At the semi-annual Climate Investment Funds (CIF) governing body meetings in Washington, DC this week, countries unanimously signaled their commitment to the CIF mandate going forward, and opened the door for African low-income countries to move forward with new plans for green energy services, resilience to climate impacts, and better managing crucial forests.

he Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with the support of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Development Organization of the Netherlands (SNV) convened stakeholders for the 1^st Forum on Renewable Energy (FoDER) in the context of UN-led Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative.

African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 signed a US $1 million Fund for Africa Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) grant agreement with Invest in Africa (IIA) to support a three-year Business Linkage Program in Ghana.

Multinational Corporations/SME Business linkages are potentially one of the fastest and most effective ways of upgrading African domestic enterprises, facilitating the transfer of technology, knowledge and skills, improving business and management practices and facilitating access to finance and markets.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 20th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, known as COP 20, taking place from December 1-12 in Lima, Peru. This year, AfDB’s efforts in addressing climate-resilient and low-carbon development in Africa, and particularly the initiatives contributing to improving access to climate finance, will be emphasized.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank have completed a seminar on improving the hydrological and meteorological systems in Africa. These are systems for capturing weather and climate data and disseminating information to users for decision support development planning.