Category: Business

Africa’s small island states are bearing the brunt of climate change, even though technology exists to prevent the worst impacts of extreme weather. Climate expert John Harding said fewer lives were being lost as a result of natural disasters, because of advanced early warning systems. However, many cash-strapped African countries are not benefiting from new technologies to develop early warning… Read More

After graduating from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria with a degree in Communication and Language Arts in 2016, Olashile Odetola could not find a job. But an online learning program piloted by the African Development Bank has given her two “gifts”: digital skills and a sense of confidence. Odetola, 31, was one of two thousand students who took part… Read More

The African Development Bank has validated a study report on enhancing regional and sub-regional power projects to enhance energy access and integration across the continent. The report, entitled ‘Regional and sub-Regional Power Project Acceleration Programme,’was validated at a three-day workshop organised in collaboration with the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) on the sidelines of the 2019 Programme for Infrastructure Development… Read More

There was standing room only as ministers, diplomats, activists and journalists gathered at the IFEMA conference centre in Madrid to mark Africa Day at the COP 25 climate meeting. Speakers called for a united front to tackle the challenges of climate change in Africa. In the opening statement for Africa Day on Tuesday, Yasmin Fouad, Egypt’s Minister of Environmental Affairs,… Read More

By LEOPOLD OBI, Climate Tracker Stakeholders at COP25 climate talks, citing Kenya’s example, called on developing countries to boost women’s involvement in the fight against climate change. Without gender equality, evidence suggests, African countries are unlikely to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or transformative economic growth.  The issue emerged during panel discussion on gender and climate change at… Read More

WHAT: Dissemination workshop for the Policy on Non-sovereign Operations of the African Development Bank WHO: The Strategy and Operational Policies Department (SNSP)The Non-Sovereign Operations and Private Sector Support Department (PINS) WHEN: Monday 13 January 2020 from 09:00 to 17:00 WHERE: Babacar Ndiaye Auditorium, AfDB Headquarters The African Development Bank will hold a dissemination workshop for its Policy on Non-sovereign Operations… Read More

Sikilo, village sénégalais situé sur l’axe Kaffrine-Tambacounda, dans le sud-est du pays. Gnilane Faye se tient fièrement devant son poulailler. A ses côtés, son fils Serigne Saliou Bâ surnommé « l’enfant du Pasa Loumakaf ». Bénéficiaire du Projet d’appui à la sécurité alimentaire dans les régions de Louga, Matam et Kaffrine (Pasa Loumakaf), elle présente son cahier de gestion et explique le… Read More

Gnilane Faye stands proudly by her chicken coop with her son, Serigne Saliou Ba, beside her. Faye, a Senegalese farmer and a beneficiary of the Pasa Loumakaf food security project supported by the African Development Bank, shows off her accounting book and explains how her business started. “I started with 43 chickens. With the assistance of Pasa Loumakaf in technical… Read More

African parliamentarians should speak as one to make their voice heard in climate negotiations, Arona Soumaré, the African Development Bank’s principal expert in climate change and green growth, said on Thursday during the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties on climate change (COP 25). “For effective implementation of the Paris Agreement, parliaments need to take strong decisions in… Read More