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• Ethiopian Airlines Group CFO Mensfin Tasew (left) and AfDB Vice President Nnenna Nwabufo display copies of the signed letter of intent. Standing behind them are Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Ahmed Shide (left) and Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (in bow tie)
• AfDB Group President Adesina examines an Ethiopian Airlines model aircraft presented by Finance Minister Shide, with Bank Vice President Nwabufo in attendance
• Ethiopian and AfDB executives in solidarity for the new $7.8 billion Abusera International Airport project

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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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• 3D image of the future Data Center
• Group photo following the meeting with the Prime Minister. Left to right: Olivier Beguy, African Development Bank resident country economist; Solomane Koné, the Bank Group’s acting Director General; Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime Minister; and Célestine Mengue, agricultural projects officer at the African Development Bank
• A handshake between the Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Anatole Collinet Makosso, and the Bank’s acting Director General, Solomane Koné

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• From left to right: Ms. Arina Viseth, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in Chad; Mr Claude N’Kodia, Acting Country Manager of the AfDB in Chad; Mr Amir Idriss Kourda, Minister for Infrastructure, Access-Improvement and Road Maintenance; Tahir Hamid Nguilin, Minister of State, Minister of Finance, Budget, Economy, Planning and International Cooperation; Ali Djadda Kampard, Secretary of State for Finance and Budget

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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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• At the launch of the "Africa's Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook 2025" report, African Development Bank Group leaders and senior officials present copies of the report. In the front row, from left to right, Albert Muchanga, Commissioner of the African Union, Kevin Urama, Vice President of the Bank Group, Ahmed Shide, Minister of Finance of Ethiopia (far right), and Nnenna Nwabufo, Vice President of the Bank Group (2nd from left). In the second row (center), Beth Dunford, Bank Group Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development; Alemayehu Taffesse of the International Food Policy Research Institute (far left); Mothae Maruping, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Risk Capacity Group (far right)

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• West Africa: African Development Bank's (AfDB) Sustainable Energy Fund Africa to provide $10 million anchor investment in Arm-Harith Investment Fund for Sustainable Infrastructure

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• The road corridor project supported by the African Development Fund will contribute to the economic and social integration of southern Madagascar by opening up the region

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• Financial support from the African Development Bank will help to improve the road network and open up two major regions of the country