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Malawi: The African Development Bank approves $13.2 million for sustainable fisheries, aquaculture development and watershed management

09-Oct-2019 - The African Development Bank Group has approved a $13.2 million financing package from the African Development Fund for a fisheries and aquaculture development project in Malawi. The Sustainable Fisheries, Aquaculture Development, and Watershed Management project will provide infrastructure for increased fisheries productivity and market access. Board approval for the project was granted on 2 October 2019. The project is expected to contribute to nutritious diets, boost employment along the fish value chain, and build climate resilience along...

Maroc : la Banque africaine de développement soutient l’entreprenariat des jeunes et l’innovation

09-Oct-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement a pris part à l’édition 2019 des rencontres « Innovation et Jeunesse » qui se sont tenues du 30 septembre au 4 octobre derniers. Un évènement organisé conjointement par le ministère marocain de la Jeunesse et des Sports, le ministère danois des Affaires étrangères et le Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD).

Climate Action Summit: Three questions to Dr Anthony Nyong, director climate change and green growth department

07-Oct-2019 - Leaders from all over the world met in New York recently to discuss efforts to tackle climate change. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, attended the Climate Action Summit and pledged to double funding commitments to $25 billion from 2020 to 2025 to help African countries address the challenges of climate change. Most of this funding will go towards adaptation. Dr Anthony Nyong, Director of the Bank’s Climate Change and Green Growth Department, answers three questions on the topic, as the summit wraps up.

Tunis : la Banque africaine de développement présente au secteur privé des opportunités d’affaires pour l’Afrique du Nord

04-Oct-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement a organisé, ces deux derniers jours à Tunis, un séminaire d’opportunités d’affaires dédié à l’Afrique du Nord. Après Johannesburg et Nairobi, cette présentation dans la capitale tunisienne avait pour objectif de renforcer le dialogue entre la Banque et le secteur privé, tout en identifiant de nouvelles opportunités d’investissement et de financement. Le séminaire a accueilli près de 200 participants issus de 23 pays, représentant des entreprises de l’industrie, du génie civil, des travaux publics et du...

UNGA 2019: African Development Bank announces new accountability index to measure institutional lending to women

03-Oct-2019 - A new tool to track the level of lending to women across the continent will be important for ensuring women get the critical financial help they need, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina told attendees at a public event held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Tchad : la Banque africaine de développement approuve un prêt de 18 millions d’euros pour le projet de centrale solaire de Djermaya

01-Oct-2019 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le jeudi 26 septembre, un prêt de 18 millions d’euros ainsi qu’une Garantie partielle de risque (GPR), pour la mise en place de la centrale solaire de Djermaya au Tchad.

First West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum, hosted by African Development Bank, opens in Abidjan

01-Oct-2019 - “Effective partnerships for financing are key to the fertilizer sector growth.” Bank Vice President Pierre Guislain   Actors in West Africa’s fertilizer industry emphasized the need to financially support the fertilizer value chain to improve agricultural productivity in the region. Agriculture ministers, development partners and private sector leaders made the call during the opening ceremony of the first West Africa Fertilizer Financing Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday 30 September.

The Bank Group’s swears in its new sanctions commissioners

27-Sep-2019 - On 10 September 2019, two experts with more than 35 years of combined experience in the legal field were sworn in as the Bank Group’s new sanctions commissioner and alternate sanctions commissioner. The swearing-in ceremony of Justin Wanjala and Justice Niyungeko, was chaired by Senior Vice President Charles Boamah, in the presence of members of the Board of Directors, the General Counsel and the Secretary General.

UNGA 2019: Hands off our girls! African first ladies take campaign against rape, early child marriage, to UN General Assembly

27-Sep-2019 - Africa’s first ladies, led by Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio brought their campaign to ban early child marriage and sexual violence against women and girls before a global stage in a passionate appeal for the world to support their “Hands Off Our Girls! Campaign. In a no-holds barred conversation organized on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Wednesday, Bio flanked by her husband President Julius Bio, spoke to “lift the lid of silence” taboo and stigma surrounding rape and early marriage in Sierra Leone and other parts of the continent.