The African Development Bank has launched a report that seeks to empower women to take the lead in agribusiness and agriculture value chains thus participating in Africa’s economic growth process.
The report, Economic Empowerment of African Women Through Equitable Participation in...
The office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a new report, “Economic Empowerment of African Women through Equitable Participation in Agricultural Value Chains” on Thursday, August 27 at...
Em Abril de 2012 Angola celebrou o décimo aniversário do acordo de paz que pôs fim a 27 anos de uma guerra civil devastadora e inaugurou um período de crescimento económico rápido e sustentável, impulsionado pela produção de petróleo e as exportações. Com uma taxa de crescimento anual do PIB...
13-Aug-2015
Youth employment in Africa under the spotlight
On International Youth Day, August 12, the AfDB celebrates and recognizes the importance of African youth, the future of our continent With almost 200 million people between the ages of 15 and 24, the African continent boasts the youngest population in the world. By 2045, that figure is...
06-Aug-2015
Project Brief - Africinvest Fund III
The Fund will build on the milestones of AFI and AFII, investing in the sectors of manufacturing, agribusiness, financial services, energy, healthcare, education and consumer goods in SSA. To align with the growth in the market, the Fund is targeting a capitalization of EUR 200 mln vs. the EUR 142...
Africa Development Bank’s Vice President, Solomon Asamoah, represented the Bank at the just concluded Global Entrepreneurship Summit that took place July 25th- 26th 2015 in Nairobi, Kenya. Now in its sixth year, the event was co-hosted by US President, Barack Obama, and his...
05-Aug-2015
The Fund for Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) to support AccessBank Liberia on financial inclusion
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and AccessBank Liberia Ltd (ABL) have signed a technical assistance partnership agreement. The partnership, which is expected to enhance ABL’s reach to Liberian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), is supported by a grant from the Fund for Africa...
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka, has urged Japanese businesses to take advantage of the comparative cost of labour to invest in mutually beneficial production in Africa. Speaking at the end of a two-day farewell visit to Tokyo, Kaberuka said both sides...
The African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka has called for enhancement of policies to strengthen their role in growing inclusive business. Inclusive business, he said was an effective means of increasing private sector contribution towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....