The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 approved four operations amounting to close to US $45 million in lines of credit to African financial institutions under its Private Sector...

The African Development Bank has welcomed the Infrastructure Africa 2016 forum taking place June 9-10, 2016, in Johannesburg. This year the Bank is sponsoring the event in partnership with UK Aid. The forum has proved important over the years in addressing the continent’s...

On June 9, 2016, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, met with Finnish officials, in Helsinki, in the last leg of his three-country Nordic visit. In the different meetings, President Adesina thanked Finland for its support to the African Development Bank (ADB) and...

On June 8 2016, the African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, met with Swedish officials, in Stockholm, in the second leg of his three-country Nordic visit. In the different meetings, President Adesina thanked Sweden for its support to the African Development Bank (ADB) and the...

The African Development Bank Group’s Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, will take an active role in the 2016 Infrastructure Business Forum, to be held on June 9 and 10, 2016 in Sandton, South Africa. Alongside the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), the AfDB...

The African Development Bank’s strategy to involve the private sector in providing sustainable energy solution was the focus of this year’s Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) in Copenhagen, Denmark. At a June 7, 2016 panel discussion on “Accelerating Financial Investments in Sustainable Growth”,...

The African Development Bank’s commitment to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was reiterated during Norway’s International SDGs commitment seminar held in Oslo on June 6, 2016. Frannie Leautier, Senior Vice-President of the AfDB, said to speed up Africa’s transformation over the next...

African Ministers in charge of Education and Training, Technical and Vocational Skills Development (TVSD), and Higher Education and Scientific Research from some 20 African countries will be meeting in Abidjan for the 2nd African Ministerial Forum on ICT Integration in Education and...

The African Development Bank strengthens its longstanding partnerships with the Nordic countries this week as a high-level delegation, led by its President, Akinwumi Adesina, visits Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. "The Nordic countries are strong supporters of the African Development Bank,...