Unless there is a good focus on agricultural and economic transformation, efforts at structural transformation of African countries won’t amount to much, says Neway Gebreab, former advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. Gebreab, who spoke on Tuesday at a session on the Role of...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) have announced a new three-year partnership agreement. The agreement comes on the heels of a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (2014-2017) in which the two organizations committed to deliver major eco-conservation...
29-Nov-2017
Mozambique - Support to skills development for agriculture and industry project –Unilúrio – ESMP Summary
The education sector in Mozambique has been facing noticeable progress with net enrolment rates consistently improving but completion rates and the overall quality of education remain a concern. The country has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, affecting almost one in every...
The African Development Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, in collaboration with Grow Africa and the Initiative for Global Development (IGD), is organizing the first-ever Leadership for Agriculture Forum on 28 November 2017 at the AfDB headquarters. Guided by recent analysis and...
The 6th EU-Africa Business Forum opened in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Monday, with an emphasis on job creation and investment in young people. The central theme of the Forum is “Investing in Job Creation for Youth.” Speaking at a high-level forum on the theme, African Development Bank Group...
The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a loan of €180 million to the Republic of Cameroon to finance the first phase of the government’s Competitiveness and Economic Growth Support Programme (PACCE).
PACCE is the first of a three-year programmatic general budget...
23-Nov-2017
AfDB boosts African Agriculture and nutrition with US$ 10 million equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) today approved US$10 million equity investment in Phatisa Food Fund2 (PFF2) to boost agriculture and nutrition across Africa.
PFF2 is a second generation Fund which builds on the success of its predecessor African Agriculture...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are pleased to invite you to the High Level Ministerial Dialogue and Flagship Launch of Post-Harvest Losses and Agro-Processing (PHAP), which will take place on 21 and 22 November 2017 at the Bank’...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with Initiative for Global Development (IGD) and Grow Africa is organizing the first high-level convening, Leadership4Agriculture (L4Ag) Forum, on November 28 at the AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire....