Category: Investments

African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has announced a financial package of $30 million dollars to the West African nation of Guinea -Bissau. Adesina made the announcement on Friday during a visit to Bissau, where he met President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and senior government officials. Discussions covered a range of strategic issues, including strengthening the already close… Read More

Le président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina a rencontré vendredi à Dakar, les représentants du secteur privé du Sénégal en présence du ministre de l’Économie, du Plan et de la Coopération Amadou Hott. « Au cours des dix dernières années, la Banque africaine de développement a investi 40 milliards de dollars dans les infrastructures,… Read More

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina was relaxing at Dakar’s Blaise-Diagne International Airport VIP lounge with Senegal’s Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation, Amadou Hott, on Wednesday, when another VIP transit passenger unexpectedly joined them. Adesina had just arrived in Dakar to start a three-day official visit at the invitation of President Macky Sall. The other VIP… Read More

African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina received four Nigerian executive governors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) at the Bank’s Abidjan head office on Tuesday. The Bank President invited the Governors and the NSIA head to discuss what will be the rapid rollout of the first phase of the Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial… Read More

Dancan Onyango left Kenya in 2017 to study at the Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute in Nigeria and is now the proud owner of a doctorate in environmental management. After graduating from the Institute last May, he returned to Kenya to accept a position as a project manager and lead environmental safeguards officer at an engineering management… Read More

African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina has described the Dangote oil refinery and petrochemical plant projects as a “game-changing initiative” that will spur Africa’s development and deepen regional integration. On Saturday, the continent’s premier development bank chief toured the $19.5 billion Nigerian greenfield crude oil refinery and petrochemical production plant owned by Dangote Industries Limited. The Dangote oil… Read More

What:       Virtual information session Who:        The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative When:      Tuesday, 25 January 2022, at 1pm GMT. Where:     Virtual – Click here to register The African Development Bank Group’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative will host a virtual information session on its call for proposals to… Read More

What:          Webinar Who:           The African Development Bank’s Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership, and the EIB West and Central Africa SME Banking and Microfinance Academy 2021 When:         20 January 2022 at 13:00-16.00 GMT Where:        Virtual The webinar, titled Cybersecurity challenges for financial institutions in the context of expanding digital financial services, will bring together experts, financial… Read More

Le président de la République du Sénégal, Macky Sall, a présidé, lundi 27 décembre, la cérémonie d’inauguration du Train Express Régional (TER). La cérémonie a eu pour cadre, la ville de Diamniadio qui polarise un nouveau pôle urbain. Cette inauguration marque l’aboutissement d’un des plus grands projets de la première phase du Plan Sénégal émergent dont la Banque africaine de… Read More

Against the challenges of an ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the African Development Bank’s efforts to support Africa’s most vulnerable over 2021 yielded strong results. The pandemic had a negative impact on African countries, and the Bank was instrumental in building greater economic and health sector resilience across the continent. It committed to support the development of domestic vaccine manufacturing on a… Read More