Category: Business

Cote d’Ivoire hosted the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day on the 5th of June 2023, with the African Development Bank as a core partner for the annual event. The Bank co-organized this year’s commemoration event with the Ivorian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the Netherlands. Under the theme, ‘Solutions to Plastic Pollution,’ the… Read More

Financing Project name: Programme to support inclusive access to healthcare infrastructure Instrument: results-based financing. Amount:  €120 million Objectives The project aims to expand access to healthcare services, thereby helping improve people’s well-being, particularly women living in rural or isolated areas. Components Component 1: Improving access to healthcare infrastructures (primary and secondary). Component 2: modernize healthcare services by deploying innovative solutions… Read More

Esther Mukantwali of Rwangara Village in Bugesera District, about 18 km south of Rwanda’s capital Kigali, used to wake up at 3 in the morning to trek for an hour to fetch water from a swamp.  The story is the same for 18-year-old Umuhoza Francine, who lives four km further in Nyagatovu village, also in Bugesera District. She trekked for… Read More

African Hidden Champions (AHC), an initiative that promotes dynamic African companies and helps them on their path to global leadership, held its first regional event of 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya. The event provided a platform for AHC to share its vision with business executives from the region. The Nairobi reception marked the African Development Bank’s first official engagement with AHC,… Read More

Banking on nutrition: Akinwumi Adesina’s reappointment to SUN Movement Lead Group boosts efforts towards a malnutrition-free world by 2030 | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow /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

The African Development Bank Group has appointed Jacques Edjangue Vice President for People and Talent Management, effective 16th June 2023. Immediately before his appointment, Edjangue served as acting Vice President for the People and Talent Management complex. Before that, he was Acting Director of Corporate Human Resources Department, and Director of the Bank Group’s Language Services Department from June 2020 to… Read More

The African Development Bank to boost electricity and transport infrastructure, value chain development and trade facilitation to spur regional integration in East Africa in 2023-2027 | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow /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

The African Development Bank last month launched the Integrated Urban Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation Study Project in Djibouti city in Djibouti. The study will lead to a roadmap for improving access to resilient urban infrastructure and basic services. It also entails building institutional capacity for inclusive and participatory urban planning and management while addressing gender disparities. The project is financed… Read More

The head of the African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has urged development partners to “walk with” Zimbabwe, the only African country currently under economic sanctions by its creditors. Adesina spoke at a roundtable on Zimbabwe’s debt arrears clearance held on Wednesday 24 May, during the African Development Bank Group’s 2023 Annual Meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. During… Read More