Tag: African Development Bank

The Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) program is a flagship African Development Bank initiative. The zones bring together the production, processing, storage, transport, and marketing of commodities – including cotton and maize. This will increase productivity and competitiveness and reduce logistics costs. The program has four broad components: support for the development of enabling climate-adapted infrastructure for agro-industrial hubs; improving… Read More

Abuja-based telemedicine provider Mobihealthcare Limited has received grant funding from the United States Trade and Development Agency. The funding will support the provider of telehealth services to assess the feasibility of expansion beyond Nigeria into Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya and Egypt. The company was one of 40 presented to investors during a series of virtual investment meetings organized by the… Read More

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Africa Investment Forum, a marketplace for transactions that close Africa’s investment gaps, has channeled investments to projects that address the continent’s biggest healthcare challenges – building quality healthcare infrastructure; developing the continent’s pharmaceutical industry; and increasing the capacity of vaccine manufacturing. These priorities were outlined by African Development Bank president Dr Akinwumi… Read More

The Lusophone Compact is one of many successes that have emerged from the innovative Africa Investment Forum. The compact is a financing platform that provides risk mitigation, financing products and technical assistance to accelerate development of the private sector in Africa’s Portuguese-speaking countries. The African Development Bank, the government of Portugal and six Portuguese speaking African countries—Angola, Cabo Verde, Equatorial… Read More

This majestic structure, laid out on the right flank of the Attécoubé commune in central Abidjan, is gradually taking shape and its future users can now see it from a good distance. The “fourth bridge” of the Ivorian economic capital, currently under construction, is more than halfway complete, barely three years after its 2018 launch.  When completed, the bridge should… Read More

On Wednesday 26 October 2022, the African Development Bank, rated Aaa/AAA/AAA/AAA (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch / Japan Credit Rating, all stable), launched and priced a new USD 2 billion 5-year Global Benchmark due 3 November 2027. This transaction marks the Bank’s second USD Global Benchmark in 2022 following the 3-year USD 1 billion benchmark issued in June, and its… Read More

Africa has long suffered from a risk perception gap – one of the main factors contributing to the continent’s estimated $200 billion trade and investment financing gap. More recently, the world has been hit with the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the resultant global food and energy instability, coupled with soaring interest rates and debt sustainability tensions for… Read More

Africa’s creative industries have grown rapidly in recent years, as its music, films and fashion increasingly attract a global audience. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development defines creative industries as comprising a wide range of areas: arts and crafts; audiovisual media (film and TV); design (architecture and fashion); new media (video games); performing arts (musical instruments); publishing (books,… Read More

The $67 million Mobihealth Telemedicine Project is an innovative digital health transaction involving the establishment of a fully integrated telemedicine proprietary platform. It is one of eight deals, with a total value of nearly $5 billion, that were presented at the Africa Investment Forum’s Virtual Boardrooms event held in March 2022.  Presented under the ‘Women as Investment Champions’ pillar, these transactions involved… Read More

What:     Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program Partnerships Forum Who:      African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation When:    27 October 2022, 15:00 GMT+2 Where:   Windhoek, Namibia (Hybrid format) The African Development Bank and the Global Center on Adaptation, with the support of partners are convening the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) Partnerships Forum at the 10th Conference on Climate Change… Read More