Femi Oye, winner of the first-ever West African Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF) award in 2013, is living his dream of contributing to women’s health in Nigeria and beyond, through the provision of clean, safe and affordable energy. He was motivated by his grandmother, Mama Kike, and...

African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina, received Benin’s President, Thomas Boni Yayi, on September 15, 2015 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Boni Yayi said he “had come to deliver a congratulatory message to the AfDB’s newly elected President.”  He also said Benin...

The African Development Bank, through its Statistical Capacity Building (SCB) program, conducted a regional training workshop on the Strategic Plans for Agricultural and Rural Statistics (SPARS) for English-speaking national experts in agriculture statistics and strategy development in Lusaka,...

Benin’s Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou paid a courtesy visit to African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina on Thursday, September10, 2015 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, where they discussed existing partnerships and explored areas for future cooperation. President Adesina...

“We must light up and power Africa – as a Bank we will launch a new deal on energy for Africa”   Former Nigerian Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina formally assumed office as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. At a...

The African Development Bank has launched a report that seeks to empower women to take the lead in agribusiness and agriculture value chains thus participating in Africa’s economic growth process. The report, Economic Empowerment of African Women Through Equitable Participation in...

The expansion project involves the following components: (i) Oil Palm: Establishing a new 4,250-ha and replanting 1,500-ha oil palm plantation in Bindo; Replanting a 750-ha oil palm plantation in Zilé; replanting a 1,000-ha oil palm plantation in Makouké; modernizing a palm oil mill and palm kernel...

The office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a new report, “Economic Empowerment of African Women through Equitable Participation in Agricultural Value Chains” on Thursday, August 27 at...

This evaluation of Bank Group assistance to Morocco covers the period from 1996 to 2004. It covers lending activities as well as non-lending activities such as studies, assistance, policy dialogue, and portfolio review and aid coordination. It also considers sectoral, intersectoral and crosscutting...