On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we share the stories of 25 women from across the African continent whose lives have dramatically improved, thanks to interventions financed by the African Development Bank.  Liliam Makosa Transboundary Animal Diseases Project, Zambia Using...

A regional platform to improve the provision of quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs in Africa was launched on Monday, February 9 in Kigali, Rwanda, during the Ministerial Conference for Sub-Saharan Africa on Education Post-2015. The Inter-Country Quality Node on Early Childhood...

PPM - Algérie - Programme de renforcement des capacités du Ministère des Finances - PRCMF - 12 2014

The Rockefeller Foundation, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on Tuesday, December 9 convened the Africa Forum on Inclusive Economies to discuss greater inclusion as Africa grows economically. In the last decade, Africa has...

La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et le gouvernement mauritanien ont signé, ce 11 décembre 2014 à Abidjan, trois accords de don totalisant plus de 24 millions de dollars EU. Ces dons, destinés à favoriser une croissance inclusive dans le pays, financeront la composante mauritanienne du...

On December 8-9, 2014 the Africa Forum on Inclusive Economies was held in Nairobi, Kenya. This year's forum was the second bi-annual convening of the Rockefeller Foundation Africa Partnership Forum and was co-convened by the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the...

The West Africa Monitor is produced by the country economists of the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) West Africa Regional Department (ORWA) and Nigeria Department (ORNG). The current issue has been produced in close collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a loan of US $133 million to the Republic of Kenya to increase electricity access for low-income populations, especially those in rural areas. Specifically, the funds will finance the Last Mile Connectivity Project...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Moza Banco signed a loan agreement for the equivalent of US $9 million in Mozambique Metical (MZN) on November 14, 2014. Approved by the AfDB’s Board of Directors in July 2013, the Africa Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Program is a four-year, US...