Category: Business

Au nord de la Tunisie, face à la mer Méditerranée, le soleil fait miroiter l’eau du port de Bizerte. Il est tôt le matin, les mouettes survolent les bateaux et il sent bon l’air marin. Tandis que les pêcheurs à la ligne s’animent près de la promenade du port, la lagune de Bizerte se prépare à accueillir un autre type… Read More

The African Development Bank has kicked off virtual consultations on its Integrated Safeguards System to adequately address emerging environmental and social issues. The session for Anglophone West African countries, held on 21 April 2022, registered participants from Nigeria, Ghana and Sierra Leone. Opening the event, the Director General of the Nigeria Country Department, Lamin Barrow, underscored the importance of these… Read More

What:        African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings Who:         The African Development Bank Group When:       23 to 27 May 2022 Where:      Accra International Conference Center (AICC), Accra, Ghana The 57th Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank and the 48th Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund, the concessional arm of… Read More

Join us for a special launch event of the “Trade Finance Demand and Supply in Africa: Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania” Report to be held this Wednesday, 4 May at 1300 GMT. During this virtual launch, expert panelists will unpack the current trade finance landscape in the region, addressing, amongst other topics, drivers of trade finance demand and supply in Africa, unmet trade finance demand at the country level, and the impact of the trade finance gap on trade participation by firms.… Read More

The African Development Bank Group’s Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Kevin Urama, has completed a three-day official visit to Mozambique. Urama led a small team to the southern African country in response to a request from the Mozambican government for Bank support in shoring up capacity to manage public finance in the country.… Read More

Despite growing rapidly, Africa’s cities have provided improved access to services, jobs and infrastructure for millions of people in the last 30 years compared to smaller communities, a new report finds. Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities, launched on Tuesday, shows that urban areas in Africa have outperformed the countries in which they are located by higher… Read More

In a quest to improve healthcare infrastructure and local capacity in Tanzania, the African Development Fund has financed a new Tanzanian Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Science. This state-of-the-art facility at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences has been a welcome response to the rising number of cases of cardiovascular diseases that the country has been combatting in… Read More