Tag: Africa Banking

Finance ministers from six Horn of Africa countries gathered for the 17th Ministerial Roundtable of the Horn of Africa Initiative on the side-lines of the African Development Bank’s 2023 Annual Meetings and expressed strong consensus on the need for greater private investment and closer trade integration to increase resilience in the region. “Regionally, we will need to focus on how… Read More

What:     African Development Bank participates in the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF)                 Who:       African Development Bank, Nordic Innovation and the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, with international partners When:     30 May – 2 June 2023 Where:    Helsinki, Finland and online A delegation led by African Development Bank Director of Climate Change and Green Growth Anthony… Read More

 AfDB Executive Director Rufus Darkortey; Seedy Keita, Finance Minister and AfDB Governor for The Gambia; Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana; Augustus Flomo, Deputy Minister for Economic Management, Liberia; Bockarie Kalokoh, Deputy Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone; and Muhammad Bashar Muhammad, Undersecretary of Economic Planning, Sudan. Five African Development Bank Governors have signed… Read More

“I have made my passion a vocation. Every day, I think how lucky I am to be able to work in a respectful relationship with nature,” says Mohamed Adnene Bezzaouia.  A keen trekker and hiker since youth, Adnene is now Senior Environmental Officer at the African Development Bank. “Trekking is a state of mind, a desire to discover and share… Read More

The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group has approved Management’s request to leverage the equity of the African Development Fund, its concessional lending window, to mobilize more resources on the capital markets. When fully implemented, the Bank Group could unlock up to $27 billion to help low-income and fragile states., Bank Group president Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said… Read More

South of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, the River Draa, the Kingdom’s longest, winds through lush palm groves before disappearing into the dunes of the Sahara. The valley is home to one of the most beautiful oases in the country and has a unique cultural heritage with its adobe kasbahs and ancient Berber ksours. One such architectural treasure, Casbah Caid Ali, built… Read More

Delegates attending the 2023 African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, celebrated Africa Day on Thursday amid hopes for better prospects for the continent and its youth. The commemoration, which marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the African Union, allowed for retrospection by member countries on how the continent can surmount its challenges towards… Read More

United Kingdom announces first water infrastructure resilience projects in Egypt and Senegal under its Room2Run guarantee program | 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

Letshego Microfinance Bank Nigeria named Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa initiative’s first “AFAWA Bank of the Year” at African Business Awards | 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

Speech by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina President, African Development Bank Group – Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2023 – 2023 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group – Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 24 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