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01/01/1970

G5 Sahel Summit: African Development Bank, partners, commit to light up and power the Sahel with the Desert to Power initiative

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has arrived in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso,…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank and Mozambique LNG Area 1 Project win Multilateral Deal of the Year Award for $24 billion global syndicated finance

The Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Area 1 Project and the African Development Bank have jointly received the…

01/01/1970

A Launch of Africa Initiative’s Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 Report

What: Live event for the Launch of the  Tax Transparency in Africa 2020  Report Who: The Global Forum on…

01/01/1970

Rwandan women making a difference at water treatment plant

About 30 minutes’ drive outside Kigali, the tidy capital of Rwanda, past lush forests, marshland and makeshift roadside…

01/01/1970

Implementing the AfCFTA: the Need for Deepening Private Sector Engagement and Commitment

What: Joint webinar on the implementation of the AfCFTA within the WTO Aid-for-Trade Stocktaking Event 2021 Who:…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency

Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its…

01/01/1970

G5 Sahel : la Banque africaine de développement mobilise près de 270 millions de dollars pour renforcer les infrastructures et la résilience de la...

A l’issue de la réunion de suivi des annonces (de financement) du « Groupe de Nouakchott », la Banque…

01/01/1970

President Adesina’s remarks at signing ceremony to conclude loan agreement with Japan for ADF-15 replenishment

  On 16 February 2021, the African Development Bank Group and the Government of Japan participated in a virtual…

01/01/1970

Ghana Cocoa Board, African Development Bank and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disbursement of loan to boost cocoa productivity in...

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of $200 million of a syndicated loan…

01/01/1970

UN General Assembly: strong plea to boost food security through South-South cooperation

Leaders gathering for the United Nations General Assembly from 17-30 September 2019 in New York have made a strong plea…

01/01/1970

Guinée Bissau : la Banque africaine de développement renforce les capacités du pays pour la révision de sa CDN

La Banque africaine de développement a soutenu l’organisation à Bissau du 25 janvier au 5 février 2020, d’un atelier de…

01/01/1970

Development Finance Institutions commit to support Sudan’s transformation

Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International…

01/01/1970

Remarks by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group at the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Lead Group Meeting,...

Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen,   I wish to thank the UN Secretary General António Guterres, for…

01/01/1970

Water project improves quality of life, halts school abstention rate in Rwanda

Beatrice Icyimanaizanye considers it a miracle that she no longer has to walk more than 6 km in search of water. She…

01/01/1970

The Africa we want after COVID-19: A blogger, a politician and a diplomat in conversation

Four inspiring young Africans have set out their vision of the Africa they would like to see in the wake of the COVID-…