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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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Central African Republic: New digital era dawns with debut of high-speed internet cable

Funded by the African Development Bank and the European Union to the tune of €33 million, the new cable, is now rapidly ushering the Central African Republic (CAR) into a new and unprecedented digital age

Junior is a young student at a technical college in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, getting set to resume studies at the University of Bangui. From childhood, he has restlessly pursued interesting and ambitious ideas. A recent one: building a humanoid robot called “Mama Africa", to raise awareness…

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    • (L-R): Former Tanzania President Jakata Kikwete, James Mwangi, Group CEO of Equity Holdings, AfDB Vice President Beth Dunford and Prof. Mohamed Belhocine, African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation
    • AfDB Bank Vice President Beth Dunford (right) in an informal chat with former Tanzanian President Jakata Kikwete and James Mwangi, Group CEO of Equity Holdings
    • Bank Vice President Beth Dunford (right) and GIZ representative display docket containing letter of intent on joint commitments to skills development in Africa
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African Development Bank Group 2024 Annual Meetings: African nations urged to attract private sector collaboration in financing tertiary education

The African Development Bank signed a Joint Declaration of Intent at the event with GIZ to scale up joint commitments to skills development to enhance youth employability in Africa

Experts attending an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) High-level dialogue in Kenya have urged African nations to intensify efforts to attract private-sector financing to enhance tertiary education and equip the continent’s youth with competitive skills. During a panel discussion at the Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings in Nairobi, the experts stressed the importance…

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    • Eyerusalem Fasika, African Development Bank Ghana country Manager (middle), delivering her opening remarks during the hybrid launch of the MicroGREEN project in Accra. Joining her physically are Carol Anang, Invest In Africa Country Manager for Ghana (right), and Bekale Ollame, Ghana Country Program Officer (left)
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Fostering Inclusive Growth: African Development Bank and Invest in Africa unveil MicroGREEN Project to Empower Marginalized Groups

The project seeks to generate up to 500 green job opportunities while delivering essential business development services

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and Invest in Africa have jointly launched the MicroGREEN project to provide livelihood opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable groups in Ghana and Senegal. Titled "Strengthening Women, Youth and People with Disabilities’ Micro Entrepreneurship for Green Jobs in Natural Resources (MicroGREEN),” the project seeks to generate…

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    • (Left to right) The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, the Burundian Minister of Education and Scientific Research, François Havyarimana, and the coordinator of the East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, Melance Ntunzwenimana
    • The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo (second from left) visits the laboratory of the East African Nutritional Sciences Institute, accompanied by other officials
    • The Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo (fifth from left) visited the modernization works at the port of Bujumbura, which are currently underway
    • (Left to right), Marcellin Ndong Ntah, the Bank’s Chief Economist for Burundi, Pascal Yembiline, head of the Bank’s country office in Burundi, Nnenna Nwabufo, Director General of the African Development Bank for East Africa and Olivier Suguru, President of the Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Burundi, at the end of the discussions with the Burundian private sector
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Burundi: African Development Bank Director General for East Africa commends progress of Bank-funded projects

The involvement of the Burundian Ministry of Education in implementing this innovative project aimed at benefiting countries in the East African Community

The Director General of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, has expressed satisfaction with the implementation of projects funded by the Bank in Burundi. During her four-day visit to the East African nation between March 18-21, Ms Nwabufo assessed the progress of projects supported by the…

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#IWD2024: Impactful investment: African Development Bank support shapes scholarship graduate career in drone-enabled public health

The program aligns with the goal of the Bank’s Skills for Employability and Productivity in Africa, which is to increase innovation connected to industrialization and development needs

The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Japan Africa Dream Scholarship program invests in promising African students from Bank member countries at partner universities in Africa and Japan, financing their tuition, travel, and upkeep for post-graduate studies. The program aligns with the goal of the Bank’s Skills for Employability and Productivity in Africa,…

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    • (L-R) President, African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and EkitiState Governor, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji, during an official meeting with the Bank’s President in Lagos
    • Lamin Barrow, Director General, African Development Bank Nigeria Country Department (5th from left); Stanley George, Director, International Economic Relations Department, Federal Ministry of Finance ( 6th from left) and Akintunde Oyebode, Ekiti State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development (7th from left), during EKZ loan negotiation agreement meeting at the Bank’s Office in Abuja, Nigeria
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Catalyzing Digital Innovation: African Development Bank commits $80 million to Ekiti Knowledge Zone Project in Nigeria

State-led pioneering special economic zone project, designed to foster linkages between educators, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and industries, all within one location

In the heart of Nigeria’s Ekiti State, a groundbreaking initiative is taking shape – the Ekiti Knowledge Zone (EKZ), a bold step to transform the region into a hub for digital innovation and knowledge economy. The African Development Bank has committed $80 million in loan financing for this state-led pioneering…

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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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    • Students from Sophia University in Tokyo, visiting the Bank. They are here with the Bank's administrator for Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Austria and Saudi Arabia, Takaaki Nomoto (front middle).
    • The students had a rich interview with the administrator at the Bank for Japan, Takaaki Nomoto (at the end of the table on the right).
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After “Learn from Africa” visit, Japan Sophia University students call for stronger partnerships between Africa and Japan

The visit enabled the students to experience the continent first-hand

A cohort of 14 students from Tokyo’s Sophia University (https://apo-opa.info/45PdEMe) have ended a visit to the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) energised by the cross-cultural engagement and calling for deeper ties between Japan and Africa. Their visit to the group headquarters, on Thursday 7 September 2023, was facilitated through the “Learn…

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    • African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, calls on Oxford MBA graduating class to be change-makers
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African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, calls on Oxford MBA graduating class to be change-makers

Adesina called on the graduates to use the skills and knowledge they had acquired to address some of today’s most pressing global challenges

Graduating executive MBA students of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School received wise counsel from African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) President Dr Akinwumi Adesina on Friday. Delivering the business school’s 2023 commencement address, Adesina called on the graduates to use the skills and knowledge they had acquired to address some of today’s most…