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The frontier for climate resilience begins with smallholder farmers
07-Sep-2017 - Tackling climate change in Africa will work effectively if efforts are first geared towards eliminating challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the continent, experts say. The problem of climate change and how it has affected the continent’s agriculture sector was one of the key topics at the 7th African Green Revolution Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The week-long forum kicked off Monday, September 4 and runs until Friday, September 8.Africa50 to Announce New Strategy, New Investments, and New Members at its Shareholder Meeting in Dakar on September 12
07-Sep-2017 - Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, will hold its third Shareholders Meeting in Dakar on Tuesday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the King Fahd Hotel.
Agriculture projects have to be bankable, says Blanke
07-Sep-2017 - Agriculture projects developed for Africa must be bankable and incentivized in order to attract private investors who seek to make profit, and the youth who seek employment. This was the key message shared by Jennifer Blanke, Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank, on Thursday at the 7th African Green Revolution Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf visits AfDB President
07-Sep-2017 - The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 paid a visit to the African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Johnson Sirleaf and her team were received by President Adesina, Kwabena B. Oku-Afari, Executive Director for Liberia, Gambia, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Sudan, and other Senior Bank Officials. After signing the Bank’s ‘Golden Book’, Johnson Sirleaf and her delegation then met with the Bank President and top management.
AGRF 2017 : le Prix africain pour l’alimentation décerné à deux lauréates
06-Sep-2017 - Le Prix africain de l’alimentation a été décerné mercredi 6 septembre 2017, en marge du Forum pour la révolution verte africaine (AGRF), qui a ouvert ses portes lundi 4 septembre 2017 à Abidjan. Et ce prix est revenu à deux lauréates, la Kenyane Ruth Khasaya Oniang’o et la Malienne Maimouna Sidibé, qui se le sont vu remettre des mains du chef de l’État de Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara.
AGRF 2017: Agricultural research in West and Central Africa still has a long way to go
06-Sep-2017 - Compared with their English-speaking peers on the continent, French-speaking researchers from West and Central Africa are lagging behind in terms of agricultural research. Experts at the 7th edition of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF 2017), which opened in Abidjan on Monday, September 4, highlighted the need for them to catch up.
AfDB steadily pioneers major strategy shift in Africa’s agriculture financing
05-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has deepened agriculture with an initial investment of US $774 million in six countries in Africa to ignite economic growth and make agriculture an attractive investment.African Leaders set to accelerate Africa’s path to prosperity by growing economies and jobs through agriculture
05-Sep-2017 - Over 750 delegates and high-level dignitaries, including African Heads of States, Ministers, and key stakeholders in the agricultural sector, are convening this week in Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital, Abidjan, for the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), Africa’s premier agriculture gathering. As envisioned in its theme, “Accelerating the Path to Prosperity: Growing Inclusive Economies and Jobs through Agriculture”, the Forum will provide a platform for global and African leaders to develop actionable plans that will move African...
Women in agriculture must be facilitated, panel hears
05-Sep-2017 - Today’s technological advances and innovations in agriculture should touch every aspects of women’s lives in order for them to have the desired impact on African societies. This was deliberated on Tuesday, September 5 at the 7th African Green Revolution Summit in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. In a session on “Women in Agriculture”, leaders in politics, business and civil society discussed how challenges to women in agriculture can be overcome and how young women can be facilitated to join the sector.
The future of Africa depends on agriculture
05-Sep-2017 - Agriculture is instrumental in Africa’s poverty: it must also be instrumental in its wealth. Only through agricultural regeneration can growth, diversification and job creation occur for African economies, for no region of the world has ever industrialised without the agricultural sector being first transformed.AfDB approves US $55-million (including US$ 7 million from GEF) loan for three Solar PV Projects in Egypt
05-Sep-2017 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved three senior loans for a total amount of US$ 55 million to finance three solar PV Projects under the second Round of the Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) Program in Egypt.
ALSF, UNECA, and African Union cooperate to develop a modeling mining laws
05-Sep-2017 - For more than a decade, Africa has enjoyed a mineral boom, producing more than 10% of the world’s minerals by value, from over 30% of its global mineral reserves. And yet, despite the critical role played by mineral exploration and production, mining and development have not necessary gone hand-in-hand. While development experts consider how to transform mining into an engine of development, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) is helping to make it a reality, alongside its partner institutions and regional stakeholders.
US Congressional Delegation visits the African Development Bank
05-Sep-2017 - On August 31, a delegation from the United States Congress visited the African Development Bank and met with Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina as part of a multi-country visit to West Africa. Senator Christopher Coons (D-DE) led the congressional delegation, which also included Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Representative Terri Sewell (D-AL), Representative Charlie Dent (R-PA), and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA).
French President Macron appoints AfDB’s Vanessa Moungar to new Presidential Council for Africa
04-Sep-2017 - The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has appointed Vanessa Moungar, the African Development Bank’s Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, to his Presidential Council for Africa. Moungar and 10 other members of the elite group (mostly entrepreneurs, scientists and innovators) have been appointed to advise Macron on his African policy. The Council will have direct access to the French President and will also offer technical advice ahead of any Presidential missions to Africa.African Green Revolution Forum 2017 to highlight place of agriculture in diversification of African economies
04-Sep-2017 - The 2017 African Green Revolution Forum will be held from September 4-8 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire and aims to stress the capacity of agriculture and agribusiness to drive inclusive and sustainable rural development in Africa. The Forum will spotlight the important role agriculture and agribusiness play in current efforts to diversify African economies. The 2017 African Green Revolution Forum, considered to be the most important meeting on African agriculture this year will be held under the patronage of Côte d'Ivoire President Alassane...Invitation to the AGRF Youth in Agriculture Resource Platform
04-Sep-2017 - What: AGRF Youth in Agriculture Resource Platform When: Monday 4 September 2017 – 14:00 to 17:30 Where: African Development Bank headquarters Auditorium, Avenue Joseph Anoma, Plateau
Unlocking capital flows for forest development in Africa
04-Sep-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds’ Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP) have released a report on how unlocking capital flows to foster forest sector development in Africa.
Mali : un atelier de formation sur les énergies renouvelables pour sensibiliser les journalistes aux enjeux du secteur
31-Aug-2017 - Au Mali, un atelier d’information et de formation des médias a été organisé dans le cadre du Projet d’appui à la promotion des énergies renouvelables (PAPERM), vendredi 14 juillet 2017, au siège de la Direction nationale de l’énergie, à Bamako.
AfDB trains 129 young “agripreneurs” in Liberia
31-Aug-2017 - Monday, August 28, 2017 was a special day for young entrepreneurs in Liberia. After Côte d’Ivoire in December 2016, the Bank is supporting the Government of Liberia to provide entrepreneurship training to young people in the agriculture value chain from 28th to 31st August 2017. The objective of the training is to encourage young entrepreneurs to take the bull by the horn, embrace risk and start their business.