The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative kicked off the first AFAWA Finance Series in collaboration with the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the Tanzania Bankers’ Association this week in Dar es Salaam. The opening day on Tuesday 26 July 2022 drew over 200 representatives from banks and other financial institutions, governments, policymakers, and… Read More

On 22 July 2022, Heads of State of the East Africa Community (EAC) launched the Arusha Bypass Road, during the EAC Heads of State summit, which took place in Arusha, Tanzania. The 42.4 km bypass seeks to decongest traffic in the towns of Arusha and Moshi and to promote intra-regional trade. It is a component of the multinational Arusha-Holili/Taveta-Voi Road… Read More

Fifty-four-year-old Dramane Diallo has been a farmer since he was a young boy, a profession he learned at an early age from his parents. For the Diallo family, agriculture is a family skill, handed down from generation to generation in this region of Koulikoro, in southern Mali. Today, it is his fields that support him and his family. Dramane is… Read More

The African Development Bank and the African Organisation of English-speaking Supreme Audit Institutions (AFROSAI-E) have officially launched a three-year support project to improve regional collaboration and coordination between public sector accountancy institutions in Africa, aimed at increasing professionalism and efficiency in the sector. The launch of the African Financial Integrity and Accountability Support Project (AFIAP) took place in Waterkloof Pretoria… Read More

The African Development Bank today signed a $60 million financial package comprising $50 million subordinated debt to support CRDB Bank’s regional expansion efforts and a senior loan of $10 million to accelerate access to finance for small businesses managed and owned by women in Tanzania. The facility is coupled with a $175,000 technical assistance grant from the African Development Bank’s… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $4.3 million grant to fund capacity building within Ethiopia’s finance ministry and related government departments, to enable the country tackle declining growth and other economic challenges. The Ministry of Finance will implement the project. The African Development Fund is the concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank… Read More

The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved Egypt’s Country Strategy Paper for the 2022-2026 period. Under the new strategy, the Bank will be guided by the priorities of the country’s National Development Plan— also known as Egypt’s Vision 2030— and its Government Action Program 2023-2027. The goal is to support the country’s efforts to build a competitive… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $14.4 million loan to enhance food security in Zambia, a key supplier to countries in the region. The financing is anchored in the African Development Bank Group’s African Emergency Food Production Facility. In Zambia, it will provide certified seeds… Read More