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• African Development Bank’s Adesina Warns of Economic Shockwaves from United States (U.S.) Tariffs, Calls for Strategic Global Engagement

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• A resident of Dafenaytou talking about the changes she has experienced thanks to the IGAD/AfDB project, particularly in terms of access to land and food security. Goumati Roufa Ahmed
• A Kalaf village elder describes how living conditions have improved since the introduction of plots of agricultural land and adapted tools. Adoyta Ahmed Adoyta
• Discussions between community members and the ACCF and IGAD teams on the ground in Kalaf, as part of a project monitoring mission. ACCF/AfDB
• A resident of Dafenaytou shares his views on local agricultural governance, which is now largely driven by the community's women. Ali Kamil Mohamed
• A woman from Kalaf explains how her family's vegetable gardens have enabled them to become more self- sufficient in food. Assia Obakar Hassan

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• Italy reaffirms its support for the African Development Bank under the Mattei Plan. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President of the Bank Group (2nd from left), received an Italian delegation on May 8, 2025, at the institution's headquarters in Abidjan
• Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President of the Bank Group

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• Family photo after the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of the African Development Bank's Civil Society Organizations Forum
• Manager of the Civil Society and Community Engagement Division, Zeneb Touré, symbolically hands over the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to Beth Dunford, Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, representing Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the institution
• family photo after the presentation of the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to civil society organizations
• Testimonies from representatives of civil society organizations on a Bank-funded project covering the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Civil society representatives exchanged with senior management of the Bank Group From left to right: Uche Duru, representing the Director of the Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance Department; Dominique Puthod, representing the Director of Strategies and Operational Policies; Nathalie Beatrice Chinje-n Bodiong, Principal Advisor to the Secretary General of the Bank Group; Mariam Diawara, Acting Director of the Independent Review Mechanism; Martha T.M. Phiri, Director of the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department and Acting Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department; Anthony Nyong, Director of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department; Martin Fregene, Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department

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• Group Photo of Senior officials from the Islamic Development Bank and the African Development Bank who participated in the technical meeting. They include Yero Baldeh, Director of the Transition States Coordination Office at the AfDB (sixth from left) and Ahmed Berthe, leader of the IsDB delegation (8th from left)

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• Botswana: AfDB’s support to Lobatse Clay Works

• Workers sort newly produced bricks at Lobatse Clay Works. The company has experienced a remarkable revival, partly thanks to strategic investment from the African Development Bank
• A forklift operator at Lobatse Clay Works loads bricks into trucks for distribution into the local market and export
• AfDB’s Deputy Director General for Southern Africa, Moono Mupotola inspects freshly manufactured bricks at the revitalized Lobatse Clay Works facility during her recent site visit to the project
• Sample bricks on display at the revitalized Lobatse Clay Works facility
• The revitalized Lobatse Clay Works facility resumes full operations with ambitious plans to reclaim and surpass its previous market dominance

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• Cabo Verde's Digital Transformation in full expansion with African Development Bank Support (1)
• Cabo Verde's Digital Transformation in full expansion with African Development Bank Support (2)
• Cabo Verde's Digital Transformation in full expansion with African Development Bank Support (3)