Category: Business

Learn more about the African Emergency Food Production Facility. The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors on Friday approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. With the disruption of food supplies arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food, especially wheat,… Read More

Des responsables gouvernementaux, d’organisations multilatérales de développement, du secteur privé et de la société civile ont plaidé le 13 mai, à Abidjan, en faveur d’une meilleure prise en compte des femmes dans la promotion des pratiques et technologies de l’agriculture climato-intelligente, en pleine expansion en Afrique. Cela permettra de leur point de vue, de développer et renforcer les mécanismes d’adaptation… Read More

On the occasion of the Africities 2022 Summit, taking place from May 17 to 21, in Kisumu (Kenya), the African Development Bank and Cities Alliance released on Wednesday in Nairobi (Kenya), a major report entitled “Dynamics of Secondary Cities in Africa: Urbanization, Migration and Development” which provides a comprehensive overview, enriched with case studies, on intermediary cities of the continent.… Read More

In Tanzania, the African Development Fund is supporting the education of young people. The Fund granted the country $32.7 million in funding to build two vocational training centres with necessary equipment. The  Fund has also contributed to improving teachers’ manuals. Starting with around a dozen boarders at first, the centres have grown and now have more than 2,000 students gaining… Read More

Of all continents, Africa is least responsible for climate change. It has contributed only a minute part of the Greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for the climate emergency the world faces today. Yet, Africa faces the same arduous battle as the rest of the world to tackle the impacts of climate change, and to make itself resilient to climate… Read More

L’administrateur de la Côte d’Ivoire, de la Guinée et de la Guinée équatoriale pour le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Adama Koné s’est rendu du 8 au 13 mai 2022 à Conakry dans le cadre de consultations régulières avec les autorités de la Guinée visant à renforcer la coopération avec la Banque. La mission conduite par l’administrateur Koné, la… Read More

The COP15 conference of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification hosted discussions on the Great Green Wall, an ambitious project to restore a vast stretch of African desert into a flourishing green belt that supports surrounding communities. One session, held Friday 13 May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, was on investment opportunities around the Great Green Wall. It featured development… Read More