Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Africa still a prime investment destination, participants affirm at AfDB webinar for Asian audiences

Participants at a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook Supplement to Asian audiences on Monday have endorsed the report as critical for post-COVID-19 Africa.

The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020 and 2021 and highlights the impact of COVID–19 on Africa’s socio-economic landscape. It recommends policy responses to safely reopen economies and accelerate growth recovery.

8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joins AfDB President Adesina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and other global leaders to launch Global Center on Adaptation's regional office in Africa

WHAT: Launch of GCA Africa, the Global Center on Adaptation’s regional office and work program
WHO: The Global Center on Adaptation and the African Development Bank
WHEN: Wednesday, 16 September 2020 at 12.00 GMT
WHERE: Online

In eastern Uganda, the African Development Bank is helping provide climate-resilient facilities to 100 000 people

The provision of additional funds for the Water Supply and Sanitation Programme (WSSP) in  Uganda in 2015, has helped improve access to water and sanitation for one hundred thousand people in the east of the country, according to a recent report by the African Development Bank.

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