Category: Business

“Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Fight Against COVID-19 – The Role of Government” What: Launch of the AFAWA, UN Women and ImpactHER Policy Brief Who: Gender, Women & Civil Society Department – Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa Initiative, ImpactHER and UN Women When: 1:00pm – 2:30pm GMT, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 Where: Online via Zoom The African Development… Read More

Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the COVID-19 infection rate well, according to updated forecasts from the African Development Bank, released on Tuesday. In a comprehensive socio-economic assessment of the pandemic’s impact, the Bank said growth was now projected to rebound to 3% in 2021 from -3.4% in the worst-case scenario for 2020. The predictions… Read More

Helder Andrade est ingénieur mécanique, spécialisé dans l’énergie éolienne. Il a fait ses études supérieures loin du Cap-Vert mais a décidé ensuite de mettre son savoir-faire au service de l’archipel. Son projet, financé par la Banque africaine de développement, vise à renforcer l’autonomie énergétique du Cap-Vert en développant ses capacités. « Je suis né au Portugal. Je suis arrivé au Cap-Vert… Read More

What are some of the barriers preventing small farmers in Africa from adopting digital advisory services? What do we mean by big data? What can governments do to encourage greater digital uptake? These were some of the questions addressed during the second of four Transforming Agriculture in Africa Through Digitalization webinars hosted by the African Development Bank and the Food… Read More

Charles Lufumpa, the African Development Bank’s Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management speaks on the recent release of the African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement. He shares policy recommendations to cushion the shock of COVID-19 on countries.   How has Africa’s economic trajectory changed since the 2020 African Economic Outlook launched in January? Almost everything… Read More

Global health experts and practitioners at a policy webinar hosted by the African Development Institute (ADI) called for a “Marshall Plan on Inclusive Health in Africa.”   There is an urgent need for inclusive health policy in Africa – one that can detect and interpret warning signs and rapidly mobilize to isolate threats, absorb and adapt to shocks, and organically… Read More

Le gouvernement de Madagascar a reçu, le 2 juillet à Antananarivo, un chèque de 2,13 millions de dollars américains de la Société d’assurance de la Mutuelle panafricaine de gestion des risques (ARC Ltd) pour couvrir la perte des moyens de subsistance de sa population causée par les catastrophes climatiques.Ce paiement de l’ARC représente la prime d’une assurance contre la sécheresse… Read More

The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company presented a cheque for $2,126,803 to the Republic of Madagascar to cover anticipated livelihood losses for 600,000 vulnerable Malagasy people due to drought-related crop failures in the recent farming season. The funds will help farmers in the country’s hard-hit “Great South” region avoid resorting to consuming their seeds, selling farm tools or migrating in… Read More

The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Wambui Gichuri as Acting Vice President- Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective 5 July 2020. Wambui joined the African Development Bank Group in 2018 as Director, Water Development and Sanitation. She currently oversees the Bank’s water sector program of over $ 4.5 billion covering 44 countries and multinational… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July approved a grant of $165.08 million to support Ethiopia’s response to the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, including helping to ease fiscal pressures on the economy. The grant, awarded from the country’s ADF-15 Performance-Based Allocation, will help bolster Ethiopia’s COVID-19 National Emergency Response Plan… Read More