Tag: African Development Bank

A climate resilient project in Zambia supported by the African Development Bank and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has won the Water ChangeMaker People’s Choice Award-Africa, it was announced at the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 on 25 January.  The Strengthening Climate Resilience in the Kafue Sub-basin Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (SCRiKA), beat two other finalists identified by an expert jury to… Read More

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) to mobilize $25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation actions across Africa. The announcement came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021, hosted by the government of the Netherlands and the Global Center on Adaptation. The AAAP, a… Read More

The African Development Bank hosted a session on locally led climate adaptation at the Virtual Gobeshona Global Conference on January 21, with a focus on agricultural solutions such as solar-powered irrigation pumps and turning farm waste into organic fertilizer. The session brought together policy makers, financiers, private sector and local project beneficiaries to discuss lessons and challenges in engaging communities… Read More

La deuxième phase du Projet d’assainissement de Yaoundé (PADY 2) est en voie d’achèvement. Un de ses résultats notables est d’avoir contribué à une forte baisse de la prévalence des maladies hydriques dans plusieurs quartiers de la capitale politique du Cameroun, tout en générant, dans sa réalisation, 755 emplois directs ainsi que 1130 emplois indirects. Le rapport sur l’état d’exécution… Read More

L-R : Wale Shonibare, Director, Energy Financial Solutions, Policy and Regulation African Development Bank Group, Zlatina Loudjeva Director, Infrastructure and Development PwC Renewable energy will be a critical driver of Africa’s post-COVID-19 growth recovery and economic prosperity,  panelists in a 2021 UK Africa Investment Summit event said Wednesday, as they called for a stronger partnership between the United Kingdom and  Africa. The panel,… Read More

WHAT: Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS 2021) WHO: African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina, heads of state and government, and international organizations WHEN: 25-26 January 2021 WHERE: virtual (https://www.cas2021.com/) African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina will participate in the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021, to be held on 25-26 January. President Adesina, a Commissioner of the Global Commission on Adaptation,… Read More

What: Webinar: 2021 Outlook – The new normal and how financial institutions can continue to offer responsible financial services Who: Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A), partners When: 21 January 2021, 13:00 GMT (14:00 Cotonou, Paris, Frankfurt, Douala, Kinshasa) Where: Online The webinar is the second in a series of four sessions being hosted by Making Finance Work For Africa… Read More

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina said on Wednesday that Africa remained fertile ground for investment, but much hinged on the continent’s ability to boost its healthcare sector. Adesina spoke during the Africa Investment Conference, a virtual one-day event organized by the UK Department for International Trade, which brought together UK and African business and government leaders to discuss… Read More

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) today signed a joint partnership action plan highlighting their strengthened cooperation and mutual development priorities and a strong shared emphasis on boosting public and private sector investment in Africa. The Joint Action Plan enables both institutions to grow a shared pipeline of bankable projects around key complementary themes to… Read More