Category: Investments

Le visiteur qui revient à Guirmogo, cinq ans après l’avoir quitté, ne reconnaîtrait plus ce village de la commune de Zabré, région du Centre-Est du Burkina Faso. Des dizaines de cases en banco ont fait place à autant de maisons en dur. De nouvelles infrastructures socio-économiques permettent aux habitants d’avoir une vie plus décente et d’entreprendre des activités rémunératrices. Les… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved its Strategy for Quality Health Infrastructure in Africa 2022-2030, a historic first for the Bank. The strategy was developed in response to a call by the Bank’s Governors for the institution to define its role in addressing Africa’s health infrastructure deficits, highlighted by the ongoing pandemic. The strategy… Read More

What:    Virtual panel discussion on how African countries can address their infrastructure financing needs Who:     The African Development Bank, IFC, KMPG, UNECA, UNIDO When:   1 March 2022; 14:30-16:00 GMT Where:  Virtual access: https://bit.ly/3HthbTo The African Development Bank is hosting a virtual panel discussion to discuss how African countries can address their infrastructure financing needs and deliver innovative financing mechanisms, leveraging… Read More

The Africa Investment Forum will host virtual boardroom sessions, a key component of the Africa Investment Forum market days, next month, following a postponement late last year, representatives of the initiative announced on Thursday. The boardrooms will be held virtually from 15th to 17th March this year to discuss and advance deals in the 2021 pipeline. The third edition of… Read More

United States Congressman Gregory Meeks has warned that the United States will only be part of the future if it invests in Africa now. The congressman from New York and Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee was speaking during a visit to the African Development Bank Group on Saturday, as he and a team of congressional colleagues concluded… Read More

Burkina Faso : la Banque africaine de développement et le Fonds international de développement agricole officialisent un accord d’administration des fonds pour le financement du projet PAVAL dans la région des Cascades | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved the Desert to Power G5 Sahel Financing Facility, covering Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. The Bank envisages to commit up to $379.6 million in financing and technical assistance for the facility over the next seven years. The Desert to Power G5 Financing Facility aims to assist… Read More

African Development Bank Group and Africa50, in partnership with the African Union Commission and AUDA NEPAD, to create Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa with global partners | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

The Senior Director of the African Development Bank’s Africa Investment Forum, Chinelo Anohu, praised the Biden administration’s efforts to channel investment into Africa,  and singled out Prosper Africa as illustrative of a deepening commitment to Africa. Anohu took part in a virtual Africa Investment Roundtable that included U.S. House of representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Gregory W. Meeks; Deputy Assistant… Read More

IMLD 2022 aims to contribute to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 by recognizing the role of teachers in promoting multilingual teaching and learning through technology. A recent UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank and OECD survey on national education responses to COVID-19 school closures of 143 countries showed that only 58 per cent of low-income countries provided remote learning through online platforms… Read More