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Democratic Republic of Congo: water and health centres changing lives in Kasaï

Change began more than 10 years ago, when the Project for the Reinforcement of Socioeconomic Infrastructure (PRISE) launched a major transformation

Drinking clean water, receiving treatment in a modern health centre or seeing your children study in bright classrooms is no longer a dream in Kasaï province, in the centre of the DRC. Today, it’s real life. In the past, life in Kasaï was subject to painful compromises: "We used to…

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    • Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves $46 Million to Transform Healthcare in Sokoto State
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Nigeria: African Development Bank Approves $46 Million to Transform Healthcare in Sokoto State

The Bank’s financing will support the delivery of climate-smart health infrastructure across three levels of care

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $46 million loan to finance the Sokoto State Health Infrastructure Project, a transformative initiative designed to enhance healthcare access and quality in Nigeria’s Sokoto State. The project addresses critical health system gaps in Sokoto, where key…

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African Development Bank Approves $62 Million Emergency Grant to Restore Critical Services in Conflict-Affected Sudan

The two-year project (2025-2027) will focus on four Sudanese states-- Aj Jazira, River Nile, Sennar, and White Nile

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a $62.13 million emergency grant to support the Sudan Integrated Social Sector Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project (SISSIRP). This vital support aims to restore essential health, education, and water services that have been severely disrupted by the ongoing civil…

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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 teacher at the Sekete Primary School using one of the taps installed through the AfDB-Funded Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project’s water and sanitation initiative
    • The Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project is connected to the Metolong Dam Water Supply Programme, a collaborative initiative between the government and partners
    • A massive water reservoir constructed as part of the Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
    • Community nurse Mots'elisi Makhele stands by the tap that previously served around 2,000 people and indicates the houses now connected to modern facilities constructed through the Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
    • A stream that Kesete Village residents relied on for water before modern facilities were constructed through the AfDB-Funded Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project
    • Deteriorated sanitation facilities at Hamaja Primary School prior to the intervention
    • New sanitation facilities at Hamaja Primary School built under the Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project. The project delivered more than 266 sanitation facilities for vulnerable households and installed 284 toilets in schools and healthcare facilities
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The Gift of Water: How the Lesotho Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project is Transforming Lives

The African Development Bank project transformed the community by providing individual household taps and proper sanitation facilities

"Water is life; when there is no water, it is as if there are no people living." These profound words from 'Masechefo Sechefo, a Community Councilor at Ha Sekete village, capture the essence of existence in rural Lesotho before the African Development Bank's transformative intervention. In a country where water…

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    • The Bank has a strong track record of investments to strengthen health systems, such as supporting Morocco’s medical facilities dedicated to pandemic responses
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African Development Bank, Pandemic Fund sign agreement to leverage resources for pandemic preparedness

The Pandemic Fund is a partnership among donor countries, co-investors, foundations and civil society organizations hosted by the World Bank

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) Group has signed an agreement to become an implementing entity of the Pandemic Fund (https://apo-opa.co/4h0TQu3). This enables the Bank to coordinate financing of the Fund’s approved projects in Africa, as well as to participate in a call for proposals for financing investments scheduled to launch…

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    • African Union Summit: African Development Bank President Highlights a Decade of Economic Transformational Impact
    • African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who is also the Chairman of the Group’s Boards of Directors, underscored the impact of the Bank’s operations, which have impacted more than half a billion lives over the past decade
    • African Heads of State and Government display copies of the Dar es Salaam Energy Declaration at the closing session of the Africa Energy Summit, 28 January 2025
    • The African Development Bank accelerated food production in Africa. Over 101 million people became food secure. We mobilized $72 billion to implement the food and agriculture delivery compacts across the continent,” said Dr. Adesina
    • The Africa Investment Forum, a joint effort with eight other partner institutions, has mobilized over $200 billion in infrastructure investment commitments. (Picture: Africa Investment Forum Founding Partners and other officials during the Opening Session of the Africa Investment Forum 2024 Market Days, Rabat, 4 December 2024.)
    • UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated calls for reform of the international financial architecture
    • Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley emphasized Africa’s strategic role in shaping global economic trends, as the continent controls 40% of the world’s minerals
    • Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed urged continued unity in addressing Africa’s challenges
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African Union Summit: African Development Bank President Highlights a Decade of Economic Transformational Impact

During the final day of the assembly, several African governments and AU officials paid tribute to Dr. Adesina for his exceptional leadership of the Bank and strong global advocacy for Africa, He ends his tenure as the Bank Group’s president on 1st September 2025

“It’s been my greatest honor to serve you and Africa”—Adesina tells African leaders Governments across Africa pay tribute to Adesina’s exceptional leadership UN Secretary General Guterres says global financial architecture hampering Africa’s development, calls for reforms African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org/en) President Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, delivered a compelling farewell address…

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    • Visiting the IPD in January 2024, the President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina ((1st right), announced its support for this important biomedical research centre in Africa
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Global Partners Invest $45 Million to Boost African Vaccine Production

This collaboration will focus on expanding IPD’s state-of-the-art MADIBA facility, a hub for vaccine manufacturing, while driving job creation and economic growth

In significant efforts to strengthen public health and improve vaccine access in Africa, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have jointly announced a $45 million financing package for VaxSen, a subsidiary of Senegal’s Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD). The…

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    • (from center left) AfdB VP President Kariuki with Tanzania's Vice President Philip Mpango, Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director, and Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and other participants at a COP29 Clean Cooking side event
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Conference of the Parties (COP29): Lack of Clean Cooking Access Poses Deadly Risks for Millions in Africa, Leaders Urge Action

At a Paris summit held In May 2024, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina pledged to allocate 20 percent of Bank financing for energy projects that promote clean cooking alternatives

African policymakers and international partners meeting at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference, COP29 on Tuesday highlighted the urgent crisis posed by lack of access to clean cooking, a challenge impacting 1.2 billion people across Africa and leading to millions of premature deaths annually.    "It is unacceptable that women…

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Burundi: Electricity from the Rusumo Falls power station, built with support from the African Development Bank, is saving the lives of hospital patients and premature babies

Cheap and reliable hydroelectric supplies mean that the Gitega hospital can spend more money on medical equipment and hospital teams can focus on saving lives

“One day, in the operating theatre, there was a power cut́ in the middle of a laparotomy [opening of the abdomen] for a case of pelvic peritonitis. We had to finish the operation using a torch. It was very hard.” Dr Franck Arnaud Ndorukwigira, doctor and deputy director at Gitega…