African Leaders Reaffirm Support For AfDB President Adesina’s Second Term
BY DAYO ADESULU African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group and its leadership under Dr Akinwumi Adesina as he...
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AfDB 2020 Annual Meetings: Governors Endorse President Adesina’s Development Program
BY DAYO ADESULU Newly reelected African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina voiced great optimism about Africa’s future as the institution closed its 55th Annual...
AfDB Coordinator Speaks On Bridging $42b Finance Gap Facing Women Entrepreneurs In Africa
BY DAYO ADESULU Conversation with Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa programme. She previously led...
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AfDB President Adesina Completely Exonerated Of Unethical Wrongdoings By Independent Review Panel
BY DAYO ADESULU A much-awaited report by an Independent Review Panel has completely exonerated the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina of any...
AfDB Grants Somalia $25m Boost Budget For COVID-19
BY DAYO ADESULU The African Development Bank on Friday approved grants worth $25.1 million to Somalia to bolster the national budget for government efforts to mitigate...
AfDB Commits $1.04m Towards Research Projects On COVID-19 In Angola
BY DAYO ADESULU Funds from the African Development Bank’s ongoing Science and Technology Development Project have been committed towards two research projects to mitigate the...
East Africa Maintains Africa’s Fastest Growing Region, Despite COVID-19 Disruption – AfDB
BY DAYO ADESULU COVID-19 curbs East Africa’s growth, but still the strongest in the continent; Report calls for a transition to higher value-added activities to...
Post-COVID-19: Harnessing Youth Workforce Could Speed Economic Recovery – AfDB
BY DAYO ADESULU Growth in West Africa, poised to expand by 4.0 per cent in 2020, now projected to contract by -2.0 per cent in...
World Bank, IMF, AfDB Pledge Multi-Support For Sudan
BY DAYO ADESULU Three leading international financial institutions, the African Development Bank, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Thursday pledged multi-pronged...
AfDB Approves COVID-19 Response Grants For 6 Southern African Countries, Others
BY DAYO ADESULU The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund on Tuesday approved nearly $8.9 million in grant funding to bolster COVID-19-related control...