Tag: African Development Bank

UN workers deliver relief items to internally displaced people in Corrane Site in Nampula Province. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of $36 million to support a power scheme in Mozambique that also covers displaced persons and refugees. The Mozambique Energy for All Project will increase the number of residential connections to… Read More

The African Development Bank is marking this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign from 25 November to 10 December. This is a time to reflect on how gender-based violence is affecting our society and what we can do to end it. Gender-based violence is a violation of human rights that hinders the well-being and growth of countries.… Read More

Plusieurs hauts dirigeants africains ont appelé à « transformer le rêve en réalité » lors du forum des affaires sur les batteries et véhicules électriques en Afrique, appelé « DRC-Africa Business Forum », qui s’est ouvert, mercredi à Kinshasa, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Le président de la RDC, Félix Tshisekedi, a inauguré le forum aux côtés de son homologue zambien, Hakainde Hichilema,… Read More

Sudanese wheat growers like Daf’Allah Mohamed Ahmed have battled the elements in recent years. Droughts, rising temperatures and the coronavirus pandemic have stretched the country’s agricultural sector, and smallholder farmers need a helping hand. The African Development Bank’s programme, Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation, provided the answer. The program helped Ahmed and millions of other farmers  in some African countries… Read More

The African Development Bank played a critical role in supporting millions of people across the continent, affected by the impact of the Covid19 pandemic in 2020. This is according to its latest Annual Development Effectiveness Review released on Tuesday. The pandemic caused fiscal deficits to double and indebtedness to rise sharply, reducing the capacity of African countries to invest in… Read More

What: 2nd CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing Partnership with Africa Who: African Development Bank When: 24 November 2021; 08:00-13:30 GMT Where: Virtual Solomon Quaynor, Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development Bank, will join senior officials and CEOs from India’s leading companies in a conversation at the Second CII-India Eximbank Summit on Innovative Financing… Read More

The Africa Investment Forum’s Market Days 2021, one of the biggest flagship initiatives of the African Development Bank, is poised to attract billions of dollars in investment for strategic development projects across the continent. The annual forum has come to be an invaluable platform during which the Bank successfully attracts critical investment for the continent’s infrastructure, agriculture and health care… Read More

« Longtemps, nous avons exporté des matières premières brutes, sans avoir de retombées véritables sur nos économies. Le temps est venu de passer à la transformation et de faire du continent africain un pôle de développement des batteries et véhicules électriques », a déclaré, jeudi, le ministre de l’Industrie et des Mines de la République démocratique du Congo, Julien Paluku. Le ministre… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Madagascar signent des accords de financement de 36,5 millions d’euros pour le renforcement des réseaux de transport d’électricité | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

The African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program will train over 500 digital ambassadors to lead a peer-to-peer training model set to expand digital skills to more African youth, especially in rural communities with limited internet connectivity. Coding for Employment and its technical partners, Microsoft Philanthropies, will offer the digital ambassadors an intensive three-month program featuring in-demand skills, such as… Read More