This May, the African Development Bank Group is launching a call for proposals for projects enhancing the viability and sustainability…
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African countries to double agricultural productivity
A coalition of multilateral development banks and development partners has pledged over $17 billion in financing on Friday during a…
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Increasing debt suspension arrangements for low, middle income countries
Several heads of state and government, the United Nations and heads of multilateral development finance institutions on Monday called for…
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Women-led Kenyan design house wins Fashionomics Africa
The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative has named a women-led Kenya shoe design house as the winner of its…
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Angola secures $530 million for energy project
The African Development Bank has committed $530 million to finance the construction of a 343 km, 400 kV central-south transmission…
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African Development Bank finances electronic payments modernization of Ethiopia
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a grant of $2.33 million to EthSwitch Share Company,…
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AfDB named world’s best multilateral financial institution
The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank (AfDB)…
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Achieving safe sanitation, wastewater management in Africa
The African Development Bank, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the inaugural Sanitation and Wastewater Atlas of…
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Ethiopia, Sudan to link with 1,522 kilometres railway
NEWS- The Governments of Ethiopia and Sudan have launched a study to link the two countries with 1,522 kilometres railway…
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COVID-19 can accelerate African regional integration
The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic must be coordinated and targeted at livelihoods to prevent an upsurge in inequality,…
Read MoreTrading opens up northern Togo
Every Tuesday, Alemondji market in northern Togo swarms with people. Amid the throng, Burkinabe and Ghanaian traders offer clothes and…
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Namibia gets $129 loan to boost economy
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $129.4 million (ZAR 2.011 billion) loan to finance…
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Sierra Leone’s new road cuts travel times, transforms lives
For truck driver Joseph Turay, navigating the 120 km Matotoka-Sefadu road in northeastern Sierra Leone used to be a nightmare.…
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Displaced populations secure support at Global Refugee Forum
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are stepping up their support for refugees and people affected by forced displacement, including hosting communities,…
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