THE African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Japan Africa Dream Scholarship program invests in promising African students from Bank member countries at partner universities in Africa and Japan, financing their tuition, travel, and upkeep for post-graduate studies. The program aligns with the goal…
IN a compelling plea for transformative change, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has called upon leaders in Nigeria and throughout the continent to prioritise welfarist policies to eliminate poverty. Adesina’s impassioned appeal was delivered during the…
THE Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $6 million to the African Water Facility, to support the operationalization of the Africa Urban Sanitation Investment Initiative (AUSII) – a new financing window dedicated to improving sanitation in African urban cities.…
ON Thursday 29 February 2024, the Malian Minister of Young People and Sports, Civic Education and Citizenship, Abdoul Kassim Fomba presided – in the name of the Prime Minister of Mali, Choquel Kokalla Maïga – the opening of the 3rd…
MEETING in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo to implement the Project to Support Governance and Skills Development in…
AFRICA’s economies continue to grow faster than the global average of 3% demonstrating resilience against several challenges including climate change, geopolitical tensions, rising inflation, food insecurity and rising debt. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said,…
THE African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Lake Chad Basin Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to rehabilitate and restore the Lake Chad Basin. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the 37th African Union Summit held in…
THE African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the OCP Group signed three loan agreements in Rabat totalling $188 million to help fund the OCP Group’s Green Investment Program supplying clean drinking water to the towns around three new desalinisation plants. The…
THE African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the OCP Group signed three loan agreements in Rabat totalling $188 million to help fund the OCP Group’s Green Investment Program supplying clean drinking water to the towns around three new desalinisation plants. The…
THE Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved the proposal to take an initial stake of up to $10 million in the “Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa – Project Development” (AGIA-PD) fund in Abidjan on…
