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AfDB Approves $7m For Mini-grid Programme
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $7 million grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for technical assistance...
Africa Needs $108bn For Infrastructure Financing – Adesina
The President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African leaders to tackle infrastructural challenges as an annual estimate...
AfDB Board of Directors approves borrowing programme for 2021
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Bank’s 2021 Borrowing Programme for up to US$10.4 billion...
AU welcomes Nigeria ahead of AfCFTA kick-off
The African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, Albert Muchanga has said that instruments signifying Nigeria’s entry into the African Continental...
COVID-19: Africa’s economy shrinks by 3.4%, says AfDB
The President of African Development Bank, AfDB, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said Africa’s economic growth this year will decline by 3.4%, because...
Africa to lose 30 million jobs by end of 2020 —AfDB president
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says up to 30 million jobs will be lost in Africa by...
AfDB Approves $25bn For Agric Development In Nigeria, 4 Other African Countries
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the investment of $25 billion to develop agriculture in Nigeria and four other African...
Nine million jobs coming as AfDB, Microsoft partner govt
An e-Learning Digital platform designed to create nine million jobs in Africa within the next decade has been initiated by the African...
Nigeria, others losing $15bn to climate change, says AfDB
The President, African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Nigeria and other African countries would lose between $7bn and...
AfDB attracted $78.8bn investments to Africa in two years – Adesina
The African Development Bank (AfDB) under the leadership of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina attracted $78.8 billion worth of investment interests into Africa in...