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African Development Bank

April 28, 2025

Adesina-led African Development Bank signs $3.2 billion Exposure Exchange with Inter-American Development Bank

Mr Adesina said that the transaction underpinned the African Development Bank’s forward-looking approach to capital and risk management.

African Development Bank Group
April 23, 2025

Tinubu urges world leaders to address global climate crisis

Mr Tinubu outlined Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) as a bold, pragmatic roadmap for reaching net-zero emissions by 2060.

President Bola Tinubu
April 8, 2025

Food Security: Nigeria, AfDB to implement agro-industrial projects

The federal government and the African Development Bank are set to implement agro-industrial projects in Kaduna and Calabar to boost food security.

Vice-President Kashim Shettima and AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina
January 27, 2025

African Energy Summit: AfDB president Adesina calls for urgent action on electrification

He made the call at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit on Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Adesina at summit
January 18, 2025

AfDB president canvasses accelerated efforts to reduce food prices in Nigeria

Mr Adesina noted that the bank and its partners were supporting the Federal Government and implementing a $538 million programme for the development of SAPZ in seven states.

Akinwumi Adesina at the inauguration
January 13, 2025

Minister decries politicisation of cocoa industry

Talking about the case of Cross River, the minister said several efforts to establish a cocoa industry in the state were frustrated because of politics.

John Uwan-Enoh
December 17, 2024

AfDB to build new headquarters in Abidjan

The African Development Bank Group says it will construct a new state-of-the-art headquarters building in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina
December 6, 2024

AfDB, UNHCR partner to address forced displacements in Africa

There are over 45 million forcibly displaced people in various communities on the continent.

Displaced people in Sudan
November 25, 2024

AEC 2024: 40% of African nations in debt crisis, says ECA

“African countries must tap into alternative financing mechanisms and utilise guarantee schemes to lower borrowing costs,” Ms Morsy advised.

Hanan Morsy
November 20, 2024

Kenya secures N200 million loan from AfDB, seeks fresh $750 million from World Bank

Ms Owino said, “The World Bank is coming on board, riding on the back of IMF receipts. The AfDB is already on board.”

Kenya (credit: wikipedia)