Category: Investments

The African Development Bank Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Beth Dunford, led a mission to Cote d’Ivoire’s capital Yamoussoukro, on 16 September to assess progress on a Bank-supported agro-industrial cluster in Bélier. The mission, that included Marie-Laure Akin Olugbade, Director General for West Africa and Bank Directors for Agriculture and Agroindustry as well as for Agricultural Finance… Read More

“The world has the resources to end hunger,” African Development Bank president Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina said in a message on the first day of the United Nations Food Systems Summit. Convened by UN Secretary General António Guterres, the event is billed by its organisers as “a historic opportunity to empower all people to leverage the power of food systems… Read More

Representatives of UMEME Ltd hand over electricity connection accessories to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa. Looking on (right) is the African Development Bank’s Country Manager for Uganda, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan. With support from the African Development Bank and other partners, the Ugandan government has launched the last-mile connectivity component under the Uganda Rural Electricity Access Project in Iganga in… Read More

The African Development Bank has published a white paper on Entrepreneurship and Free Trade that makes a case for entrepreneurs and innovation as vital drivers of resilience and emergency preparedness across Africa. The white paper, titled Towards a New Narrative of Building Resilience and released in September 2021, places the private sector—particularly technology and knowledge-based entrepreneurs—at the heart of the… Read More

Who: United Nations Industrial Development Organization in cooperation with the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the African Development Bank, the United Nations Office of  the Special Adviser on Africa, the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), the AfroChampions Initiative and the African Export-Import Bank When: 28 September 2021, 9:00 to 11:00 am ET (GMT-4) Where: Virtual… Read More

Six weeks ahead of this year’s global climate summit (COP26), African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina on Thursday spoke out on the urgent need to finance climate adaptation. He called on the developed world to deliver on its promise of $100 billion per year for climate change. The African Development Bank chief was commenting a day after United… Read More

Global leaders, in a sideline event on health during the United Nations General Assembly, voiced the urgent need to scale up Covid-19 vaccine production and access in the wake of a pandemic that has caused unprecedented economic loss and bankrupted health care systems in Africa. The Future Investment Initiative Institute hosted the virtual event on Tuesday, as part of a… Read More

Hachimou Abou Moussa, 34 ans, vit à Soura Sarkin Galma, une bourgade de la région de Maradi, dans le sud du Niger. Ce pays sahélien est régulièrement en proie à des sécheresses aggravées par le changement climatique. Les régions de Tahoua, Zinder et Maradi concentrent, à elles seules, près de la moitié de la population nigérienne, soit environ 8,9 millions… Read More

Quoi? Conférence-débat pour la présentation du premier rapport conjoint « Développement du secteur privé au Maroc : défis et opportunités en temps de pandémie de Covid-19 » Qui? La Banque africaine de développement, la Banque européenne d’investissement et la Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement. Quand? Jeudi 23 septembre 2021,10h-12h00 (GMT+1) Où? Visioconférence via Zoom La Banque africaine de développement,… Read More

The African Development Bank’s Special Agro-industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative can trigger a fundamental change in Africa’s economic transformation, partcipants at the first partnership meeting for agro-industrialization said on Monday. The gathering brought together representatives from development finance institutions, private developers of Special Economic Zones, and other key global and regional players in Africa’s agri-business sector to share insights on… Read More