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- Mozambique Receives $2 Million Insurance Premium for Drought Protection as African Risk Financing Programme Reaches $150 Million Milestone
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 25, 2025

Mozambique Receives $2 Million Insurance Premium for Drought Protection as African Risk Financing Programme Reaches $150 Million Milestone

The forum was jointly organised by the government of Mozambique and the African Development Bank to advance ADRiFi's disaster risk financing on the continent

Mozambique received a $2 million insurance premium for drought protection covering the 2025-2026 agricultural season, marking the country's third consecutive year of coverage under the African Development Bank's disaster risk financing programme (www.AfDB.org). The premium was announced during the 2025 Climate and Disaster Risk Financing Forum (CDRFI), held from October…

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- African Development Bank President Sidi Ould Tah (2nd left) with other multilateral development bank heads. Washington DC October 17, 2025
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 18, 2025

Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) meet to take stock of progress on joint actions and look ahead

After their gathering, Heads held an exchange of views with Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, on trends in civil nuclear energy

The Heads of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) Group, chaired in 2025 by the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), met today to review progress on joint actions and chart priority areas for the Group’s future work. Heads noted that their collaborative engagement has deepened throughout 2025, under the CEB’s Chairship…

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- African Development Bank President pledges deeper cooperation with key constituency
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 16, 2025

African Development Bank President pledges deeper cooperation with key constituency

Ministers of Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan pledge early support for ADF-17, signalling Africa's growing ownership of its own development

African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Sidi Ould Tah met with the finance ministers of The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan this week, reaffirming the Bank's partnership with the constituency and pledging to deepen cooperation on economic transformation and resilience. The talks, held on the sidelines of the…

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- African Development Fund launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results (1)
- African Development Fund launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results (2)
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 10, 2025

African Development Fund Launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results

ADF investments helped 2.9 million people gain access to clean water services, connected 500,761 people to electricity (including 251,766 women), and improved health services for 1.2 million people

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) today released its African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report for 2025, demonstrating the Fund's significant impact in supporting sustainable development across Africa's low-income countries. Download Report: https://apo-opa.co/3W0IhLn https://apo-opa.co/42BmAoV In a global context marked by economic turbulence, mounting debt, and security challenges, Africa…

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- Panelists (left to right): Moderator Simon Winter, Abdilhakim Yusuf Ali Ainte, Director of the Food Security and Climate Department in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Roland Fomundam, President and CEO of Greenhouse Ventures, Felista Nyakio, Kenyan agripreneur, Rania Dagash-Kamara, Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships and Resource Mobilization of the World Food Programme, Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Martin Fregene, Director of the Agriculture and Agribusiness Department of the African Development Bank Group
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 10, 2025

Forum for Resilience in Africa 2025: farmers must become providers of food aid, not recipients, say experts

The forum provides an opportunity to explore strategies for intensifying prevention efforts and stimulating peace-promoting investments on the continent

Agricultural experts attending the 6th edition of the Africa Resilience Forum (https://apo-opa.co/4h4wohb), held in Abidjan from 1–3 October, have urged African governments to place greater value on farmers — transforming them from recipients of food aid into providers. "Agriculture is a dominant activity in crisis zones. And we are told…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 10, 2025

United Kingdom to host African Development Fund’s 17th replenishment pledging session, reaffirming strong support

Baroness Chapman said the UK intends to make a strong pledge and encouraged all development partners to consider ambitious contributions to the 17th replenishment of the Fund

The United Kingdom has announced that it will host the 17th Replenishment pledging session of the African Development Fund (ADF)in December. The session will bring together development partners to agree on contributions for the ADF’s 2026-2028 cycle. The UK’s Minister of State for Development and Africa, Baroness Jenny Chapman, made the…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 05, 2025

Africa Resilience Forum 2025: Development leaders call for high-quality border infrastructure to facilitate free movement of goods and people

In January 2021, the African Union launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to increase intra-African trade and stimulate inclusive and sustainable development in industry, infrastructure, and agriculture

The political will to build quality infrastructure at borders, including the construction of a single digitised checkpoint between two neighbouring countries, should facilitate the free movement of people and goods and help streamline cross-border trade in Africa, participants in the sixth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum (http://apo-opa.co/4mPrYfq), heard on…

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- l-r AfDB Vice President for Private Sector, Infrastructure & Industrialization, Solomon Quaynor and Mr. Shoji Yamada, Representative Director and President, JGC Corporation sign agreement in Yokohama. August 2025
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 04, 2025

African Development Bank and JGC Corporation sign agreement to advance use of sustainable aviation fuel and Africa’s green aviation agenda

The production and adoption of SAF in Africa is consistent with the Bank’s sustainable transport and mobility and energy transition strategy

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and JGC Corporation, a leading Japanese engineering company, have signed an agreement to explore cooperation in the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)in Africa. The two parties signed a Letter of Intent to this effect on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on…

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- Ali Lamine Mahamane Zeine, Prime Minister of Niger, and Sidi Ould Tah, President of the African Development Bank Group (right), present the documents corresponding to the $144.7 million financing agreement aimed at developing Niger’s energy sector and improving the competitiveness of its private sector
- Sidi Ould Tah, President of the African Development Bank Group (right), and Ali Lamine Mahamane Zeine, Prime Minister of Niger, sign a $144.7 million financing agreement at the institution's headquarters in Abidjan to improve energy access and private sector competitiveness in Niger
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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 04, 2025

African Development Bank Group and Niger sign $144.7 million agreement to boost energy access, economic competitiveness and resilience

A key component of the project focuses on developing renewable energy capacity, with plans for 240 MW of solar power by 2030, including 50 MW by December 2026

African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Sidi Ould Tah and Niger’s Prime Minister, Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, have signed a $144.7 million financing agreement to improve energy access and private sector competitiveness. The agreement, signed at the institution’s headquarters in Abidjan, provides budgetary support from the African Development Fund, the…

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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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Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Oct 03, 2025

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…