Category: Business

Une aide au démarrage d’entreprise, un atout précieux Béchir Afifi est ingénieur informatique. Autrefois cadre dans un ministère en Tunisie et enseignant à temps partiel à l’université, il décide, avec deux amis, de se lancer dans l’aventure de l’entrepreneuriat : tous trois créent en décembre 2018, Fabskill, une plateforme web de recrutement misant sur des technologies de pointe. L’entreprise a atteint… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a $101 million loan to finance the Rwanda Sustainable and Resilient Water and Sanitation Program – a policy-based operation to support Rwanda’s water and sanitation sector. The program aims to improve water and sanitation governance and access to basic water supply and sanitation services. It will also strengthen legal,… Read More

Africa offers vast investment opportunities for Asian countries with the appropriate incentives for their private sectors, Prof. Kevin Urama, Chief Economist and vice president of the African Development Bank Group, has affirmed. Urama made the call during a webinar to discuss the 2023 edition of the African Economic Outlook report. The African Development Bank organized the session jointly with the… Read More

Nigeria urgently needs to revolutionise its industrial sector to become an economic giant. This, in turn, will transform the lives of its people and Africa as a whole, the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said in Lagos on Thursday. Citing examples from Malaysia and Vietnam, he said this was doable. “Malaysia and Vietnam have used aggressive… Read More

The Day the Lion Roared! Making Nigeria a Global Industrial and Economic Giant – Keynote Lecture Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, Business Day CEO Forum, 13 July 2023, Lagos, Nigeria. | African Development Bank Group – Making a Difference <!–> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js <!–> /sites/default/files/advagg_js/js__2nu-f_-MK33dRIQaWIdLP84wUiGzIZwBgGaMto4f2kY__2pkqXjBO9pMF06nUvX11DkMECNCM7M-5Qm_bWm0bC9k__IeYgW2ZnliT9LFrgfNYwPt5FQPaBOClcZZeRCrpYkxI.js#ie9- /sites/default/files/advagg_js/js__2nu-f_-MK33dRIQaWIdLP84wUiGzIZwBgGaMto4f2kY__2pkqXjBO9pMF06nUvX11DkMECNCM7M-5Qm_bWm0bC9k__IeYgW2ZnliT9LFrgfNYwPt5FQPaBOClcZZeRCrpYkxI.js#ie10+ <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

African Development Bank Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure, and Industrialisation Solomon Quaynor has called for unity to unlock the potential of African sovereign wealth funds, strategic investment funds, pensions, and life insurance assets, estimated at $2.3 trillion. Speaking at the Second Annual Meeting of the Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) in Kigali last week, Quaynor said the African Development… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a €400 million partial credit guarantee for Côte d’Ivoire, to support the mobilization on international financial markets of financing for strategic environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects. The approval came on 12 July 2023. The partial credit guarantee will enable Côte d’Ivoire to raise long-term financing from commercial… Read More

Mozambican Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane has given a resounding endorsement of the African Development Bank’s development strategy in his country. Receiving the Bank’s vice president for regional development, integration and business delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade in his office on Thursday, Maleiane complimented the African Development Bank for what he said was its unique approach to development and partnership, which went beyond… Read More