Global Philanthropy Forum panelists call for smarter collaboration among funders
Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders to address the severe threat ...
Tag: African Development Bank
African Development Bank ready to scale up Support for Public Private Partnerships in Africa
The African Development Bank estimates Africa’s infrastructure financing needs at up to $170 billion a year by 2025 Representatives of ...
AfDB approves $27.33 million to ramp up the AU’s COVID-19 Response Initiative
The approval follows a meeting of the extended Bureau of the Conference of Heads of State and Government with Africa’s ...
Awakening the entrepreneurial spirit of every young African is key to continent’s future, development leaders agree
The webinar, themed Investing in Africa’s Future: Youth Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship, invited a range of private and public sector representatives ...
Nigeria receives AfDB financing for rural electrification project
Nigeria’s Federal Government has received financing from the African Development Bank (AfDB), for the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP), a nationwide ...
African Women Entrepreneurs start businesses faster than those anywhere else in the world – AFAWA Coordinator
Conversation with Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa programme Marieme ...
AfDB approves $27 million to boost AU’s COVID-19 Response
The approval comes on the heels of a meeting of the extended Bureau of the AU Conference of Heads of ...
Africa Investment Forum Partners unveil Unified COVID-19 Support for Africa’s private sector
15 deals in the Africa Investment Forum’s portfolio, valued at $3.79 billion earmarked to address COVID-19 impacts Increased and decisive ...
AfDB Regional Economic Outlook 2020: In West Africa, harnessing the youth workforce could speed economic recovery in the post-COVID-19 era
The report points to policies needed to improve skills to empower the West African labour force Growth in West Africa, ...
AfDB to support newly launched Nigeria’s cassava project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be supporting the newly launched BASIC–II project of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). This ...
