UPL Limited, an Indian company based in Mumbai, is one of the international firms attending the ongoing 52nd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank(AfDB) in Ahmedabad, India, for the first time. Jessica Rebello is the Manager, Branding & Communications, Global Portfolio...

The African Development Bank Group concluded its 2017 Annual Meetings on Thursday in Ahmedabad, India, on a high note of optimism generated by the Bank’s good balance sheet and the early successes of its High 5 priorities, especially in agriculture and energy. The 52nd ...

“With 65% of the world’s uncultivated land, Africa will determine the future of food for the world.  There is gold in the dirt, if only we will see it”, said African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina as he spoke to press after the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Ahmedabad. “I...

Five innovative projects in the High 5 areas have been awarded the Africa Development Impact Award Morocco received the Light up and power Africa category with an innovative solar power plant project to scale up renewable energy capacity; Mauritania won the Feed Africa category for an...

Africa, like India, is a continent of rich and compelling diversity. Both continents share a similar landscape, a shared colonial history, and similar economic and demographic challenges. This helps both India and Africa work especially well with each other. This cooperation is both a mutual...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed new investment strategies in Africa’s agriculture sector, which, if properly implemented, would effectively alter the market structures around the world in favour of the African farmers of major cash crops like tea, coffee and cocoa. AfDB...

The attendance of two African ministers, an operations director of the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), and an expert on sustainable investments helped to ensure that the African Legal Support Facility’s (ALSF) high-level roundtable discussion on land investment was as...