Category: Business

The government of Niger, the African Development Bank and several other stakeholders have begun a review of the country’s 2018-2022 Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and 2022 portfolio performance review, which are both completed. The parties also started discussions on the new country programming for the next five years (2023-2027). Some 60 senior officials from government agencies, experts from the African… Read More

In the middle of Kamba market in Nigeria’s north-western Kebbi State, hub agro-dealer Umar Sani points to a stack of fertilizer bags in Alhaji Musa’s retail shop, a sign to customers that the commodity is now available. Sani, a leading fertilizer distributor in Kamba, is, now more than ever, a dependable source of fertilizer following Covid-19 disruptions in global agricultural… Read More

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina arrived in Zimbabwe today at the start of a two-day official visit to the country. Adesina accepted a request in February by the Zimbabwean government to serve as the country’s arrears clearance and debt resolution champion among international financial institutions and bilateral creditors. The Bank Group President will meet with President Emmerson… Read More

An Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project funded by ZimFund, has reached the last leg of implementation with the delivery of a 175 MVA transformer, signaling relief from constant power outages for thousands of customers in the Midlands, Mashonaland East & West provinces of Zimbabwe. The transformer was delivered on Sunday 10 July to the Sherwood Substation in Kwekwe Midlands Province,… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today approved a €121 million loan to Senegal for implementation of an emergency agricultural programme that will benefit 850,000 small farmers, 35% of whom are women.. “Senegal’s dependence on the outside world for basic commodities and foodstuffs is a real bottleneck and poses a threat to the country’s food sovereignty, which… Read More

Elison Basopo, a lecturer, is a resident of Dangamvura high density suburb in Mutare, a city in eastern Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province. A senior citizen, he has lived there for 37 years. For the first 15 years, he and his family enjoyed access to a daily water supply. This changed in 2000, as rapid population growth in Dangamvura and too little… Read More

Global leaders on Thursday tasked Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta to spearhead Africa’s effort to address climate change under the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP). The Leaders Dialogue on Climate Adaptation, organized by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) on 7 July at the University of Nairobi, featured endorsements by the GCA Chair and 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban… Read More

The Comoros Energy Sector Support Project has helped improve the country’s power grid. Approved in 2013, the project aims to respond to a twofold challenge in the energy sector in the Comoros. At the time, electricity access was around 50% of the population, and unevenly split between the three islands (10% in Moheli, 50% in Anjouan and 60% in Grande… Read More