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    • Beni Cial Yumba Musoya sits in class with other students
    • Marie Samba, who left the artisanal mines, now raises hens and quails. Here she is preparing feed for her poultry
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From Mine Shafts to Classrooms: How a Cobalt Mining Town is Reclaiming Childhood and Rebuilding Hope

8,200 young people formerly working in the mines are being supported to integrate into school, vocational training, or income-generating activities

Thirteen-year-old Beni Cial Yumba Musoya used to spend her days scavenging for cobalt under the scorching sun in the artisanal mines of Kolwezi. Today, she dreams of donning a white coat and saving lives. "I want to be a doctor," she says, smiling shyly from her wooden desk at Kasanda…

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    • The African Development Bank Group has given the green light to the establishment of a trust fund to curb hunger among school-age children in Africa
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African Development Bank Group approves $50 million trust fund to end school-age hunger in Africa

The End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH) was approved on 20 March with the aim of bolstering school meal programmes in targeted African countries

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) approved the establishment of a fund to help put an end to hunger and malnutrition amongst school age-children in Africa.  The End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH) was approved on 20 March with the aim of bolstering school meal programmes in…

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    • Mano River Union delegation with women traders on the Busia border (in pink)
    • A Liberian woman trader (in jacket) engages the One-Stop-Border point management on the Kenya side
    • A delegation of the study tour, comprising women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as representatives from the African Development Bank at the One-Sto- Border-Post in Busia
    • Bank and BIBEST project staff engaging a Kenyan female mechanic, who is also a cross border trader in Busia
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Mano River Union Delegation Studies Successful Border Post Model to Enhance Women’s Cross-Border Trade

The delegation held discussions with Kenya’s Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, the National AfCFTA Committee, TradeMark Africa, Busia Border management authorities, and local women cross-border traders

A Mano River Union (MRU) delegation recently concluded a successful study tour of the ‘Busia One Stop Border Post’ (OSBP) between Kenya and Uganda, gaining valuable insights into efficient cross-border trade systems that benefit women traders. The tour brought together women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone,…

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    • Lesotho’s King Letsie III (fourth from right) joins African Development Bank and philanthropic leaders to call for school feeding programmes to be prioritized and expanded
    • (L-R) CIFF founder Christopher Hohn and African Development Bank’s Dr Adesina sign Letter of Intent to establish the End School-Age Hunger Fund
    • The session, which took place on the margins of the ongoing 79th Assembly of the United Nations in New York, was moderated by Dr. Victor Oladokun, (far left), Senior Advisor to the Bank President on Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
    • (L-R) Aliko Dangote, Christopher Hohn and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina are championing new models to accelerate progress towards the UN’S Sustainable Development Goals
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Lesotho’s King Letsie III, African Development Bank Group and Global Philanthropies forge strategic partnership to end school-age hunger

Participants championed new models to accelerate progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and drive green growth on the continent – including school feeding programs

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) today signed a Letter of Intent formalizing a commitment to establish the End School-Age Hunger Fund, with an initial pledge of $50 million from CIFF. The fund will provide critical support to African countries committed to universal…

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    • From l to r: Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission; Samuel Ntsokoane Matekane, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, National Security and Environment of the Kingdom of Lesotho; Sahle-Work Zewde, President of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia; Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group
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Leaders say financing and stronger policies needed to tackle malnutrition affecting more than 80 million children

Some 86 million children below five face various forms of malnutrition, 63 million are stunted, 10 million are overweight and three million are wasted - that is they have low weight for their height

Lesotho, African Union Commission, African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), and partners call for renewed commitment to boost nutrition for Africa’s children; "We have a duty and a responsibility to reduce malnutrition and stunting in Africa by 40% by 2025 - just one year from now" - Adesina. Africa’s children are paying…

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Democratic Republic of Congo: African Development Bank projects returns thousands of children from cobalt mines to schools

The project has helped to extricate many Congolese children from artisanal cobalt mines and to train thousands of their young parents to become farmers

Launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019, the Support Project for the Alternative Welfare of Children and Young People Involved in the Cobalt Supply Chain (https://apo-opa.co/3SvpVA4)(PABEA-Cobalt) is nearing the end, in December 2024, of its planned implementation. Funded to the tune of US$78 million by the African Development Fund…

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    • The Bank is continually stepping up initiatives to ensure that thousands of African children have the chance to celebrate their fifth birthday
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Child malnutrition: The African Development Bank steps up action to save thousands of African children at risk of dying before their fifth birthday

Through the “Banking on Nutrition” programme, a partnership with Big Win Philanthropy and the Aliko Dangote Foundation, the Bank is leading the urgent fight against infant malnutrition

At least 216 million African children suffer from stunting and malnutrition. In sub-Saharan Africa, malnutrition is the second leading cause of death among children after malaria. To end this situation, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) is stepping up its actions and its calls for mobilization both in Africa and worldwide.…

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    • 32 years old, Gninlnagnon Koné, holding a bag of Chérubins formula hopes to disrupt the infant food supplement market in Côte d’Ivoire
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Côte d’Ivoire: Gninlnagnon Koné dreams of supplanting the leading players in food supplements in Côte d’Ivoire with his Chérubins baby formula

Cherubins formula is made from brown or black rice, which is high in fibre and also an excellent antioxidant

Even as a child, Gninlnagnon Koné , a young man from Katiola in north central Côte d’Ivoire, liked to follow his parents, who grew tubers and maize, to their farm. Today, an engineer in agricultural business management, he says, “When I became an engineer, I realised that our agricultural producers still…

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Burkina Faso: A Food and Nutrition Project has been a ‘Godsend’ for Students at Village Schools

Funded by Japan and administered by the African Development Bank, this $990,000 project reinforces the government’s initiatives to provide students with at least one balanced meal a day

It’s 13:00 at the primary school in Konioudou, a village in the rural commune of Kombissiri, about 40 km outside the capital Ouagadougou, and it’s time for the pupils’ midday break. In the shade of the courtyard’s large trees, some are playing, teasing each other, laughing; a few others are…

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    • African sports greats inaugurate state of the art sports facility for disadvantaged youth in Côte d'Ivoire
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African sports greats inaugurate state of the art sports facility for disadvantaged youth in Côte d'Ivoire

Launched in 2003, ‘Giants of Africa’ uses basketball to educate and enrich the lives of African youth

There was a buzz in the air as young spectators found their seats. Their excitement bubbled over at the sight of three African greats: former iconic Chelsea Football Club star and legendary captain of the Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba; eight-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame American basketball…