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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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    • 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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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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    • AfDB President Sidi Ould Tah urges the private sector to play a central role in the structural transformation of African economies
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Africa must seize global trade disruption as 'historic opportunity,' leaders tell private sector

African leaders see the moment as critical for the continent to strengthen intra-African commerce and reduce dependence on external markets

Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Mambé and African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) President Sidi Ould Tah have urged Africa’s private sector to take centre stage in the continent’s economic transformation, stressing that the current global trade disruptions present an opportunity rather than a threat. The two leaders were speaking on Monday…

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    • African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah pays courtesy visit to President Alassane Ouattara (1)
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African Development Bank Group President Sidi Ould Tah pays courtesy visit to President Alassane Ouattara

The courtesy visit serves to consolidate the cordial partnership between the Bank and Côte d'Ivoire, which is a founding member country and host nation of the institution

The president of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), Sidi Ould Tah, paid a courtesy visit on Wednesday to the President of Côte d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara. Ould Tah expressed his gratitude to the Ivorian leader for the support he received during his election in May becoming the ninth president of…

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Sidi Ould Tah Assumes Office as 9th President of the African Development Bank Group

Dr. Ould Tah, 60, who hails from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, was elected on 29 May 2025 with over 76% of shareholder votes—the highest margin for a first-term president in the Bank's history

History was made today when Dr. Sidi Ould Tah was sworn-in, as the ninth President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org).   At exactly11:04 Abidjan time, on a rainswept Monday morning, Dr. Sidi took his oath-of-office, at the helm of Africa’s premier development finance institution succeeding Dr Akinwumi A.…

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In Mékro, in central Côte d'Ivoire, sustainable agriculture is giving hope to an entire community

The project is focused on three agricultural crops: yams, cassava and vegetables, as well as traditional poultry farming, and aims to improve the living conditions of 60,000 vulnerable people

Day breaks in Mékro, some 300 km from Abidjan, in central Côte d'Ivoire. The first rays of sun announce the start of what promises to be another sweltering day in a region known for its intense heat. Some women return from the backwaters bringing water to supply the family beehives.…

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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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    • Participants in the Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum (AGSF 2025); Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 30 June 2025; The Forum brings together policymakers, statisticians, and gender experts from across the continent to advance inclusive data systems for women and girls
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At Africa gender statistics forum, African leaders urge renewed commitment to quality gender data

Funding gaps threaten equality gains, experts say

Amid growing setbacks on gender equality and increasing financial constraints, African policymakers, gender experts, and development specialists are calling for renewed collaboration and sustained investment in national gender data systems across the continent. This is the message of the ongoing Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum taking place in Abidjan, Côte…

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African Development Bank and International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) hold workshop for Francophone West Africa governments to strengthen development effectiveness

The African Development Bank has shared public data about its investments through the creation of its Data Portal and MapAfrica platforms

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) concluded a workshop on Thursday aimed at enhancing the use of development finance data to support national planning, coordination, and accountability. The workshop was attended by government representatives from Francophone West Africa. The three-day workshop, held from 3…

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    • The African Development Bank Group's Business Opportunities Seminar brought together private-sector players from 40 countries across the continent
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Annual Meetings 2025: African private-sector players and African Development Bank officials discuss business opportunities

The Bank provided updated information on its procurement plan and contractual policies, as well as on procedures for accessing business opportunities for companies or projects

On the fourth day of the African Development Bank Group’s (www.AfDB.org) Annual Meetings in Abidjan (http://apo-opa.co/3ZcPGZZ), a seminar on business opportunities with the Group brought together private-sector players from 40 African countries and led to constructive exchanges with Bank officials. "Africa will not develop without a robust private sector. This seminar…