01/01/1970

Weather data helps authorities respond to deadly floods in Abidjan

When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital, Abidjan, an African…

16/07/2020

The call for contributions to the XV World Forestry Congress is now open!

The call for contributions to the XV World Forestry Congress is now open! Submit your contribution to the XV World…

01/01/1970

Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa, ImpactHER and UN Women Policy Brief exposes disadvantages to women entrepreneurs in post COVID-19 era...

Women-led businesses are more vulnerable to closure than those led by men in the era of the novel coronavirus, due to…

01/01/1970

Board Approves Independent Review Mechanism’s Recommendations of The First Monitoring Report on Sendou coal-fired power plant project in Senegal

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved recommendations of the First Monitoring Report of the…

01/01/1970

The Coding for Employment program opens doors to digital jobs for African women and youth

  As part of the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy, the African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program…

01/01/1970

South Africa: African Development Bank Board approves Fourth Monitoring Report on Management Action Plan for Eskom’s Medupi Power Project

The African Development Bank approved the recommendations of the Fourth Monitoring Report of the Independent Review…

01/01/1970

« Perspectives économiques en Afrique 2020 » : l’Afrique centrale devrait agir sur le développement de compétences et de capacités adaptées aux...

Confrontés à des prévisions de croissance revues à la baisse en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19, les pays d’Afrique…

01/01/1970

African education experts push for more virtual learning to cushion against pandemics - ADEA webinar

Africa must develop new education models that feature well-resourced virtual teaching and learning schemes to insulate…

01/01/1970

Video: Keeping economies stimulated is the main Bank’s goal this year, VP Khaled Sherif says

2020 can easily be characterized by the impacts felt from COVID-19. The AfDB Vice President of Regional Development,…

01/01/1970

Africa Investment Forum: Founding Partners unveil Unified COVID-19 Response to support Africa’s private sector

Increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa’s economic recovery post COVID-19, partners of the…

01/01/1970

Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity

What: African Consultative Review of Partha Dasgupta Interim Report on the Economics of Biodiversity  Who: Kenya’s…

01/01/1970

Fitch Rating Agency Affirms Triple A (AAA) Rating of the African Development Bank, with Stable Outlook

Fitch Ratings, the global credit rating agency, has affirmed the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Long-Term Issuer…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank set to join landmark $20 billion Mozambique LNG financing

The African Development Bank has concluded its bid to co-finance the construction of Mozambique's integrated Liquefied…

01/01/1970

Zambia: From mine to field: agriculture project helps youth turn away from copper and live off the land

In Zambia’s Serenje district, young Zambians are being offered a ray of hope in the form of an agriculture project that…

01/01/1970

In Ghana, African Development Bank-funded training builds skills for the economy of the future - report

A six-year project to develop industrial skills among Ghana’s workforce has improved the engineering and manufacturing…