Category: Business

« Je suis ici pour impulser une nouvelle dynamique à notre partenariat. Nous nous tenons aux côtés de la Mauritanie pour accélérer la montée en capacité et en gamme de ses filières productives en blé, viande rouge, en pêche et dans le secteur minier. Nous le ferons en créant des zones de transformation spéciales qui offrent de nouvelles opportunités aux… Read More

The Global Center on Adaptation, African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds have launched a call for applications for the second edition of the African Youth Adaptation Solutions (YouthADAPT) Challenge. YouthADAPT is an annual competition that invites young entrepreneurs and micro, small, and medium enterprises in Africa to submit innovative solutions and business ideas that have the potential to drive… Read More

The United States government has announced it will provide a $5 million grant to the African Development Bank to support efforts to abate methane gas emission, across Africa. Methane accounts for about half of the net rise in global average temperature since the pre-industrial era. The grant, subject to the completion of US domestic procedures and approvals, will go to… Read More

What:      The Africa Green Hydrogen Forum Who:       The Green Hydrogen Organization (GH2) in collaboration with the African Development Bank When:     26 and 27 September 2022 Where:    Sofitel Hotel Ivoire, Abidjan, and virtual via Zoom – By invitation only The Africa Green Hydrogen Forum will discuss the role of green hydrogen development in Africa’s decarbonization agenda, its market potential, export… Read More

The African Development Bank has appointed Caroline Kende-Robb as Director, Strategy and Operational Policies Department, effective 16th October 2022. Kende-Robb, a British national, brings over 30 years of leadership and management experience in development and humanitarian sectors, coupled with deep knowledge and practical experience in achieving organizational effectiveness and results through strategic planning, effective financial management and nurturing high performing… Read More

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, will travel to Mauritania on 12 September 2022 for a three-day visit. During the visit, Adesina will meet with the Mauritanian President, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El-Ghazouani, and other members of the government, including Ousmane Mamoudou Kane, Minister of Economic Affairs and Promotion of Productive Sectors, the Bank’s Governor… Read More

Launched in 2016, the Young Rural Enterprises Project in the Central West of Madagascar has helped improve agricultural yields. Yields of rice and maize doubled, according to a project progress report released by the African Development Bank on 30 August 2022. The African Development Fund, the Bank Group’s concessional window, provided the project with $23.42 million in financing, which was… Read More

The African Development Bank and the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) featured two innovative mechanisms for scaling up adaptation action and finance during a joint event held on 1 September 2022 on the side lines of the Africa Climate Week in Libreville, Gabon. The moderator, Gareth Phillips, African Development Bank Manager for Climate and Environment Finance, noted that the current… Read More