Tag: African Development Bank

Join us for a special launch event of the “Trade Finance Demand and Supply in Africa: Evidence from Kenya and Tanzania” Report to be held this Wednesday, 4 May at 1300 GMT. During this virtual launch, expert panelists will unpack the current trade finance landscape in the region, addressing, amongst other topics, drivers of trade finance demand and supply in Africa, unmet trade finance demand at the country level, and the impact of the trade finance gap on trade participation by firms.… Read More

The African Development Bank Group’s Acting Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Kevin Urama, has completed a three-day official visit to Mozambique. Urama led a small team to the southern African country in response to a request from the Mozambican government for Bank support in shoring up capacity to manage public finance in the country.… Read More

Despite growing rapidly, Africa’s cities have provided improved access to services, jobs and infrastructure for millions of people in the last 30 years compared to smaller communities, a new report finds. Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities, launched on Tuesday, shows that urban areas in Africa have outperformed the countries in which they are located by higher… Read More

In a quest to improve healthcare infrastructure and local capacity in Tanzania, the African Development Fund has financed a new Tanzanian Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Science. This state-of-the-art facility at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences has been a welcome response to the rising number of cases of cardiovascular diseases that the country has been combatting in… Read More

Dans le hall du nouveau terminal de l’aéroport de Fès-Saiss, les premières lueurs de l’aube filtrent à travers de larges baies vitrées, qui rappellent les élégants « moucharabiehs », subtil mélange entre la tradition architecturale du Royaume chérifien et un art plus contemporain. Construite par l’Office national des aéroports (ONDA), cette aérogare a été conçue par un architecte marocain et réalisée par… Read More

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hosted G-7 Ministers and heads of multilateral development banks on Tuesday. The high-level virtual roundtable event to discuss scaling up of infrastructure financing—organized in the context of President Biden’s Building Back a Better World plan—was moderated by US Assistant Secretary for International Trade and Development Alexia Latortue. Speaking at the virtual roundtable, African Development Bank… Read More

The newest digital training centres of the African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program will set aside half of their initial training slots to women applicants, the Bank said on International Girls in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Day. The Coding for Employment program, which equips African youth with the digital skills they need to contribute meaningfully to the global… Read More

The head of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday to discuss the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and the Bank’s strategy to avoid a food crisis in Africa. Adesina informed President Buhari that the African Development Bank has designed a $1.5 billion Africa Emergency Food Production Plan to support countries… Read More

What:       Webinar on findings of a study on the Blue Economy Who:         African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC), Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department When:       Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 10:00-1200 GMT. Where:      Virtual. Click here to register. The African Natural Resources Centre, in collaboration with the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, will host a webinar on 10 May 2022 to present the findings… Read More

We-Fi announces new round of funding for women entrepreneurs; $15 million to the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility to improve access to finance for women-owned small businesses | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More