Tag: African Development Bank

In Morocco, the African Development Bank has helped thousands of young people towards a new future in agriculture. Abdelhak Boukhari, a young farmer said he learned farming from his father. “I started in this area in 1995 when I was very young. It was really difficult at first because I didn’t have any land; I didn’t have anything. I shared… Read More

What:       Fashionomics Africa Masterclass When:      26 and 27 February 2020, 8.30am to 5pm Where:     2nd Floor, Block B, Baraza Media Lab, Keystone Park, 95 Riverside Drive, Nairobi The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department of the African Development Bank is pleased to invite interested parties to a two-day Masterclass of its flagship Fashionomics Africa initiative. The class will… Read More

The African Development Bank has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the East African country tackle an outbreak of the Ebola virus. The grant to support Uganda’s National Ebola Viral Disease (EVD) Preparedness and Response Plan, was approved in January. Funds have been disbursed through the World Health Organization (WHO), which is the implementing agency.  The grant… Read More

What:   Africa Finance Forum on “Supporting the fertilizer value chain to improve agricultural productivity and economic growth in the region” When:  19 February 2020, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Where: Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa The African Development Bank’s Department of Agriculture and Agro-industry and the Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism will convene a forum on Fertilizer Financing on 19… Read More

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting for African heads of state, foreign ministers and representatives of the United Nations and other multilateral bodies on Monday to discuss ways to secure peace across the continent as a necessary condition for prosperity.   Trudeau, the 2020 chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission, called for cooperation among international partners and… Read More

The African Development Bank, the United Nations, and the African Union on Saturday acknowledged the significant progress made in implementing Agenda 2063 and urged African countries to go further to fast-track economic transformation. The call was made on Saturday at the launch of the first report on the implementation of Agenda 2063 ahead of the 33rd African Union Summit in… Read More

African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition targets by 2025. This was the main message of a meeting that took place during the 33rd African Union Summit. Speakers at a meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) included the heads of state of Madagascar, Cote d’Ivoire… Read More

The African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook 2020 was praised at the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa for being an effective blueprint for addressing the continent’s human capacity gap. The 2020 edition of the flagship report, under the theme Developing Africa’s workforce of the future, was presented at a side event attended by policymakers, global and regional development… Read More

On the border between Tanzania and Kenya sits Namanga, a town of 16,000 residents where cross-border trade has thrived thanks to investment in a One Stop Border Post (OSBP). In 2007, the African Development Bank provided financing of $108 million to Kenya and $77 million to Tanzania with the objective of easing the flow of people and goods across the… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement, le Gouvernement du Mali et l’Autorité du bassin du fleuve Niger (ABN) ont lancé, mardi 04 février 2020, à Bamako, le Programme intégré de développement et d’adaptation au changement climatique dans le Bassin du fleuve Niger (PIDACC/BN).  D’un coût global d’environ 122 milliards de FCFA, dont 13,8 milliards de FCFA pour le Mali, le PIDACC/BN… Read More