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African Development Bank and Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) sign agreement to deploy environmental and climate-resilient technologies in Africa

Through this partnership, Korea will share technology, experience, and knowledge with the bank’s African member countries

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITTI) (https://apo-opa.info/3Pshxj7) have signed a joint technical assistance agreement to enable the scale up of investment in low-carbon and climate-resilient technologies. This will ultimately support climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts in many African countries. The two…

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    • Mozambique: African Development Fund approves $20 million to improve business environment and drive investments to climate-smart agriculture
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Mozambique: African Development Fund approves $20 million to improve business environment and drive investments to climate-smart agriculture

This funding is the first of two successive geberal budget support operations for fiscal years 2023 and 2024, each worth about $20 million

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (https://apo-opa.info/42vfbFI), the African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) concessional lending window, has approved a grant of $19.98 million to finance the implementation of Mozambique’s Economic Acceleration and Governance Support Programme. This funding is the first of two successive geberal budget support operations…

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    • Argentinean Ambassadors Claudio Rozencwaig (7th from right) and Alejandro Herrero (2nd from right) with Afdb Vice presidents Simon Mizrahi (6th from right) and Solomon Quaynor (center) and a Bank team in Abidjan
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Argentinean Foreign Policy Under-Secretary’s visit to African Development Bank underscores partnership opportunities in agriculture and pharma

The Under-Secretary who visited the Bank’s Abidjan headquarters on 12 September, held meetings with the Bank’s Executive Director for Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Japan and Saudi Arabia, Takaaki Nomoto, as well as senior Bank executives

On a visit to the African Development Bank (http://www.AfDB.org), Argentina’s Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy Claudio Rozencwaig has expressed keen interest in deepening the existing partnership and exploring opportunities that benefit Argentinean and African businesses, notably in agriculture and pharmaceuticals. The Under-Secretary who visited the Bank’s Abidjan headquarters on 12 September,…

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    • 7th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) business forum
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Adesina to Korean investors: Africa is the leading market frontier with huge untapped potential

Africa is not as risky as you hear - It is a continent of opportunities, waiting to be tapped

African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Akinwumi Adesina has called on Korean investors to seize untapped investment opportunities in Africa, especially in the energy and agriculture sectors. “Africa is a continent that cannot be ignored by investors,” Adesina said at a business forum attended by CEOs of Korean corporations, heads of…

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    • AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina (left) and Korea's Deputy Prime Minister Kyungho Choo at the opening of the 7th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation Ministerial Conference in Busan
    • 33 African finance ministers, ambassadors, heads of pan-African institutions and NGOs, CEOs and Korean private sector leaders gathered in Busan for the 7th KOAFEC Ministerial Conference
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Korea and Africa rally additional finance and technology for universal energy access and to make Africa world’s breadbasket

The Korea Trust Fund and the $600 million Korea-Africa Energy Investment Framework will support African countries in strengthening human capacity and developing their energy sectors

The 7th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Ministerial Conference opened in Korea’s second-largest city, Busan, on Wednesday with a strong call for additional resources to help African countries achieve universal access to energy and transform the continent into the breadbasket of the world. The conference is taking place at a time…

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    • African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina praised the potential of the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation at an event during Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi
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African Development Bank unveils new initiative to cushion farmers from climate change effects

The facility, which will be hosted by the Bank, expands its pioneering Africa Disaster Risk Insurance Program into a facility that will develop insurance to help African countries

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has unveiled the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA). The initiative is aimed at insulating countries against catastrophic weather-related events. The facility, which will be hosted by the Bank, expands its pioneering Africa Disaster Risk Insurance Program into a facility that will develop…

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Central African Republic: the African Development Bank Group donates €12.62 million to support workplace reintegration for communities affected by the political and military crisis

The programme will help strengthen the achievements of interventions in the areas covered by phase 1 and extend them to the country’s interior

Funding Approval date: 6 September 2023. Project name: Support Programme for Reconstruction of Grassroots Communities, phase 2 (PARCB-2). Amount: donation of €12.62 million from the Transition Support Facility. Joint funding in parallel with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP): US$5 million. Aims The aim of the second phase of the Support…

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    • African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina paid a two-day official visit to Eritrea last week and toured the Misilam Dam and Adi Halo Water Project with President Isaias Afwerki on Saturday
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Eritrea’s Msilam Dam to bolster food security and change lives for the better

Facility to potentially host the Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones initiative

Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea but limited fresh water. Its erratic rainfall has left most of the country arid. This is a challenge for Eritreans who depend on agriculture and livestock for their livelihoods. But things are changing. In the space of three years, Eritrea harnessed…

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Ethiopia and African Development Bank Group ink $84.3 million grant agreement to enhance wheat production

The project has three components: Climate Smart Wheat Productivity and Production; Market Infrastructure, Linkages, and Agri-Finance; and Project Coordination and Management

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has awarded grant funding totalling $84.3 million to Ethiopia to advance wheat production and increase farmers’ incomes. Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide and African Development Bank Group Deputy Director General for East Africa, Abdul Kamara, signed the grant agreement on 2 August 2023 for…

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Guinea: Transitional government and African Development Bank Group sign $28 million loan agreement for agropastoral development, digitization and market access

The Bank’s Country Manager in Guinea, Léandre Bassolé and the Guinean Minister of the Economy and Finance, Moussa Cissé, signed the agreement in Conakry on 3 August 2023

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) signed an agreement with the transitional government in Guinea for a $28 million loan to support agropastoral development, digitization and market access in the West African country. The Bank’s Country Manager in Guinea, Léandre Bassolé and the Guinean Minister of the Economy and Finance,…