Tag: AFDB

What Ould Tah’s Tenure at BADEA Reveals About His AfDB Candidacy By Jide Akintunde Pull Quote: For the AfDB to remain credible in the evolving development finance environment, as it has successfully done under the outgoing President Akinwumi Adesina, it will require a leadership that...

AfDB Warns of Disaster if US Tariffs Spark Retaliatiry Measures President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwummi Adesina, has warned African countries not to impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States’ Government, as such an action could only bring disaster to their economy. Adesina...

AfDB to Boost Nigerian Agriculture with $2.2bn Investment The African Development Bank says it is mobilising $2.2 billion to develop agricultural processing zones in 28 states in Nigeria to boost food security and create jobs, the bank's president Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday. Adesina was speaking...

Africa’s long-term vision for robust infrastructure development took center stage at a high-level workshop held in Addis Ababa last month.

AfDB, IITA Sign €5m Deal for 40m Farmers to Boost Agriculture The African Development Bank Group has signed an agreement with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture to finance Phase II of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation programme. The TAAT programme is a core component...

AfDB to Grant Access Bank $230m Trade Finance Package The African Development Bank has announced plans to provide a $230m trade finance package for Access Bank Plc to support trade finance activities and ease foreign exchange liquidity constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises in Nigeria. This...