Category: Investments

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement with DAL Group, one of Sudan’s largest conglomerates, for the provision of up to $75 million to improve food security and household incomes in the country. The agreement is the Bank’s first private sector loan to the East African nation. The agreement was signed on Thursday, 5 March at a ceremony held… Read More

A cutting-edge hospital in the Abidjan suburb of Bingerville is reducing maternal mortality rates in the world’s largest cocoa producer, proving the promise of public-private partnerships. For the past two years, the mother-child hospital in Bingerville, founded by the foundation of Ivorian first lady Dominique Ouattara, has seen over 60,000 patients. On a visit to the hospital on Tuesday, Ouattara… Read More

Le jour se lève sur Marrakech, ancienne cité impériale de l’ouest du Maroc, au pied des montagnes de l’Atlas. Dans un appartement proche du centre-ville, une jeune femme se prépare. Ses matins suivent le même rituel : un petit-déjeuner en famille avant de se rendre à son lieu de travail, au volant de sa voiture. Elle fait route vers l’un… Read More

A five-member delegation of African Development Bank Executive Directors has concluded a week-long fact-finding mission to Cameroon during which they met with the country’s Prime Minister and other senior officials. During the mission which began on 2 March 2020 in the capital, Yaoundé, the Executive Directors also held consultations with stakeholders, including private sector operators and development partners. They also… Read More

On International Women’s Day Dr. Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development takes stock and answers 3 questions about African women and agriculture and gives us results from the ground in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Sudan | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow Read More

Hanan Morsy As a girl, I was taught to believe that personal agency prevails over societal biases. I was told that I could accomplish anything if I believed in myself and that sexism was not insurmountable. Later, as a woman, I found out that my parents’ advice could not have been wiser. In Africa, the gender gap in access to… Read More

Amid the gently swaying palm trees of the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar sits a school with a difference. The Raha Leo Alternative Learning Centre provides training to young students who may have otherwise missed out on education altogether. Take 21-year-old Hadia Baruti Wimbi. She left her parents’ home when she was only six. “An elderly member of my family… Read More

A thriving entrepreneurship industry and agricultural base in Nigeria’s Abia State are the foundation for the creation of a potentially viable industrial hub, its governor Okezie Ikpeazu told the African Development Bank Tuesday. Ikpeazu met with African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to discuss investment for Abia to help boost job creation… Read More

The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative hosted 110 entrepreneurs from the textile, apparel and accessories industry for a workshop on how to establish a successful fashion brand. Eighty-eight participants of the workshop, the first to be held in Nairobi, were women. More than a dozen industry insiders, public and private sector leaders shared experiences and expertise on business and financial… Read More