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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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    • A farmer works in his well-managed maize field, demonstrating the recovery in agriculture
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Turning the Tide: Democratic Republic of Congo’s Emergency Food Production Project Sows Resilience, Plants Hope

PURPA has strengthened the capacities of agricultural research stations such as the one at Kiyaka in Kwilu province in the centre of the country, enabling local production of improved maize and rice seeds

In the early morning, the fields stretch as far as the eye can see, bathed in the soft light of the rising sun. In Kwilu, Kasai, and Tshopo provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rural communities are reclaiming their land with renewed energy. Here, every furrow in…

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The Global Environment Facility (GEF) backs $8.7m initiative to unite African nations against extreme weather events in the Ubangi River Basin

The river basin’s rainforest harbours more than 10,000 plant species and 2,500 animal species, including two-thirds of all primates, which are under pressure from deforestation and land cover clearing

Home to one of the largest tributaries of the Congo River, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will benefit from a pioneering cross-border initiative to prepare for extreme climatic events and develop joint water resource management strategies with $8.7 million in funding from…

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    • The Mayi Nunene health centre was built as part of the project to strengthen socioeconomic infrastructure in central DRC
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In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the African Development Bank is accelerating the transformation of infrastructure and access to basic social services

This initiative will benefit over 19 million people by facilitating access to markets, improving the availability of agricultural products and food security, and supporting mobility and economic activities

Roads in Kenge, Kikwit, Tshikapa, Kamuensha, and Mbuji-Mayi have been completely rehabilitated, new stretches of road built, and urban roads modernized. Numerous examples of socioeconomic infrastructure have also benefited from the financial support of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), helping to transform the daily lives of hundreds of thousands…

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    • A new renewable energy platform supported by the African Development Bank and partners will serve nearly 70,000 households
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African Development Bank, PowerGen, and Partners Launch Transformative Renewable Energy Platform to Scale Clean Energy Access Across the Continent

With funding secured, PowerGen is well-positioned to serve the energy needs of more than 68,000 households and reduce the cost of power for 7,000 businesses

PowerGen Renewable Energy (PowerGen) has partnered with leading international investors to establish a scalable, distributed renewable energy platform targeting the deployment of 120 MW of renewable power, including battery energy storage solutions across Africa. The platform is a collaboration between PowerGen and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), the Danish…

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REISSUE: 2024 Annual Meetings: African Development Bank President Outlines Gains of Historic 2023 Dakar 2 Summit

Bank will invest $2.9 billion to support the Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts; appoints Special Envoys to fast-track implementation

Since the Dakar 2 Summit (https://apo-opa.co/4bBfGm1), six African countries have set up Presidential-level Councils to drive implementation of the Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts agreed at the summit, while another twelve countries are at various stages of establishing their councils. Presidential Councils have taken off in Tanzania, Democratic Republic of…

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    • The African Development Bank will support the construction of skills development infrastructure in the agricultural sector, build the capacities of agricultural trainers and support the establishment of agricultural cadastres to enable the Democratic Republic of the Congo to develop value chains in its rich agricultural sector
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Democratic Republic of Congo: African Development Bank to lend $117 million to support agricultural transformation

The financial support comes from the African Development Fund, the Bank Group's concessional lending window, and includes $78.6 million from the Transition Support Facility

Meeting in Abidjan on 14 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $117.9 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo to implement the Project to Support Governance and Skills Development in support of the Agriculture Transformation Programme (PTA). The financial support…

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    • The African Development Bank's trade finance guarantee facility granted to Access Bank DR Congo will support imports of essential goods and various inputs in such key sectors of the Congolese economy as health and agriculture
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: African Development Bank grants $7 million trade finance guarantee facility to Access Bank DR Congo to support SMEs and local businesses

The African Development Bank will now be able to provide up to a 100% guarantee to confirming banks for the non-payment risk from the confirmation of letters of credit

On 20 February 2024, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a $7 million trade finance guarantee facility grant to Access Bank DR Congo. The African Development Bank will now be able to provide up to a 100% guarantee to confirming banks for the non-payment risk…

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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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    • From left: DRC first lady Denise Tshisekedi, DRC President Félix Tshisekedi, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina and Grace Adesina attend the swearing in ceremony in Kinshasa for President Tshisekedi’s second term in office
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African Development Bank (AfDB) Head Adesina backs infrastructure projects in strategic two-day visit to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The Bank’s active portfolio in DRC as of 30 September 2023 comprised 27 operations with an approximate value of $1.458 billion

African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has concluded a two-day visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo for high-level talks on accelerating strategic development projects in the country.   The visit, which began on Friday January 19th, saw his participation in a breakfast meeting with several key cabinet…