Category: Business

La Banque africaine de développement a lancé plusieurs initiatives afin de réduire le poids des dépenses climatiques qui atteignent jusqu’à 10% du budget national de certains de ses pays membres régionaux. Face à l’urgence climatique marquée ces dernières années par des cyclones, inondations et sécheresses, de nombreux pays africains ont dû transférer des ressources prévues pour des secteurs de développement… Read More

African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has called for vaccine justice for Africa. Speaking at the launch of the Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2021 report on Friday, Adesina decried the lack of Covid-19 vaccines reaching Africa. “We need global solidarity and vaccine justice for Africa,” Africa’s premier development bank chief said. Adesina underlined the stark disparities between vaccine acquisitions… Read More

For Women’s History Month, we spotlight Oluwaseun Sangoleye, founder of Baby Grubz, a Nigerian baby food company. As a first runner-up in the African Development Bank’s 2020 AgriPitch competition, Sangoleye and Baby Grubz received a $10,000 grant from the Bank’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund. We asked Sangoleye about her journey to change the way mothers think about… Read More

What: Canada-Africa Clean Growth Symposium Who: The governments of Canada, Ethiopia and Senegal( organisers), with the participation of the African Development Bank and other international organizations When: 15 March 2021, 11:30-3:15 GMT; 16 March 2021, 11:00-14:50 GMT; 17 March 2021, 11:00-14:40 GMT Where: Virtual; Click here to register The Governments of Canada, Ethiopia and Senegal will co-host the Canada-Africa Clean… Read More

The Governing Council of the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) issued a  call for greater action to secure adequate financing for the continent’s fertilizer sector at its ninth meeting. During a virtual meeting held 3 March and attended by 13 institutional members, the Governing Council adopted AFFM’s report on 2020 activities and endorsed a work program for 2021. The Governing… Read More

Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz has called for a comprehensive global plan to help countries cope with mounting debt that has been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic. Stiglitz, a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001, was speaking on Friday at the virtual launch of the African Development Bank’s 2021 African Economic Outlook report during a… Read More