Tag: Africa Banking

What: Webinar on Locally Led Action in the Agricultural Value Chain: A Pathway to Climate Adaptation and Resilience Who: African Development Bank and Gobeshona When: 21 January 2021 Where: https://forms.gle/1ZT2TJjtzLLghNyN9 The African Development Bank invites you to the Gobeshona Global Conference Africa session: Locally Led Action in the Agricultural Value Chain: A Pathway to Climate Adaptation and Resilience. The session… Read More

What: Fashionomics Africa Webinar Series, Episode 5 Who: Gender, Women & Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank When: 29 January 2021, 12.00 to 14.00 GMT Where: Online via Zoom – Click here to register for free The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank Group will on Friday, 29 January 2021, host the fifth… Read More

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina and 10 African Heads of State and Government were on Friday honoured  for their leadership in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) process. The AfCFTA, the largest free trade area in the world, began trading on 1 January 2021 and is expected to speed up the recovery of the continent and enhance… Read More

What: AfDB President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina and ten African Heads of State to receive an award for contribution to AfCFTA Who: Dr. Akinwumi Adesina President of the African Development Bank When: 15 January 2021,  12 :00 – 14 :00 GMT Where: Virtual African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina and ten African Heads of State and Government will receive awards for their… Read More

Just five years ago, Sudan’s farmers harvested a mere 472,000 tons of wheat from about a quarter-million hectares of land. Today, the Sahel country  is on the cusp of becoming a regional breadbasket. One of the reasons for Sudan’s agricultural turnaround is the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) program, which is funded by the African Development Bank. Within the… Read More

The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Paula Santos Da Costa as Acting Director, Office of Integrity and Anticorruption, effective from 14 January 2021. Ms. Paula Santos Da Costa, a national of Guinea Bissau, is a seasoned lawyer with more than twenty years of experience in ethics, compliance, fiscal law, banking and money-laundering. Paula… Read More

Entre les localités de Koumra et Sarh, dans le sud du Tchad, Brahim Amadaye regarde à perte de vue son champ de maïs puis laisse exploser sa joie : « cette année, la moisson a été abondante. Nous en avons assez pour la consommation familiale. Le surplus va être acheminé sur les marchés locaux à travers la route Koumra-Sarh que la Banque… Read More

What: Africa Investment Conference Who: Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa Emma Wade-Smith, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina When: Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 10.00 GMT to 15.30 GMT Where: Virtual       The Africa Investment Conference takes place as an array of trade agreements come into force, including the historic African Continental Free Trade Area. The one-day event will bring… Read More

The African Development Bank, the leading financial partner of the Noor Ouarzazate complex, the world’s largest solar power station extending over 3,000 hectares of desert in Morocco, is rolling out a second giant electricity-generation project, this time in the Sahel. The Desert-to-Power (D2P) project, when complete, will turn the Sahel into one of the largest solar-power-generating areas in the world.… Read More

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina on Monday joined world leaders to discuss the global transition to clean power as part of a green recovery and identify actions that can be taken to support this. The virtual COP26 Roundtable on Clean Power Transition, under the theme “Achieving a rapid shift to green, affordable and resilient power systems” was held amid… Read More