The 51st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 42nd Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund (ADF) wound up on Friday, May 27, 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, after five days of intense engagements on the Bank’s operations and development issues. Held...

The African Risk Capacity has taken major steps towards its goal of providing US $2 billion worth of annual climate disaster coverage to Africa’s most vulnerable populations. ARC signed a Letter of Intent and a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Conférence...

In Lusaka during this week’s African Development Bank (AfDB) 2016 Annual Meetings, the Bank and the Earth Journalism Network (EJN), environmental program of the media development NGO Internews, hosted a Journalist Training Program for a selected group of African journalists. With the Annual...

Climate change is particularly threatening to the future of African agriculture; it has an impact on global food security and the economic livelihoods of hundreds of millions of Africans. For this reason, the African Development Bank and the African Risk Capacity Agency have agreed to work...

A high-level panel of experts will review progress in and constraints to green growth in Africa during a knowledge event at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka, Zambia. The side event will be held on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 15:30 – 17:00 PM at Mulungushi...

AFRICA faces a double-edged challenge: it must drastically increase its citizens’ access to basic power services; and at the same time it must meet its commitments under the climate change agreement. To accomplish this, African countries require substantial funding to develop energy services that...

“Africa must think big, act big and deliver big. We must never show low ambitions for Africa,” African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the formal opening of the Annual Meetings of the Bank Group in Zambia on the theme “Energy and climate Change...

African nations can expand their power generation and achieve universal access to energy by leapfrogging to new technologies that are transforming energy systems throughout the world. However, this will require decisive action on the part of Africa’s leaders, continuous dialogue on how they can...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says Africa’s integration is vital in eliminating challenges such as under-nutrition and the unfavourable climatic conditions which have negatively affected the welfare of the people. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina said the Bank was working hard to contribute...