$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...

AfDB Begins Disbursement of $540 million for SAPZs Initiative African Development Bank (ADfB) has commenced the first phase of the disbursement of $540 million Agro-Industrial Funds for the development of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) in the country. The Senior Special Adviser on Industrialization to the...