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    • A warm handshake between H.E. Mr Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo, and Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President, Regional Development, Integration and Service Delivery, African Development Bank Group
    • Discussions during the audience granted to Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, Senior Vice President of the Bank Group, and her delegation by H.E. Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo
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The African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Congo strengthen partnership for economic diversification and regional integration

Bank welcomes progress made towards hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville

As part of efforts to strengthen the partnership between the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Republic of Congo, and to advance preparations for the Bank Group's Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in the capital Brazzaville in May 2026, a high-level delegation from the Bank visited the country…

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    • Seminar on business opportunities at the African Development Bank in Brazzaville on 24 September, with more than 100 Congolese companies participating
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Republic of Congo – Local businesses are better informed about procurement procedures and ready to seize business opportunities with the African Development Bank

Following the seminar, more than 100 companies across various sectors were added to the Bank's supplier database, an important step before the opening of the service procurement contracts for the Annual Meetings

Employees of over 100 Congolese companies received training in the African Development Bank’s rules (www.AfDB.org) and procedures during an information and awareness seminar held in Brazzaville on 24 September 2025. The event forms part of the preparations for the Bank Group's Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in Brazzaville in…

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    • Vincent Nmehielle, AfDB Secretary General (left), and Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister of Economy, Planning, Statistics and Regional Integration (right), sign memorandum of understanding for the African Development Bank Group 2026 Annual Meetings, in the presence of Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime Minister of Congo (center) on Friday, 19 September
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African Development Bank, Republic of Congo sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings

The 2026 Meetings will be the first to be held under the chairmanship of Mr. Sidi Ould Tah, who was elected as head of the Bank Group on 29 May 2025

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the hosting and organization of the Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings, scheduled to take place in May next year. Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime Minister of the Republic of Congo, attended the signing ceremony…

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    • Minister Ludovic Ngatsé and AfDB Director General Léandre Bassolé present the signed grant agreement in Brazzaville during the Bank's mission to the Republic of Congo
    • Minister Ludovic Ngatsé and AfDB Director General Léandre Bassolé signing the grant agreement in Brazzaville
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Republic of Congo and the African Development Bank sign $602,000 grant agreement to rebase national accounts

The project will update the base year for calculating Congo’s national economic indicators from 2005, adopting the 2008 System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) in line with international standards

The Government of the Republic of Congo and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) have signed a $602,000 grant agreement to support the rebasing of the country’s national accounts, a critical step toward modernising its economic statistics and enhancing fiscal transparency. The agreement was signed on 4 August in…

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    • Group photo following the meeting with the Prime Minister. Left to right: Olivier Beguy, African Development Bank resident country economist; Solomane Koné, the Bank Group’s acting Director General; Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime Minister; and Célestine Mengue, agricultural projects officer at the African Development Bank
    • A handshake between the Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Anatole Collinet Makosso, and the Bank’s acting Director General, Solomane Koné
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Congo and the African Development Bank celebrate the strengthening of their strategic partnership for inclusive and sustainable development

The Bank Group’s mission to Congo explored new funding opportunities for key sectors, including energy, digital infrastructure, and roads

Talks held by the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) in the Republic of Congo from 24 - 28 February 2025 marked a significant step forward in strengthening the strategic partnership between the Bank and the Central African country. Led by Solomane Koné, Acting Director General for Central Africa, the discussions…

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    • The 2024 award conference was attended by road experts from several African countries, in addition to the selection committee
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Africa Road Builders: two African heads of state receive 2024 Babacar Ndiaye Prize

The “Africa Road Builders” prize was created in honour of Babacar Ndiaye, who was President of the African Development Bank Group from 1985 to 1995

The “Africa Road Builders” Selection Committee met in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on 18 April 2024 where it awarded the Babacar Ndiaye Prize 2024 to the Presidents of Equatorial Guinea and of the Republic of Congo, Téodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and Denis Sassou-Nguesso. They follow in the footsteps…

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    • Support for the Congolese economy from the African Development Bank will contribute to diversification by reducing its dependence on the oil sector, among other things
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Congo: African Development Bank grants a loan of 92 million euros to support economic diversification

The aim of the program is to strengthen the resilience of the Congolese economy and reduce its dependence on the oil sector with the aim of reconciling the need for growth with combating climate change

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) granted a loan of 92 million euros to the Republic of Congo in Abidjan on 17 November 2023 to implement the first phase of the Economic Diversification Support Program. The aim of the program is to strengthen the resilience…

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    • CORRECTION: African presidents and global leaders support bold action on climate change adaptation for Africa
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CORRECTION: African presidents and global leaders support bold action on climate change adaptation for Africa

Africa now faces the dual onslaught of climate change – currently estimated at between $7 billion and $15 billion each year – and Covid-19, which has claimed 114,000 lives

In a historic and united show of solidarity for a continent that contributes only 5% to global emissions, more than 30 heads of state and global leaders committed to prioritize actions that help African countries adapt to the impacts of climate change and “build forward better.” Africa now faces the…

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African leaders reaffirm support for African Development Bank as President Adesina begins second term

The meetings were held virtually due to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 outbreak

African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to foster sustainable development on the continent.  In goodwill messages to mark Adesina’s inauguration, Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of…

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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, eighth President of the African Development Bank, sworn in for second term

Adesina – “Let us move forward, driven by the power of our mission, inspired by the primacy of our vision and emboldened by the strength of our togetherness”

“Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank across the deep blue skies of Africa...The future beckons us for a more developed Africa and a much stronger and resilient African Development Bank.” With these powerful words President of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org),…