Nigeria to Receive $2.2bn Loan from World Bank The Federal Government is looking forward to receiving around $2.2 billion single-digit interest loan from the World bank and another budget support facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Minister of Finance, Wale Edun disclosed this during the...

$30bn Required as Financial Institutes Partner to Provide 300m Africans Electricity The World Bank and African Development Bank (AfDB) have struck a partnership arrangement to boost access to electricity in Africa. The partnership, according to the lenders, would provide at least 300 million people in Africa...

Tinubu Congratulates AfDB Boss, Akinwunmi, Adesina, on Winning Awolowo Prize for Leadership President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), on the award of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership. Dr. Adesina joins the pantheon of other previous...

AfDB to Support Nigeria's Agriculture with $134m The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged its support to Nigeria’s agricultural sector with a whopping $134 million investment aimed at enhancing food production. The President of AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina, unveiled this commitment during his visit to the Centre...

Adesina to Receive Prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership March 6   Come March 6, 2024, the Lagos Continental Hotel will host an unforgettable occasion when the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, will be formally honoured and presented with the...

Adesina to Receive Prestigious Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership March 6   Come March 6, 2024, the Lagos Continental Hotel will host an unforgettable occasion when the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina, will be formally honoured and presented with the...