markets, high impact sectors in Africa secure funding
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and ALCB Fund Board Members have signed a…
African Development Bank, Export Trading Group sign $100 million loan agreement
The African Development Bank has signed a loan agreement for a soft commodity finance facility (SCFF) with the…
East African Ministers share African Development Bank’s vision for the continent
In a historic first, East African Governors of the African Development Bank met with the President Akinwumi Adesina…
African Development Bank strengthens Ethiopia’s debt management capacity
The African Development Bank (AfDB) conducted last week the first of a series of capacity development sessions on…