Under the patronage of Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, the Dakar High-Level Conference for an African Agricultural Transformation Agenda will bring together Ministers of Finance and Economy, Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministers of Trade and Industry...
by Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank
There is an unbelievable contrast today in Africa: How can a continent with such an abundance of arable land, water and sunshine annually import food worth $35 billion? How can it be that the continent is not food secure? This must...
Delegates from across the globe are converging on Dakar, Senegal, for a landmark conference on agriculture that promises to yield one of the boldest initiatives ever taken on Africa’s development.
Some 400 participants including Finance, Planning, Economy, Agriculture, Rural Development, Trade...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted an inaugural Innovation Weekend at its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from October 9-11. The goal: to find technology-led solutions from West Africa to better the lives of women and youth. “We want big ideas to generate big wins, and that means...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, in Abidjan, a US $15-million trade finance line of credit for UniBank Ghana (UniBank) to enhance its capacity to finance small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and indigenous firms operating within...
On October 14, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved the Bank’s new procurement framework. The need for a comprehensive revision of the African Development Bank’s two procurement policy documents, namely, the “Rules and Procedures for Procurement of...
The Boards of Directors of Africa50 Project Development and Project Finance met on October 6, 2015 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The Boards approved the appointment of Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, as the new Chairperson of both Boards. Members expressed great...
The African Development Bank presented the Bank’s procurement framework and several Bank projects at the MDB Global Development Fund Project Plaza in Seoul, Korea, on September 22-24, 2015. Information and updates on the Bank’s ongoing review of its procurement policy, business opportunities, and...
On September 30, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US $120-million corporate loan to support Ghana Airports Company Limited’s (GACL) capital investment programme. The programme entails the construction of a new terminal at Kotoka International Airport (...