Sudan’s record wheat harvest proves success of AfDB’s agricultural transformation programme

20 october 2020 - 16:06:55
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Despite coronavirus-related lockdowns, travel and transport restrictions, Sudan has just recorded its largest wheat harvest, according [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board raises the bank's capital by 125 per cent

15 october 2020 - 15:26:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) country manager at the Regional Office of Development and Service Delivery for [...] Full text...

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AfDB urges Japanese investors to seek investment partners in Africa

07 october 2020 - 13:49:30
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has urged Japanese investors to collaborate with local partners in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB's support gives Zanzibar's urban residents improved access to water and sanitation

06 october 2020 - 18:53:07
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Zanzibar Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project, implemented between 2012 and 2018 in [...] Full text...

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Zanzibar's urban residents get improved access to water, sanitation with AfDB support

06 october 2020 - 09:59:05
Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - Around 287,000 residents of  Saateni and Welezo areas of Zanzibar city now benefit from water and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Partners, leading experts discuss Africa’s post pandemic sustainable recovery

05 october 2020 - 16:08:28
Abidjan,  Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday organised a high-level session on fostering inclusivity and [...] Full text...

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Health: AfDB wins global award for COVID-19 bond issue

01 october 2020 - 19:39:21
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) was selected in a poll of bond market players as [...] Full text...

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AfDB flagship annual report wins top international award

01 october 2020 - 19:23:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been recognized by the Stevie International Awards, joining the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: AfDB partners with government and Microsoft to launch Digital Nigeria e-Learning Platform

01 october 2020 - 19:01:01
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the government of Nigeria and Microsoft on Monday launched the Digital [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants US$27 million loan to develop agricultural value chains in Madagascar

30 september 2020 - 19:27:47
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday approved a loan [...] Full text...

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AfDB named latest board member of the World Business Angels Investment Forum

28 september 2020 - 18:59:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) on Monday named the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

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AfDB named to board World Business Angels Investment Forum

28 september 2020 - 12:50:53
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA0 - The World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) on Monday announced the African Development Bank as [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian govt. presents Extended Priority Programmes to partners

22 september 2020 - 15:07:00
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian government on Tuesday presented its Extended Priority Programmes to Technical and Financial Partners (TFPs), [...] Full text...

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Africa needs urgent trade finance boost in the wake of COVID-19 - Report

19 september 2020 - 05:18:14
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - There is an urgent need for financing to re-energize Africa’s trade in the wake of [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves US$2.1 million for Disaster Risk Financing in Mauritania

19 september 2020 - 05:05:59
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a grant of US$2.1 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: AfDB approves emergency relief to boost clean-up of marine oil spill

18 september 2020 - 18:22:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a US$500,000 [...] Full text...

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GCA Africa launch seeks to improve effectiveness of climate adaption activities across Africa

18 september 2020 - 18:10:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The regional office of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) was inaugurated on Wednesday in [...] Full text...

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Panelists call for collaboration among funders to meet ambitious targets for a climate-resilient Africa

16 september 2020 - 18:22:39
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Experts at the 2020 Global Philanthropy Forum on Tuesday called for greater collaboration among funders [...] Full text...

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Global and African Leaders launch GCA Africa at AfDB headquarters

16 september 2020 - 18:13:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Global Center on Adaptation on Wednesday launched its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by [...] Full text...

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African Leaders for Nutrition call on leaders to embed nutrition within the Covid-19 response and recovery

15 september 2020 - 18:19:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) have unveiled a position paper calling upon African Heads [...] Full text...

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Nutrition experts discuss ways to advance nutrition and gender at the African Green Revolution Forum

15 september 2020 - 17:58:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - A panel of gender, nutrition and food specialists explored food access challenges that vulnerable groups [...] Full text...

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Ban Ki-moon, AfDB President Adesina, other global leaders launch GCA regional office in Africa

14 september 2020 - 19:31:50
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ban Ki-moon, Chair of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) and 8th Secretary-General of the [...] Full text...

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"Despite COVID-19 pandemic, Africa still a prime investment destination" - AfDB webinar participants

14 september 2020 - 19:19:54
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Participants in a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook Supplement to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari receives AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, tells him, “nothing succeeds like success”

10 september 2020 - 19:02:42
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday received in audience at State House, Abuja, the newly re-elected [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Nearly 29,000 jobs created in four years under AfDB-supported Emerging Senegal Plan

09 september 2020 - 16:13:31
Dakar, Seneral (PANA) - So far, 28,852 jobs were created in four years in Senegal, thanks to the implementation of [...] Full text...

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AfDB supports decentralization of water and sanitation services in Benin

08 september 2020 - 18:04:29
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Support Project for the Decentralization of Drinking Water, Hygiene and Sanitation Services in Atacora-Donga (LEauCal [...] Full text...

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Mali: AfDB improves regional integration, local economy and employment

08 september 2020 - 17:54:28
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Carrefour de la Paix-Pont Woyowayanko-Point Y road widening project, carried out between 2010 and 2013 [...] Full text...

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AfDB helps to improve access to drinking water, sanitation for nearly one million Chadians

08 september 2020 - 17:43:40
N'Djamena, Chad (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has contributed to the financing of a project benefiting more than [...] Full text...

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AfDB partners AGRF as sponsor of virtual African Green Revolution Forum

07 september 2020 - 17:48:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution [...] Full text...

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Nigeria increases shareholding in African housing financier, Shelter Afrique

04 september 2020 - 20:59:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique, has received US$$9.4 million from Nigeria, the first tranche of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 2 West African Science and Tech institutions driving local solutions to COVID-19 pandemic

04 september 2020 - 16:03:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) [...] Full text...

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“We must help Africa build back boldly, but smartly,” says AfDB President, Adesina

02 september 2020 - 16:16:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In a speech kicking off his second term as African Development Bank (AfDB) chief, newly [...] Full text...

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth AfDB President, sworn in for second term

01 september 2020 - 19:27:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - “Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

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African leaders reaffirm support for AfDB as President Adesina begins second term

01 september 2020 - 19:16:03
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and [...] Full text...

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AfDB Webinar on 'Promoting renewable energy technologies for sustainable development in post-Covid-19 Africa

31 august 2020 - 14:00:18
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI), and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will Thursday, [...] Full text...

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AfDB plans elaborate swearing-in ceremony for its newly-elected president

31 august 2020 - 13:46:50
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a swearing in ceremony for its newly re-elected [...] Full text...

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AfDB chief voices optimism about Africa's future as the Bank's meetings end

28 august 2020 - 07:57:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - The re-elected African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina re-elected AfDB President

27 august 2020 - 13:45:26
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nigeria's Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina was Thursday re-elected to serve a second five-year term as [...] Full text...

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2020 AfDB Annual Meetings: A renewed commitment to economic resilience in Africa

26 august 2020 - 17:15:43
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 55th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 46th meetings of [...] Full text...

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AfDB to pick new president on August 27

24 august 2020 - 21:57:57
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Governors' Dialogue and election of a president will be top of [...] Full text...

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AfDB holds its Annual Meetings in virtual mode from August 25 to 27

24 august 2020 - 14:51:24
Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will hold its Annual Meetings for the year 2020 [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: AfDB mulls Building Africa back better after COVID-19 pandemic

24 august 2020 - 14:05:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For the first time in the history of the African Development Bank (AfDB), its Annual [...] Full text...

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AfDB sanctions four Nigerian companies over fraud

20 august 2020 - 14:18:48
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Thursday slapped a 24-month debarment on four Nigerian [...] Full text...

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'Awakening entrepreneurial spirit of every young African is key to continent’s future'

14 august 2020 - 14:06:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has joined a number of development leaders in calling for [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Guinea records 98 new positive cases

12 august 2020 - 22:13:18
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea on Wednesday recorded 98 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) after tests carried out on [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: External partners give Guinea US$308 million for pandemic fight

11 august 2020 - 09:17:29
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's financial partners have provided the West African country with US$308.1 million between March and June [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants CFAF 155.3 billion for Congo-Cameroon interconnection works

10 august 2020 - 16:32:53
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon Juste Ibombo, on Saturday launched [...] Full text...

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Climate financing by leading multilateral development banks tops US$ 61.6 billion

06 august 2020 - 16:18:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Climate financing by seven of the world's largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) totalled US$ 61.6 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB supports Mauritius

01 august 2020 - 08:20:09
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided a COVID-19 Crisis Response Budget Programme of 188 million [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: How cryptocurrency can help govts fund COVID-19 stimulus packages (Analysis)

30 july 2020 - 22:13:14
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - “Never spend your money before you have it” is a famous quote from the late third [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: For 20 million Africans first-time access to clean water proves crucial amid COVID-19

29 july 2020 - 16:16:55
Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - From Mozambique in the south to Morocco in the north, 20 million people in rural and [...] Full text...

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South African villagers find fresh water in ancient mountain springs (An AfDB Feature)

29 july 2020 - 16:15:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The village of Tsakhuma in the Vhembe district of South Africa’s Limpopo region has shown [...] Full text...

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AfDB project enhances primary, secondary school education in Lesotho - Report

29 july 2020 - 16:14:15
Maseru, Lesotho (PANA) - An educational project in Lesotho, financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and implemented between 2008 [...] Full text...

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AfDB chief Adesina 'completely exonerated' of alleged ethical wrongdoings

28 july 2020 - 08:01:51
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - A much awaited report by an Independent Review Panel has completely exonerated the President of [...] Full text...

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Malawi youth foresee bright future, thanks to university education funding from AfDB

27 july 2020 - 18:42:29
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - For many youth in Malawi, achieving a university-level education remains a distant dream due to the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves $53 million grant for COVID-19 response in Gambia, Liberia and Sierra Leone

26 july 2020 - 15:42:02
  Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $53.25 million multi-country grant to Gambia, Liberia [...] Full text...

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AfDB commits $98 million for multisector COVID-19 response to Rwanda

25 july 2020 - 18:15:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a concessional loan of $97.675 million to Rwanda to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: US$20 million provided to curb the impact of COVID-19 on refugees and their hosts in the Sahel

23 july 2020 - 19:58:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Public health, the wellbeing of refugees and the host communities in the Sahel are the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB commits US$1.04 million towards two COVID-19 research projects in Angola

23 july 2020 - 17:03:44
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Funds from the African Development Bank’s ongoing Science and Technology Development Project have been committed towards [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB gives South Africa 5 billion Rands towards COVID-19 response

22 july 2020 - 19:59:20
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of [...] Full text...

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Fitch Rating Agency Affirms Triple A (AAA) Rating of the AfDB, with Stable Outlook

21 july 2020 - 16:04:03
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Fitch Ratings, the global credit rating agency, has affirmed the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Long-Term [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: AIF founding partners unveil unified response to support Africa’s private sector

20 july 2020 - 12:55:23
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Increased and decisive investment will be the channel for Africa’s economic recovery post COVID-19, partners [...] Full text...

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African agricultural insurer hires former AfDB VP Jennifer Blanke

14 july 2020 - 21:48:11
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) – The immediate former Vice-President for Agriculture at the African Development Bank (AfDB), Jennifer Blanke, has [...] Full text...

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Germany grants 150 million euros to Tunisia

14 july 2020 - 16:30:27
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Germany has granted a credit of 150 million euros to support the public sector in Tunisia, [...] Full text...

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AfDB to launch 2020 edition of "Regional Economic Outlook in Central Africa"

14 july 2020 - 15:20:14
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Regional Office of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for Central Africa will Thursday (July [...] Full text...

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AfDB invests in empowering women and youth in Madagascar ‎

14 july 2020 - 15:01:05
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - In Madagascar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is prioritizing the empowerment of women and youth. The AfDB [...] Full text...

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AfDB supporting the hospital sector, helping to improve access to quality care in Uganda

14 july 2020 - 14:39:06
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The project to improve the quality of health services at Mulago hospital and in the city [...] Full text...

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Egyptian president, Al-Sisi, wins the Babacar Ndiaye Great Road Builder Award

14 july 2020 - 14:29:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Great Road Builder Award, a [...] Full text...

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Weather data helps authorities respond to deadly floods in Abidjan

10 july 2020 - 18:11:24
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - When torrential rains and flash floods deluged parts of Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital, Abidjan, an [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB grants Libya US$0.5 million emergency relief assistance for PPE protection

10 july 2020 - 18:03:38
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have approved a grant of [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Tanzania’s economic growth fastest in Eastern Africa - AfDB Report

10 july 2020 - 12:35:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – A new report shows Tanzania’s economy is forecast to grow at 5.2 percent in [...] Full text...

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Data-driven advisory services are key for Africa’s agricultural development - AfDB

08 july 2020 - 14:37:13
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - What are some of the barriers preventing small farmers in Africa from adopting digital advisory [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Africa’s growth stands to rebound to 3% in 2021 in post-Covid-19, says AfDB

08 july 2020 - 14:25:17
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the COVID-19 infection rate [...] Full text...

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“Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in the Fight Against COVID-19 – The Role of Governments”

08 july 2020 - 13:44:51
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative, in collaboration [...] Full text...

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AfDB project triples incomes of rural producers and traders in Tanzania

08 july 2020 - 03:41:25
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - An African Development Bank (AfDB) project to enhance market infrastructure, value addition and rural [...] Full text...

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Madagascar receives US$ 2 million from ARC to cover drought risks

05 july 2020 - 07:32:56
‎Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The government of Madagascar has received a cheque of US$2.13 million from the Insurance Company of [...] Full text...

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AfDB elevates Kenyan Wambui Gichuri to post of VP Agric, Human and Social Development

05 july 2020 - 07:14:33
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has announced the promotion of Wambui Gichuri to the [...] Full text...

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AfDB concludes R2 billion investment in Nedbank SDG-linked bonds

03 july 2020 - 15:03:25
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has concluded the investment of 2billion Rands (about US$116 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ADF approves US$165 million grant for Ethiopia's national COVID-19 emergency response

03 july 2020 - 14:52:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on 3 July, 2020, approved [...] Full text...

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AfDB to launch African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement

02 july 2020 - 16:08:18
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch its African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement in a [...] Full text...

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ADF approves US$9.52 million to enhance coordinated COVID-19 response in East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Comoros

01 july 2020 - 12:40:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved grants totalling US$9.52 [...] Full text...

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AfDB's Legal Service Department gets new Director

30 june 2020 - 17:16:33
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Mr. Souley Amadou as Acting [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to intensify fight against corruption

30 june 2020 - 16:42:17
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, on Tuesday told Parliament that the government is committed to shed [...] Full text...

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“One” WASH program improves well-being of Ethiopia's vulnerable communities - Officials

29 june 2020 - 18:28:35
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s ‘One’ model, under which the government runs its Water, Sanitation and Hygiene ( WASH [...] Full text...

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AfDB Private Sector VP on country needs for better economic stabilization strategies

26 june 2020 - 18:51:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Solomon Quaynor, the Vice President of Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization at the African Development [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 100.5-million-euro budget support for COVID-19 fight in Gabon

26 june 2020 - 18:43:02
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 100.5-million-euro loan to [...] Full text...

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African countries making headway in tackling tax evasion, money laundering - Report

26 june 2020 - 18:33:00
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and [...] Full text...

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International community shows strong support for Sudan with US$1.8 billion pledge

26 june 2020 - 18:08:34
Berlin, Germany (PANA) - Over US$1.8 billion in pledges poured in for Sudan during a high-level Sudan Partnership Conference, held [...] Full text...

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BOAD mobilizes more than 180 billion CFAF to support WAEMU States and private sector

26 june 2020 - 17:34:56
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The West African Development Bank (BOAD) is mobilizing 275.6 million euros (about CFAF 180.78 billion), to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: ADF approves COVID-19 Response grants for 6 SADC countries and São Tomé & Príncipe

25 june 2020 - 18:49:05
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Tuesday approved nearly US$8.9 [...] Full text...

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Mauritian PM sacks Deputy, reshuffles Cabinet over alleged corruption

25 june 2020 - 16:57:08
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr  Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, on Thursday sacked his Deputy, Mr. Ivan Leslie Collendavelloo, who [...] Full text...

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AfDB ranks 4th on global index of transparency

24 june 2020 - 18:06:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - "Publish What You Fund Transparency Index" has ranked the African Development Bank (AfDB) fourth out [...] Full text...

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'Women at the forefront of aid to countries during COVID-19'

24 june 2020 - 17:56:27
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Across the development and medical community, experts have acknowledged the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had [...] Full text...

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AfDB to enhance private sector participation in climate change, green investment in Africa

23 june 2020 - 17:20:48
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Climate Change and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), with the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves Euro 88 million loan to support pandemic crisis response in Cameroon

23 june 2020 - 17:16:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday approved an 88 [...] Full text...

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S&P Global affirms AfDB’s AAA rating, with stable outlook

23 june 2020 - 17:12:31
New York, US (PANA) - Ratings Agency, S&P Global, has affirmed its 'AAA/A-1+' long- and short-term issuer credit assessment of [...] Full text...

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The relevance of digital skills in the COVID-19 era (An AfDB feature)

18 june 2020 - 17:07:18
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The COVID-19 global pandemic has changed how the world functions, illustrating the limitations of many [...] Full text...

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AfDB joins Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network

17 june 2020 - 18:11:01
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) on Wednesday announced the inclusion of the African Development Bank (AfDB), one [...] Full text...

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AfDB loans Egypt 225 million euros to support Egypt's electricity infrastructure, bolster Covid-19 pandemic resilience

17 june 2020 - 17:00:51
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a 225 [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$4 million grant to bolster South Sudan pandemic response

17 june 2020 - 16:57:08
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday approved a UA 3 [...] Full text...

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US Secretary of State, Pompeo, Nigeria's Foreign Minister discuss bilateral relations

17 june 2020 - 16:53:12
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The United States Secretary of State, Mr Michael Pompeo, has called Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr [...] Full text...

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AfDB debars Chinese firm, Sieyuan Electric and Subsidiaries, for fraud

16 june 2020 - 19:00:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, announced the conclusion of [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: World Bank grants Tunisia financial support of US$ 175 million

15 june 2020 - 16:55:52
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The World Bank has approved budget support of US$ 175 million to help Tunisia cope with [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'AfDB's COVID-19 response is moving from commitment to action'

14 june 2020 - 18:18:01
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it responded swiftly to the needs of its member [...] Full text...

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Mauritius PM reiterates 'zero-tolerance' policy against fraud, corruption

12 june 2020 - 05:13:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister, Mr. Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday said that the government has adopted a zero-tolerance [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Tanzania seeks funds from international financial institutions to mitigate effects

11 june 2020 - 22:12:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The government of Tanzania is currently holding talks with various international financial institutions to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB’s intervention helps to curb COVID-19 in vulnerable communities

11 june 2020 - 17:03:36
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - With 2.6 million internally-displaced persons in Somalia, the outbreak of COVID-19 poses an additional challenge [...] Full text...

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AfDB gives $1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway study

11 june 2020 - 17:00:43
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1.2 million [...] Full text...

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AfDB, development partners propel Somalia back from the brink

11 june 2020 - 16:56:55
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union (EU), [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves $20 million to contain spread in G5 Sahel nations

11 june 2020 - 16:53:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$20 million in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia gets funds to begin financial study on Red Sea railway link

09 june 2020 - 23:38:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia and Sudan plan to construct a 1,512 km standard gauge railway linking the two [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB unveils roadmap to safeguard food security in Africa

09 june 2020 - 21:16:02
Abidjan, Cote d' Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled a strategic roadmap of projects and programmes [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB unveils 100 finalists for the IDEATHON #Africavs Virus challenge

09 june 2020 - 18:05:52
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has made public the 100 finalists from the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB mobilizes 75 million euros to help Côte d'Ivoire deal with the pandemic

09 june 2020 - 17:55:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday in Abidjan approved [...] Full text...

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From farm to fork: Women championing agricultural transformation in Africa (An AfDB Feaure)

09 june 2020 - 16:29:37
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - From Sudan to Mali, Senegal to Mozambique, and Zambia to Mauritania, women are changing the [...] Full text...

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AfDB sanctions Burmeister & Wain for fraudulent and corrupt practices

08 june 2020 - 19:59:44
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Pursuant to a settlement agreement, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on 8 June, 2020, [...] Full text...

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Protect the planet to build a better post-Covid-19 world (An AfDB feature)

05 june 2020 - 18:57:00
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The whole world is celebrating June 5, World Environment Day as it has been since [...] Full text...

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AfDB Board authorises independent review of report on allegations against Bank chief Adesina

05 june 2020 - 10:53:15
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Bureau of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has authorised [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Experts examine how fashion entrepreneurs can conquer COVID-19

04 june 2020 - 16:23:58
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative on Tuesday launched its first webinar series to [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Senegalese singer, Zambia’s Health Minister, AfDB VP seek African solidarity post-COVID-19

04 june 2020 - 16:21:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - How can Africa build on the solidarity shown during the coronavirus pandemic to achieve the [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: AfDB offers Tunisia 180 million Euros for coronavirus response

04 june 2020 - 14:04:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has offered Tunisia 180 million euros to finance a coronavirus response [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 180 million-Euro loan for Tunisia

03 june 2020 - 22:54:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  - The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Wednesday approved a loan of 180 [...] Full text...

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AfDB delivers on a decade of transformative commitments to reduce poverty (A feature)

02 june 2020 - 19:59:25
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - For the past five decades, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has been at the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari to AfDB President: "I’ll stand by you"

02 june 2020 - 18:36:20
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that Nigeria will stand solidly behind Dr Akinwumi Adesina in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB boosts Senegal's pandemic economic, social resilience programme

30 may 2020 - 14:47:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)-The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved a loan of 88 million [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS at 45 and the dream of its founding fathers (By Paul Ejime, PANA Guest writer)

29 may 2020 - 13:41:40
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - After almost five decades of existence, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), arguably Africa’s [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari, opposition PDP bicker over fresh request for US$5.513b loan from IMF, other bodies

28 may 2020 - 19:58:44
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve his request to seek a fresh [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves 30-million-euro loan to fight COVID-19 in Cabo Verde

28 may 2020 - 19:08:01
Abidjan, Cote d;Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended a loan of [...] Full text...

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AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina, maintains innocence, claims there are attempts to tarnish his reputation

27 may 2020 - 18:25:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Wednesday claimed that in [...] Full text...

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African Natural Resources Centre unveils publication to advance critical land policy reforms

26 may 2020 - 16:35:17
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In response to challenges across Africa posed by land ownership and use, the African Natural [...] Full text...

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South Africa tops most integrated infrastructure and production countries in Africa: AfDB

26 may 2020 - 12:02:06
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - South Africa tops the best-performing countries in Africa (out of 54 countries) in terms of productive [...] Full text...

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AfDB provides over 180-million-euro Loan to Mauritian response to COVID-19 pandemic

22 may 2020 - 17:45:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved, on May 22 in [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 188m-euro AfDB loan to boost Kenya's COVID-19 response

22 may 2020 - 17:23:40
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday approved an 188-million-euro [...] Full text...

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African Development Fund gives Madagascar 4m euros for the Sahofika hydropower project

22 may 2020 - 17:11:38
Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a 4.02-million-euro loan, with a grant component, to finance [...] Full text...

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Turkey-Africa Partnership panel discusses trade and stimulus to cushion the economic fallout of COVID-19

19 may 2020 - 18:19:08
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Khaled [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: African Guarantee Fund Launches Coronavirus response mechanism

19 may 2020 - 15:39:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Guarantee Fund (AGF), the leading guarantee institution on the continent, on Monday announced the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB approves US$13.7 million to strengthen health system, boost anti-COVID-19 efforts in Zimbabwe

15 may 2020 - 18:02:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$13.7 million grant [...] Full text...

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African Development Institute to hold webinar on agricultural policy responses to COVID-19 in Africa

14 may 2020 - 19:06:32
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - On 18 and 19 May, 2020, the African Development Institute (ADI), together with the African [...] Full text...

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AfDB, partners call for safe, accessible water amid COVID-19

14 may 2020 - 18:55:41
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) - a global partnership of governments, donors, civil society [...] Full text...

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AfDB debars Tunisian engineering firm over fraud

14 may 2020 - 11:31:15
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Thursday imposed a 13-month debarment on a Tunisian [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves €40 million in grants for bridge linking Cameroon and Chad

06 may 2020 - 19:17:22
Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved grants worth 40.94 million [...] Full text...

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Malawi: AfDB-managed water, sanitation project helping to curb COVID-19 wins int'l prize

06 may 2020 - 19:08:37
Lilongwe, Malawi (PANA) - An African Development Bank-financed and supervised water and sanitation project, now helping to curb the spread [...] Full text...

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Congo plans 15 billion CFA francs data centre

06 may 2020 - 11:39:20
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government plans to mobilise 15 billion CFA francs to fund the construction of a data [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African leaders laud AfDB's President for visionary leadership amid COVID crisis

05 may 2020 - 17:38:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - South Africa’s President and African Union chairperson, Cyril Ramaphosa, and the Nobel peace laureate and [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe's Finance minister reveals economy near collapse with 20 percent contraction expected (A PANA News Analysis)

01 may 2020 - 06:01:54
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s economy is expected to contract by a whopping 20 percent this year as it barrels [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Zambia’s bilateral, multilateral partners provide K2.7 billion to fight COVID – 19

30 april 2020 - 15:35:00
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - The United States, United Kingdom, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank will provide financial [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: G5 Sahel presidents call for help

28 april 2020 - 23:43:18
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The G5 Sahel presidents Tuesday made a solemn appeal for international solidarity to help the sub-region [...] Full text...

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Gabon, IMF sign deal for rapid recovery of the Gabonese economy after Covid-19 pandemic and the oil crash

28 april 2020 - 17:30:29
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Gabonese government have reached an agreement for a facility [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: 'Our collective humanity is at stake' says AfDB President

22 april 2020 - 19:01:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, says an accelerated global health and [...] Full text...

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EARTH DAY: ‘We must not take our eyes off climate change threats as we battle COVID-19’ - AfDB

22 april 2020 - 18:49:12
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) joins the global community in celebrating 50 years of Earth [...] Full text...

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AfDB denies plans to provide financial support to East African oil pipeline project

19 april 2020 - 13:51:53
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has become aware of an inaccurate news article [...] Full text...

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COVID-19 pandemic bolsters case for technology-based economic resilience

17 april 2020 - 18:39:54
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact globally, the African continent, while [...] Full text...

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AfDB places Ugandan Company on 12-month conditional non-debarment for fraudulent practice

17 april 2020 - 18:28:10
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Friday, 17 April, 2020, announced a 12-month conditional [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB, partners invite debates on how to beat the COVID-19 pandemic

11 april 2020 - 06:17:01
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and partners are set to host an online #AfricaVsVirus Challenge, [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: "We must celebrate leaders on the front line of Coronavirus" - AfDB

09 april 2020 - 19:03:02
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - During World Health Worker Week 2020 (5-11 April), the African Development Bank (AfDB) says it [...] Full text...

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AfDB unveils $10 billion response facility to curb COVID-19

08 april 2020 - 21:30:07
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)  - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Wednesday announced the creation of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) Response [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves Gender Equality Trust Fund for women’s economic empowerment

06 april 2020 - 11:09:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a new Gender [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts East and Horn of Africa

02 april 2020 - 10:35:59
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million [...] Full text...

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AfDB releases US$2 million for coronavirus crisis handling in Africa

01 april 2020 - 18:22:20
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank on Tuesday approved  US$2 million in emergency assistance for the World [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: AfDB launches $3 billion to alleviate virus' economic, social impact

29 march 2020 - 13:22:30
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has raised "an exceptional" $3 billion in a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: African FMs seek IMF, WB debt repayment break to handle coronavirus

25 march 2020 - 00:55:16
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Finance Ministers have called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...] Full text...

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Somalia cleared for foreign bank loans after debt relief

25 march 2020 - 00:47:22
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - Somalia has cleared its debts to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and would be [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus and Climate Change: Observing World Water Day

23 march 2020 - 21:12:25
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - As the world celebrates World Water Day, an estimated 400 million people in Africa still lack [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Round table for the financing of infrastructure projects in Central Africa postponed

20 march 2020 - 00:19:07
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The round table for the financing of infrastructure projects in Central Africa, scheduled for March 19 [...] Full text...

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AfDB debars two Nigerian companies for fraudulent practices

17 march 2020 - 19:42:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday, 17 March 2020, announced the debarment of [...] Full text...

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Underserved communities in Nigeria to get sustainable energy solutions from AfDB

17 march 2020 - 19:21:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Nigerian Government have launched the National Electrification Project (NEP), [...] Full text...

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AfDB to help Sierra Leone build resilient economy, restore self-sufficiency in rice production

13 march 2020 - 22:16:09
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone will look to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to stimulate agribusiness development in [...] Full text...

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AFFM launches US$2.2m project in Nigeria to boost fertilizer supply to 200,000 farmers

13 march 2020 - 22:03:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) has kick-started a US$2.2 million project to provide fertilizer suppliers [...] Full text...

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Senegalese govt. to rehabilitate national road number 4 with 115 billion CFA francs

11 march 2020 - 20:31:51
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - The government of Senegal plans to rehabilitate the national road number 4 which links Sénoba-Ziguinchor-Mpack in [...] Full text...

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AfDB says it is committed to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia

10 march 2020 - 05:41:45
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is committed to continue its support for Tunisia in the execution [...] Full text...

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AfDB to fund construction of two hydroelectric dams in Gabon

09 march 2020 - 12:18:52
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will fund the construction of two hydroelectric dams in Booué and [...] Full text...

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President Sassou Nguesso opens Sembe-Souanke-Ntam road in northwest Congo

07 march 2020 - 05:42:59
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Built at a cost of 38 billion CFAF, co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and [...] Full text...

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AfDB trains 110 fashion, creative industry entrepreneurs

04 march 2020 - 19:37:01
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Over 100 entreprenuers from the fashion industry have completed an African Development Bank (AfDB) workshop on [...] Full text...

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Somalia, AfDB agree repayment plan for loan arrears

26 february 2020 - 21:18:33
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) group has approved a deal for the clearance of debt [...] Full text...

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AfDB notes lack of reform coordination in Zimbabwe government

26 february 2020 - 14:48:23
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said the Zimbabwe government lacks reform coordination and urged the [...] Full text...

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EIB provided € 3 billion in funding to Africa in 2019

24 february 2020 - 17:25:17
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Taking stock of the activities of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Africa for the year [...] Full text...

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G5 Sahel: President Christian Kaboré to hand over presidency to Mauritanian president on Tuesday

23 february 2020 - 17:32:48
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – Designated on 5 February 2019 by his G5 Sahel peers, current chairman for a one-year [...] Full text...

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Shelter Afrique lends US$11.6 million to Senegalese real estate firm

20 february 2020 - 16:15:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Shelter Afrique, the pan African organisation exclusively dealing with affordable housing in Africa, on Thursday signed an [...] Full text...

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AfDB slams World Bank President’s comments on Africa’s debt profile

16 february 2020 - 09:54:49
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - In several news reports, World Bank President, David Malpass, was recently quoted as saying that [...] Full text...

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AfDB getting Africans ready for the fourth industrial revolution

16 february 2020 - 09:43:04
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold a workshop on the ability of the emerging [...] Full text...

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World Bank to downgrade Zimbabwe's economic growth for 2020

14 february 2020 - 17:21:15
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Bank is expected to downgrade its gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection for Zimbabwe [...] Full text...

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Nigeria, South Africa face no risk of debt distress: AfDB tells World Bank

14 february 2020 - 10:03:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), a development financier with a global footprint, has disputed the World [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves $1 million grant for Uganda to stem Ebola transmission

12 february 2020 - 11:36:02
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released a $1 million grant to Uganda to help the [...] Full text...

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Teach them smart solutions, says Cameroonian founder of Green Girls

01 february 2020 - 09:35:31
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  African governments must foster innovation and provide hands-on education solutions to young people if the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde urged to improve its infrastructure

31 january 2020 - 19:33:30
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday advised Cape Verde to invest in maritime wealth [...] Full text...

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Morocco's economic growth estimated at 3.7% in 2020 by AfDB

31 january 2020 - 09:37:03
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco's real gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to be 3.7% in 2020 and 3.9% [...] Full text...

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Africa's economic growth seen to stagnate in 2020

30 january 2020 - 23:47:09
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA)  -  Africa’s economic growth remained stable in 2019 at 3.4 percent and is on course to [...] Full text...

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UK re-affirms commitment to Africa's economic growth - AfDB

28 january 2020 - 15:33:46
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Kingdom remains the top donor to the African Development Fund (ADF), the Bank’s [...] Full text...

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Agricultural programme launched in Mauritania

28 january 2020 - 00:09:43
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA)  -  Mauritanian President Mohamed ould Cheikh Ghazouani Monday presided over the launching of a large reorganization, construction [...] Full text...

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AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina opens trading on the London Stock Exchange

25 january 2020 - 05:40:40
London, UK (PANA) - “Ringing of the bell here today, marks the beginning of a new exciting, strategic, and impactful [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: AfDB approves grant for disaster risk management training

25 january 2020 - 05:25:25
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Board of the African Development Fund (ADF) has approved a US$ 685,000 grant to strengthen [...] Full text...

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3rd Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Forum scheduled for Kigali

25 january 2020 - 05:13:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Water Development and Sanitation Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold the 3rd [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves US$685, 000 grant for Zimbabwe disaster risk management training

23 january 2020 - 14:20:51
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$685,000 grant to strengthen Zimbabwe’s capacity to manage [...] Full text...

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AfDB woos British investors

21 january 2020 - 13:53:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday urged British investors to seize the many financing opportunities in [...] Full text...

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British PM, African leaders urge investors to accelerate economic role on the continent

20 january 2020 - 17:21:54
London, UK (PANA) - UK companies must leap at the chance to deepen economic ties with Africa, a continent with [...] Full text...

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ECCAS to raise 2.5 billion euros to finance transport infrastructure

18 january 2020 - 13:55:47
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)  -  The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) will hold a donor roundtable in Brazzaville on [...] Full text...

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Congo to host roundtable on funding of transport infrastructure in March

16 january 2020 - 23:32:29
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA)  -  A roundtable on the funding of transports infrastructure organised by the Economic Community of Central [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe: AfDB, UN and World Bank launch 2019 Needs Assessment Report to spur economic recovery

15 january 2020 - 17:56:46
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), United Nations and World Bank Group recently launched the Zimbabwe 2019 [...] Full text...

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African Development Bank set to unveil 2020 African Economic Outlook

15 january 2020 - 17:51:09
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will launch the 2020 edition of its flagship African Economic [...] Full text...

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AfDB allocates 1.2 million euros to train policymakers in boosting mining revenues

15 january 2020 - 17:46:07
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a 1.2 million-euro grant to provide training to [...] Full text...

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