Category: Business

In the Boukitingho Valley, in Lower Casamance in southern Senegal, Hilaire Tokyo Diatta recalls the bitter memory of the ever-increasing intrusion of salt onto the land. “Every year, households lost plots of land to the salt. Rice plots were particularly affected,” he says. “Since we’ve had the benefit of the anti-salt dam, we have renewed our motivation to develop rice… Read More

African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina will visit Ghana on Wednesday, 11 May, as part of the Bank Group’s preparations for its 2022 Annual Meetings in Accra. This year’s meetings, which will be in a hybrid format, will take place from 23 to 27 May at the Accra International Conference Center. They mark a return to in-person… Read More

Through multiple transformative actions, the African Development Bank Group has become an indispensable development partner for Sahel countries facing enormous challenges. Support for the Sahel region, in areas including infrastructure, women’s empowerment and climate change adaptation, is in line with the priorities set by the Bank, focusing on the Sahel’s significant opportunities in order to help it realize its potential… Read More

Despite its tremendous agricultural potential, Burkina Faso has long grappled with the thorny problem of food and nutrition security. Poor water usage, environmental degradation, vulnerability to climate change and lack of access to finance and to nutrition information are just some of the causes of food insecurity, which is widespread in the Sahel region. And in a country, where 82%… Read More

West African representatives from the ministries of planning and finance, environment, and other stakeholders gathered in Abidjan on 5-6 May 2022 for a capacity-building workshop on addressing land degradation and ecosystem restoration. The workshop was a precursor to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification conference, being held in Abidjan from 9 to 20 May. The two-day sessions focused on financing… Read More

African Development Bank Group president, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina met on Thursday with Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. It was a routine visit for the Bank chief to take stock of cooperation between the Bank Group and the government of Côte d’Ivoire. Discussions covered the 16th replenishment of the African Development Fund, the African Development Bank Group’s concessional lending arm to the… Read More

America’s Duke University today conferred honorary doctorate degrees on four recipients during its 2022 Commencement ceremonies in Durham, North Carolina. The honorees were African Development Bank Group President and World Food Prize recipient Dr. Akinwumi Adesina; rocket scientist, businesswoman and former non-profit leader Sylvia Acevedo, who currently serves on the board of Qualcomm, a global leader in semiconductors and wireless… Read More