Category: Investments

La Banque africaine de développement, a organisé la quatrième édition des Masterclass Fashionomics Africa, du 16 au 17 octobre à Abidjan, en collaboration avec i-Hub Abidjan, Afreximbank, Suguba, Google Digital Skills for Africa, Kinaya Ventures. L’événement ciblait les entrepreneurs du textile, de l’habillement et des accessoires de mode. Outre la présence du Ministère de la Culture et de la francophonie de Côte… Read More

What: African Economic Conference Who: African Development Bank, Economic Commission for Africa, United Nations Development Programme When: 2-4 December 2019 Where: Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt The 2019 African Economic Conference (AEC), the leading platform for networking, dialogue and knowledge-sharing on pertinent issues facing Africa, will take place 2-4 December 2019 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The conference is jointly organized by the… Read More

Economic reforms, a burgeoning middle class and regional diversity against the background of the new African Continental Free Trade Area – are making Africa’s Portuguese-speaking countries a hotspot for investor interest. Additionally, new tools – such as the Development Finance Compact for Lusophone Africa – give investors and lenders more comfort to enter into these markets. The six African countries called “PALOPs”, their Portuguese… Read More

What: Workshop and Exhibition on drone use in agriculture Who:  African Development Bank When: 30 October 2019 Where: Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis, Tunisia The African Development Bank will host a completion workshop on 30 October, 2019 in Tunis to share lessons learned from the pilot project of using drones to improve the agricultural productivity in the Sidi Bouzid region… Read More

Streaming across the new bridge linking the Gambia and Senegal earlier this year, cars, trucks and pedestrians celebrated a new era of integration between the two West African countries.  For the first time in over half a century, traders and everyday commuters could travel from one half of the Gambia to the other in a matter of hours, instead of… Read More

“When the water was first released, we filled up our water containers, large and small, for the days ahead when the taps would go dry again. Surprisingly, the next day the taps were still flowing; they haven’t stopped since then.’ – Hauwa Sani, Housewife, Zaria City For the first time in over 30 years, taps in 20,000 households in Zaria… Read More

The Angolan Government has launched a study funded by the Bank through the KOAFEC trust fund to support the improvement of export diversification and the business environment. The launch event was attended by the Bank’s director for regional development and regional integration, Moono Mupotola, the Bank’s country manager for Angola, Joseph Ribeiro; the Angolan minister of commerce, Joffre Van-Dúnem Júnior;… Read More

The World Food Prize Foundation and the newly launched World Hunger Fighters Foundation are partnering to provide year-long fellowships for young African food innovators and entrepreneurs. The World Hunger Fighters Foundation will award annual Borlaug-Adesina Fellowships to young Africans to develop new technologies, champion public policy, and develop viable businesses in the field of agriculture. The young leaders will gain… Read More

The African Development Bank on Thursday signed off on its €12.5 million equity investment in Adiwale Fund 1, a first-generation private equity fund targeting high growth potential Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in francophone West Africa. The Bank Group’s board of directors approved the investment in March as part of its commitment to grow  SMEs and improve livelihoods in… Read More

Rwanda is preparing to welcome women from all over the world for the first Global Gender Summit to be held in Africa. At a press conference on 18 October in the capital Kigali, the organizers laid out plans for the event. “We believe that GGS 2019 will be an opportunity to share best practices from all participants so that we… Read More