By 2050, the number of people living in African cities is expected to double from about 600 million to 1.2 billion, representing the most rapid rate of urbanisation in the world. This poses significant development challenges, which will require innovative, African-led solutions. In rousing remarks to the mayors of 15 African cities gathered for the inaugural forum of the African… Read More

Good evening, everyone. I am delighted to be with you all. I see several faces that I know in this hall and many that I will be meeting tonight for the first time. There is no better way to meet than to be where with you discussing issues that affect our continent, and in the case of my speech to… Read More

(Korofto, Adama District, Ethiopia) If the shrill sounds of policemen’s whistles echoing across Ethiopia’s Awash River Valley do not seem out of place, the crack of whips in the air will have some visitors to these irrigated wheat fields wondering what is going on at this patch of remote farm cooperative. A short walk through the thigh-high wheat stalks reveals… Read More

The African Development Bank Group’s Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, Professor Kevin Chika Urama, shares his thoughts on the inaugural Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook report, released on Thursday 19 January. The new biannual publication aims to provide African policymakers, global investors, researchers, and other development partners with an incisive, timely, evidence-based evaluation… Read More