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Empowering Women through Clean Energy: African Development Bank Launches Country Diagnostics to Accelerate Inclusive Energy Transitions

Focusing on localized, actionable solutions, the reports identify opportunities to embed gender considerations into national energy planning, investment strategies, and policy frameworks

In a significant step toward advancing inclusive climate solutions, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) (https://apo-opa.co/44PhRQI), has launched the Gender and Renewable Energy Country Diagnostics (https://apo-opa.co/3GXAwSi)—a pivotal initiative exploring the nexus between gender equity and energy access in six African countries: Ghana (https://apo-opa.co/450VUOL), Liberia (https://apo-opa.co/44DKrFW), Mali (https://apo-opa.co/44ZZLM5),…

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    • Supported by the African Development Fund’s Climate Action Window, the project will improve rice seed availability for 11,000 farmers in 13 West African countries
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African Development Fund supports climate-resilient rice value chains across West Africa

The project will support rice producers and processors in 13 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) (http://apo-opa.co/4nUpfmv), the concessional funding window of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), on 17 July 2025 approved a $9.44 million grant for the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) to strengthen the climate resilience of rice value chains across West Africa. Funded…

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    • Cashews are now Burkina Faso's third largest agricultural export after cotton and sesame
    • Christiane Koné, a processor in Toussiana, purchased six automatic shelling machines
    • Arzouma Zougouri, a producer in Orodara, was able to further equip his processing unit
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    • Adama Sombié, a cashew producer, was given a two-hectare woodlot in Bérégadougou
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In Burkina Faso, cashew cultivation is a lever for sustainable and inclusive rural development

The project mobilised the necessary resources to contribute to the sustainable transformation of the Cascades, Hauts Bassins and South-West regions, with significant participation from women

Launched in 2017 and completed in 2024, the Cashew Development Support Project in the Comoé Basin for REDD+ (PADA/REDD+) exemplified sustainable development. The project combined poverty reduction, ecological transition and the empowerment of women and young people, achieving a remarkable implementation rate of 95 percent.  It has revitalised the cashew…

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    • Improving climate governance in West Africa: Three calls for inclusive climate action in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal
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Improving climate governance in West Africa: Three calls for inclusive climate action in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal

The Union of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions of Africa (UCESA), supported by the African Development Bank, has developed three national advocacy papers

Climate change is a growing threat across Africa, with West Africa feeling its effects especially intensely. According to the ND-GAIN index, Burkina Faso (162nd out of 182), Senegal (144th), and Côte d’Ivoire (134th) rank among the most vulnerable countries. They face a dangerous mix of low capacity to adapt and…

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Rwanda: African Development Bank kickstarts pioneering cable car project in Kigali

Construction is expected to begin in late 2026, with commissioning scheduled for 2028

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a grant of $500,000 to undertake a feasibility study into the first phase of a cable car transport network in Kigali, that will be sub-Saharan Africa’s first aerial urban transit system. The funds, to be sourced from the Bank Group’s Urban and Municipal…

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    • African Development Bank approves €19.6 million in financing to scale up Cabo Verde’s pioneer in wind and battery storage capacity
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African Development Bank approves €19.6 million in financing to scale up Cabo Verde’s pioneer in wind and battery storage capacity

The project advances Cabo Verde’s goal of generating 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030 as well as its Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a €19.6 million financing package to support the Cabeólica Phase II Expansion Project in Cabo Verde. The project is the country’s first renewable energy initiative to integrate wind power generation and battery energy storage systems (BESS) at…

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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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    • A resident of Dafenaytou talking about the changes she has experienced thanks to the IGAD/AfDB project, particularly in terms of access to land and food security. Goumati Roufa Ahmed
    • A Kalaf village elder describes how living conditions have improved since the introduction of plots of agricultural land and adapted tools. Adoyta Ahmed Adoyta
    • Discussions between community members and the ACCF and IGAD teams on the ground in Kalaf, as part of a project monitoring mission. ACCF/AfDB
    • A resident of Dafenaytou shares his views on local agricultural governance, which is now largely driven by the community's women. Ali Kamil Mohamed
    • A woman from Kalaf explains how her family's vegetable gardens have enabled them to become more self- sufficient in food. Assia Obakar Hassan
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"The land is life": A regional project supported by the African Development Bank boosts rural women's climate resilience in Djibouti

The IGAD/AfDB project has not only provided water, seeds and training: it has given dignity, confidence and a voice back to rural women

"Before,  farming  was  an  unattainable  dream.  Today,  I  feed  my  children  from  the  land." These words from Assia Obakar Hassan, a mother from the village of Kalaf, epitomize the profound transformation benefiting part of rural northern Djibouti thanks to a regional project implemented by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) with…

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Development Bank of Nigeria visits African Development Bank to benchmark sustainability and resilience into financing

Through the African Financial Alliance on Climate Change (AFAC), the African Development Bank offers technical assistance to African financial institutions to help them manage climate-related risks and unlock opportunities in green investments

A delegation of eight officials from the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) recently concluded a five-day study visit to the African Development Bank headquarters (www.AfDB.org) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The visit, jointly hosted by the Climate Change and Green Growth Department and the Financial Sector Development Department, focused on sharing…

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    • Family photo after the opening ceremony of the 2025 edition of the African Development Bank's Civil Society Organizations Forum
    • Manager of the Civil Society and Community Engagement Division, Zeneb Touré, symbolically hands over the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to Beth Dunford, Vice-President of the African Development Bank Group for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, representing Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the institution
    • family photo after the presentation of the Civil Society Engagement Action Plan 2024-2028 to civil society organizations
    • Testimonies from representatives of civil society organizations on a Bank-funded project covering the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Civil society representatives exchanged with senior management of the Bank Group From left to right: Uche Duru, representing the Director of the Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance Department; Dominique Puthod, representing the Director of Strategies and Operational Policies; Nathalie Beatrice Chinje-n Bodiong, Principal Advisor to the Secretary General of the Bank Group; Mariam Diawara, Acting Director of the Independent Review Mechanism; Martha T.M. Phiri, Director of the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department and Acting Director of the Gender, Women and Civil Society Department; Anthony Nyong, Director of the Climate Change and Green Growth Department; Martin Fregene, Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department
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2025 Civil Society Forum: African Development Bank and Civil Society Reaffirm Alliance for Africa's Transformation

The forum provided an opportunity for the Bank to present its Civil Society Engagement Action Plan (2024–2028), reaffirming its commitment to an inclusive and participatory development process

The African Development Bank www.AfDB.org has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to collaborating with African civil society to advance the continent's development agenda. This was a key message of the 2025 Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum, which was successfully held on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Abidjan. The forum, organized under the…