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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…

01/01/1970

South Africa: African Development Bank approves first ever crisis response budget support of R5 billion to fight COVID-19

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a loan of approximately R5 billion ($288 million)…

01/01/1970

“This is no ordinary time and this calls for no ordinary response,” says Bank Vice President

For more than 55 years, the African Development Bank has played a vital role in the continent’s development. The Bank’s…

01/01/1970

African Development Bank commits $1.04 million towards two COVID-19 research projects in Angola

Funds from the African Development Bank’s ongoing Science and Technology Development Project have been committed…

01/01/1970

African Development Fund approves UA100.4 million multi-country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Sao Tome

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4 million (about $138…

01/01/1970

G5 Sahel : la Banque africaine de développement accorde 285 millions de dollars pour la lutte contre la pandémie de Covid-19

Le Conseil administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mercredi 22 juillet à Abidjan, un appui…

01/01/1970

Financial, development and humanitarian arms provide $20 million to curb the impact of COVID-19 on refugees and their hosts in the Sahel

Public health, the wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in the Sahel are at the heart of the latest…

01/01/1970

Malawi to receive $45.07 million for national COVID-19 emergency response from the African Development Bank

Malawi will receive $45.07 million to finance the government’s response to the health, social and economic impacts of…

01/01/1970

Coming soon: First public consultation on the third review of the Independent Review Mechanism of the African Development Bank Group

The Bank’s Committee on Operations and Development Effectiveness (CODE) has approved on 7 July 2020, the publication of…