The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a framework for collaboration to boost the aviation sector in Africa. The MoU was signed Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria, on the sidelines of the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on African countries to implement the 1999 Yamoussoukro agreement for open skies. While 20 countries have signed on, the 27-year old accord still faces implementation challenges, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the AfDB said Tuesday at the opening...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is partnering with the Nigerian government, the African Union Commission (AUC), and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) Agency to co-host the third ICAO World Aviation Forum from November 20-22 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Forum on the...

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has called for more partnerships to accelerate development of the African continent. “Africa is now the place to be,” he told businessmen and representatives of the Portuguese private sector, during a...

Good morning Executive Directors and colleagues. It is a great pleasure to welcome you, Howard Bamsey, the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund, and the members of your delegation, to the African Development Bank, on the unique occasion of the signing of the Accreditation Master...

If the fight against climate change is not won in Africa, it cannot be won anywhere else, said Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) while signing a partnership agreement with the Green Climate Fund.  “Only by defeating the climate change threat in Africa can we...

Your Excellency, Mr. Vice President, Daniel Kablan Duncan; Gerda Verburg, UN Assistant Secretary General and Coordinator of SUN Movement; Anthony Lake, Chair of the SUN Lead Group and Executive Director of UNICEF; Minister of Health of Côte d'Ivoire, Raymonde Coffie; Honorable ministers...

Le président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et membre de haut niveau du groupe principal du Mouvement « Scaling Up Nutrition » ou SUN, Akinwumi Adesina, a réaffirmé mardi 7 novembre 2017, à Abidjan, son soutien total et celui de son institution à la lutte contre la...

Dr Akinwumi Adesina, African development Bank (AfDB)’s President and member of the Lead Group of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement will take an active part in the Sun Movement Global Gathering (SUNGG)  in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire,  starting Tuesday. For the first time, the SUNGG will...