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AfDB backs AI training to boost Agenda 2063 implementation across Africa
LUSAKA, August 13, 2025 — The African Development Bank is supporting a new Artificial Intelligence [ AI ] training initiative to advance the implementation of Africa’s continental development blueprint, Agenda 2063: The…
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Uganda launches stocktake of updated NDC and begins development of NDC 3.0
KAMPALA, July 29, 2025— The Government of Uganda, with support from the African Development Bank [AfDB], has officially launched the stocktake of its updated Nationally Determined Contribution [ NDC ] and initiated…
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Africa: New bank leadership, capital strategies drive African mining investment push
CAPE TOWN, July 23, 2025 — Several African multilateral banks and financial institutions have undergone significant leadership transitions this year aimed at aligning financial strategies with the continent’s evolving development and industrialisation…
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Africa’s financial sovereignty: Mobilising institutional capital for development and resilience
ABIDJAN, July 19, 2025 — As global capital flows evolve and development assistance dwindles, Africa finds itself at a critical point. On May 28, during the African Development Bank Group’s 2025 Annual…
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In Burkina Faso, cashew cultivation is a lever for sustainable and inclusive rural development
ABIDJAN, July 17, 2025 — Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ [PADA/REDD+] exemplified sustainable development. The project combined poverty reduction,…
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EABC and AfDB sign US$ 1mln grant agreement to drive sustainable industrialisation in East Africa
ARUSHA, July 7, 2025 –– The East African Business Council [ EABC ] and the African Development Bank [AfDB] have officially signed a landmark US$ 1 million grant agreement to drive sustainable…
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African leaders urge U.S. to embrace investment-driven partnerships and review tariffs
LUANDA, June 24, 2025 — African leaders have called on Monday for an urgent review of U.S. tariffs on African exports, urging a shift towards transformative partnerships and investment in Africa’s economic…
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Curtain falls on African Development Bank Group 2025 Annual Meetings, New President Elected
ABIDJAN, May 31, 2025 — The African Development Bank Group’s 2025 Annual Meetings closed on Friday with a plenary session, following five days of meetings and discussions on Africa’s development landscape. The…
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Gov’t considers issuing corporate bonds to fund state-owned enterprises
KAMPALA, May 13, 2025 –– Government is exploring plans to issue corporate bonds in the upcoming financial year as a strategy to raise capital for state-owned enterprises, and to rejuvenate the country’s…
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Amadou Hott, AfDB presidential candidate, unveils a vision for Africa’s self-reliance
WASHINGTON D.C., May 7, 2025 — Amadou Hott, former Vice President of the African Development Bank [AfDB] and former Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation of Senegal has laid out his bold…
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