Category: Investments

A seven-member delegation of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank visited Zimbabwe on a week-long fact-finding mission where they held meetings with a number of officials including President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. The delegation also met officials from various ministries, civil society, private sector and multilateral financial institutions, during which they were briefed on the current macro-economic, social and political… Read More

The African Development Bank and the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC) on Friday signed a Line of Credit (LOC) totaling $80 million to help scale up key investments in the southern African country. BDC will on-lend to specific target groups, focusing on industrialization including manufacturing, transport and service sectors that have significant development impact. Repayment will be over 10 years, including… Read More

What: First ALSF High-Level Members Forum When: 26 and 27 February 2020, 8.30am to 5pm Where: Hotel Radisson Blu, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF or Facility) will organize its first High-Level Members Forum, in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) on the following theme: “ALSF Ten years after: Facilitating investment and maximizing resources for national development” Thirty-four (34) delegations… Read More

Le Président de la République du Sénégal, Macky Sall, a reçu, vendredi 21 février à Dakar, les administrateurs de la Banque africaine de développement au dernier jour de leur mission de consultation dans le pays. En présence du ministre de l’Économie, du plan et de la coopération, Amadou Hott, gouverneur de la Banque pour le Sénégal, le président Sall a… Read More

Ireland moved a step closer to becoming a member of the African Development Bank Group after a government delegation on Monday deposited ratification instruments during an official visit to the Bank’s Abidjan headquarters. The delegation, led by  Paul Ryan, Director, International Finance Division of Ireland’s Department of Finance, included Patrick Mulhall and Renee Martin of the Department of Finance, and… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement a organisé, début février à Abidjan, une session de formation au profit de ses représentants dans les conseils d’administration des entreprises et des institutions financières nationales, régionales et continentales. Cette formation sur la gouvernance des entreprises et des institutions financières a été pilotée par le département de la Banque en charge des Opérations non souveraines… Read More

The African Development Bank urged development finance institutions, NGOs, farmer cooperatives, and the private sector to develop more effective financing solutions for Africa’s fertilizer value chains. The Bank’s call to action came during the Argus Africa Fertilizer Conference held on 19 February. The conference’s theme was Supporting the fertilizer value chain to improve agricultural productivity and economic growth in the… Read More

Burundi : la Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement signent deux accords de dons d’un montant total de 23,4 millions d’euros en faveur du développement du Port de Bujumbura | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow Read More

Multi-award-winning entrepreneur Ahmad Ashkar has called on policymakers to develop better policy options, backed by dedicated resources to support the youth and women to become successful entrepreneurs. Addressing a forum organized by the Eastern Regional office of the African Development Bank in Nairobi last week, Ashkar, CEO and founder of the Hult Prize Foundation, said  99% of youth do not… Read More

Representatives of 27 Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) met at the University of Oxford on 11-13 February for a follow-up forum to strengthen private investment inflows into fragile or conflict-affected economies. The Commission for State Fragility, Growth and Development, a partnership of the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation, CDC, the United Kingdom’s DFI and International Growth Centre of the London… Read More