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African Development Bank features at Mozambique’s Growing Blue Event

03-Jun-2019 - The African Development Bank is focusing on building risk management systems and resilience for countries vulnerable to climate change, it told participants at the recently concluded high level conference on the Blue Economy held in Maputo, Mozambique.

Hello Malabo! Equatorial Guinea

02-Jun-2019 - "When you put your forces together, you can achieve the critical mass to be solid player on the global scene," African Development Bank's Chief Economist and Vice President of Economic Governance & Knowledge Management Celestin Monga told journalists at a press conference ahead of the Bank's Annual Meetings.

Guinée : la Banque africaine de développement accorde un don de 2 millions de dollars pour étudier la faisabilité d’un projet de construction d’un port en eau profonde

31-May-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement et le ministère du Plan et du Développement Économique de Guinée, ont signé, jeudi 30 mai 2019 au Petit palais de Conakry, un accord de don portant sur une étude de faisabilité d’un projet de construction d’un port en eau profonde polyvalent dans le nord-ouest du pays, pour un montant de deux millions de dollars américains.

African Development Bank provides €100 Million partial guarantee for commercial agriculture in Africa

31-May-2019 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, meeting in Abidjan on 29 May 2019, approved a €100 million partial credit guarantee (PCG) to the structured finance company, African Agriculture Impact Investments Ltd (Mauritius), to develop commercial agriculture in Africa.

Comores : la Banque africaine de développement porte sa contribution à 25,22 millions d’euros au Projet d’appui au secteur de l’énergie

31-May-2019 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, le 21 mai, un financement complémentaire de 8,63 millions d’euros en faveur du Projet d’appui au secteur de l’énergie aux Comores, portant ainsi la contribution totale de l’institution à 25,22 millions d’euros.

The African Development Bank hosts the Zero Emissions Omissions Coalition

29-May-2019 - The African Development Bank and the Zero Emissions Omissions Coalition, an advocacy group dedicated to mobilising support for climate change, have met to discuss the Bank’s role in leading clean energy production on the continent and greater transparency on its investments.

African Development Bank’s first symposium on Climate Change calls for increased focus on resilience building

29-May-2019 - African nations must focus on building resilience against climate change  and renew efforts to save resources spent on weather-related emergency relief to better address the needs of the vulnerable, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Monday.

Tunisie: la Banque africaine de développement accorde 57,5 millions d’euros à Amen Bank pour développer le commerce et soutenir les PME

29-May-2019 - Le Conseil d'administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mercredi 29 mai 2019, un financement total de 57,5 millions d’euros en faveur de la banque tunisienne Amen Bank afin de développer le commerce et accompagner les petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). Cette enveloppe se compose d’un prêt d’investissement à long terme de 35 millions d’euros et d’une facilité de 15 millions d’euros pour le financement du commerce    ainsi qu’un complément de 7,5 millions d’euros provenant du fonds « Africa Growing Together...

Japan and Austria to support private sector climate change investments on the continent

28-May-2019 - The governments of Japan and Austria have approved a $1 million fund to strengthen the participation of the private sector in combating climate change. The funding will be channeled to the Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant, which aims to expand the role of the private sector in the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of African countries. NDCs are national efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and form part of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

African Development Bank commissions value chain study into jewelry manufacturing in Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and the Republic of Guinea

21-May-2019 - The African Development Bank has commissioned a study into the contribution of the jewelry manufacturing industry and its potential for job creation for women and youth in Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and the Republic of Guinea. The initial US $1.4-million project, will entail a value chain analysis study examining the sector’s contributions to value addition and job creation. It will be financed under the Bank’s Transition Support Facility and implemented over 24 months, in coordination with the relevant ministries and agencies in all three...

Tunisie : 120 millions d’euros de la Banque africaine de développement pour moderniser le secteur financier

16-May-2019 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé un financement de 120 millions d’euros pour mettre en œuvre la seconde phase du Programme d’appui à la modernisation du secteur financier (PAMSFI II) en Tunisie. A travers l’appui au secteur financier dans son rôle de financement de l’économie, en faveur notamment des populations et acteurs économiques vulnérables, cette opération a pour but de favoriser les conditions nécessaires pour une croissance économique forte, résiliente et inclusive.

Global partners announce $61.8 million allocation to boost African Development Bank initiative for women entrepreneurs

13-May-2019 - The Governing Committee of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has approved a funding allocation of $61.8 million for the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program. We-Fi is a partnership among 14 donor governments, eight multilateral development banks, and other public and private sector stakeholders, established in October 2017 and hosted by the World Bank Group.

Zambia: African Development Fund approves $11.1 million for public finance reforms

30-Apr-2019 - The African Development Fund on Tuesday approved $11.1 million to support Zambia’s public finance and economic management as part of efforts to restore fiscal stability and improve livelihoods in the middle-income Southern African nation. The copper producing country is pursuing reforms to stabilize its economy, particularly, to rein in a widening public debt partly due to commodity price shocks, drought and depreciation of its local currency.

African Development Bank, partners meet over Securities Exchanges linkage project

26-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank, working with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), hosted the first capital market stakeholders roundtable on the African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on 24 April, 2019.

Conference on Land Policy in Africa

26-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank will host the biennial Conference on Land Policy in Africa from the 25th to 29th November 2019 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This year’s conference theme is “Winning the fight against corruption in the land sector: sustainable pathway for Africa’s transformation.” The conference is a tripartite initiative by the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The Bank is represented in the event organisation by its African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC).

Guinée : la Banque africaine de développement octroie 81,1 millions de dollars au titre de prêts pour les transports et l’environnement et de don d’urgence

26-Apr-2019 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Guinée, ont signé, mardi 23 avril 2019 à Conakry, des accords de prêts et de don, pour un montant total de 81,1 millions de dollars EU. Il s’agit de deux nouvelles opérations dans les domaines des transports et de l’environnement, ainsi qu’une aide d’urgence dans le domaine de l’agriculture, qui vont renforcer le portefeuille actif de projets financés par la Banque en Guinée, pour le porter à un montant total d’engagements d’environ 562,36 millions de dollars EU.

La Banque Africaine de développement soutient l’intégration du secteur financier en Afrique du Nord

26-Apr-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement, en collaboration avec « Making Finance Work for Africa » (MFW4A), a apporté son soutien à la stratégie de développement du secteur financier en Afrique du Nord, à l’occasion d’un dialogue organisé cette semaine à Tunis. Cette étape tunisienne, tenue mercredi et jeudi, a clos une série de quatre évènements régionaux en Afrique.

Nigeria: President Buhari commends African Development Bank’s transformative role

25-Apr-2019 - At a meeting with the African Development Bank President in Abuja, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari commended the Bank for its successes and pledged Nigeria’s continuous support for the institution.

African Development Bank signs $50 million agreement with Natixis to boost trade finance in Africa

25-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank on Wednesday April 24, 2019 signed a US$50 million risk participation agreement (APR) with investment and corporate bank Natixis. The 50/50 risk-sharing agreement covers a portfolio of commercial transactions totaling US$100 million, which will support commercial operations worth US$600 million in Africa over the next three years.

Botswana: African Development extends US$80m line of credit to help industrialization and regional integration

25-Apr-2019 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a USD 80 million line of credit to the Botswana Development Corporation Ltd (“BDC”) to help the country’s industrialization and regional integration. The line of credit will be provided via the African Development Bank’s private sector window and will be used to finance local companies in the Botswana's manufacturing, transport, logistics and services sectors. In total, the projects are expected to create between 2500 and 2800 jobs, including 1200 to 1300 for...