Mardi 25 septembre 2018, le nouveau Document de stratégie pays (DSP) de la Banque africaine de développement pour la Côte d’Ivoire a été adopté, entériné par son Conseil d’administration, à Abidjan.

Ce Document, qui couvre les quatre prochaines années (2018-2022), définit le cadre stratégique de la coopération entre la Banque africaine de développement et la Côte d’Ivoire, énonçant les objectifs prioritaires, ainsi que les grands axes de la réponse stratégique proposée en termes d'assistance financière et d’opérations spécifiques, outre les résultats escomptés.

The African Development Bank has approved a ZAR 2.886 billion (US$217.9 million) loan to South Africa’s power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd, towards the upgrade and expansion of its transmission facilities. The entity is crucial to power supply within the sub-region.

The African Development Bank called on global partners to join hands to lift one billion people worldwide out of hunger and said it was leading the way by investing US$24 billion in African agriculture over the next 10 years in the largest such effort ever.

“We are not winning the war against global hunger,” Bank President Akinwumi Adesina told an agriculture conference at Purdue University in Indianapolis on Tuesday, 25 September.

The African Development Bank has approved a US$50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Sterling Bank Plc to support micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in strategic sectors, including agriculture, renewable energy and social sectors such as health and education.

The African Development Bank’s Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA), has provided funds totaling nearly US $2 million to its Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative.