W/Bank, AFDB To Approve Nigeria’s Loan Request By June – DMO     The Federal Government has disclosed that the $1.5billion loan request from the World Bank and the additional $500 million loan request from the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be approved by the banks’ boards...

COVID-19: AfDB Okays $10bn For Public, Private Sectors   The African Development Bank The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will provide $10 billion in 2020 to help African countries and their private sectors to respond to the COVID-19 crisis through its COVID-19 response facility (CRF). The...

AfDB Offers Nigeria, Others $10bn Facility     The African Development Bank Group on Wednesday said it had created a COVID-19 response facility up to $10bn to assist regional member countries in fighting the pandemic. It said the facility was the latest measure taken by the bank to...

Nigeria To Borrow $6.9bn From IMF, World Bank, AfDB   The Federal Government is to raise the sum of $6.9bn through external borrowing from the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the African Development Bank. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed,...

AfDB Lists $3bn Social Bond On LSE     The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) “Fight Covid-19” social bond, the largest social bond to date to be issued in the capital markets, has been listed on London Stock Exchange (LSE) and is now available through its sustainable bond...

AfDB Unveils $3bn COVID-19 Bond   The African Development Bank (AfDB) has raised $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have on livelihoods and Africa’s economies. The Fight Covid-19 Social bond, with a three-year maturity, garnered...