The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $1.4 million technical assistance grant to Export Trading Group (ETG) for the funding of women-owned businesses in three countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. ETG is one of the largest and fastest-growing integrated agricultural supply chain managers and processors in Sub-Saharan Africa. The project will enable 600 women-led businesses… Read More

The organizers of the African Economic Conference have issued a call for research and policy papers that focus on the event’s theme: Supporting Climate-Smart Development in Africa. This year’s conference will be held from December 9–11 in Port Louis, Mauritius. As has been the practice over the years, it will be hosted by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission… Read More

Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le 15 juillet 2022, à Abidjan, l’octroi d’un prêt de 62,99 millions d’euros au Cameroun. Le financement va permettre au pays d’augmenter la production des principales cultures agricoles (riz, maïs, sorgho, mil, soja, pomme de terre, huile de palme et cultures maraichères), afin d’atténuer l’impact de la crise alimentaire… Read More

The African Development Bank, the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), have hosted a dialogue to revalidate Mozambique’s commitment to mainstreaming its natural capital to spur the transition to a green economy. Mozambique, alongside Tanzania, was selected as a pilot country, for applying a natural capital approach in investment processes. The national dialogue titled… Read More