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African Development Bank and Africa Growing Together Fund commit $124.4 million to improve sanitation in Angola’s coastal towns | 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

WHO:        African Development Bank, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Côte d’Ivoire, The Netherlands WHAT:       World Environment Day WHERE:    Côte d’Ivoire WHEN:      3-5 June 2023   An estimated 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in lakes, rivers and seas annually. Discarded single-use plastic harms human health, the economy, the environment and threatens… Read More

Financial technology—fintech—is enhancing and streamlining the ways in which Africans produce food, transact business and build savings, paving the way for more sustainable models of growth, said expert panelists at an event at the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings. At the event organized by the Egyptian government in Sharm El-Sheikh where this year’s meetings took place, experts from government, and… Read More

African Development Bank approves $20 million investment in private equity fund targeting the infrastructure sector in Africa | 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

What?   Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) Open Day Who?   African Development Bank and Civil Society Organizations When?   Thursday,1st June 2023 Time: 9:00am – 1:00pm, Kigali time (GMT+2) Where?   AFDB Country Office -BPR, PCD Towers, Kigali, Rwanda The African Development Bank Group is organizing a Civil Society Open day on Thursday 1st June 2023 in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwandan civil society organizations… Read More

The African Development Bank Group is committed to partnering with Africa’s regional and continental institutions to address the continent’s biggest development challenges. This was the key message when Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, met with the heads of intergovernmental organisations and African development finance institutions on 25 May in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.  The meeting, titled “Mobilising capital for smart infrastructure… Read More

Closing Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group – Annual Meetings 2023, African Development Bank Group – Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 26 May 2023 | 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

Innovative approaches and solutions will be critical to scale up adaptation efforts across the African continent. This includes the African Development Bank-supported Adaptation Benefit Mechanism and the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program. The latter is a joint initiative between the Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation.    This assertion was made clear in a panel discussion on May 26, hosted… Read More