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• Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank Group President, delivers the keynote address for the Scaling Finance for Smallholder Farmers in Africa Conference, held 17-18 March 2025, in Nairobi, Kenya
• Vice President for Agriculture, Human ad Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, pushed for a collaborative approach amongst partners to achieve a common goal during her opening remarks, on 17 March 2015
• African Development Bank mulls $500 million facility to mobilize financing for smallholder farmers

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• Dr. Akinwumi Adesina receives the prestigious honor of the Chief of the Order of Golden Heart from Kenyan President Dr. William Samoei Ruto (1)
• Dr. Akinwumi Adesina receives the prestigious honor of the Chief of the Order of Golden Heart from Kenyan President Dr. William Samoei Ruto (2)
• “I am proud of the journey we started together ten years ago; I can see its fruits. Kenyans can feel its benefits,” President Ruto told Adesina who was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Grace Yemisi Adesina
• “Since I was elected President, the Bank has financed a total of 57 projects, with total financing commitment of $4.44 billion
• “Dr Adesina transformed the African Development Bank into a globally recognized institution for financial innovation and development impact and under his leadership, the Bank’s general capital grew from $93 billion to $318 billion”

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• Mano River Union delegation with women traders on the Busia border (in pink)
• A Liberian woman trader (in jacket) engages the One-Stop-Border point management on the Kenya side
• A delegation of the study tour, comprising women traders and border officials from Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as representatives from the African Development Bank at the One-Sto- Border-Post in Busia
• Bank and BIBEST project staff engaging a Kenyan female mechanic, who is also a cross border trader in Busia

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• The electricity highway between Ethiopia and Kenya represents a technological advance for electricity transmission
• The project is a model of sustainability, allowing better integration of wind power, Solar and hydroelectricity into regional networks

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• AfDB Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford (r) at a and Mastercard Executive Vice President Tara Nathan at recent MADE Alliance Africa event
• Dr. Beth Dunford, AfDB Vice President
• AfDB Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford with smallholder farmers in Nigeria who are benefitting from Bank agricultural technologies
• MADE Alliance Africa aims to connect millions of smallholder farmers and women in Africa with digital services
• World Food Day: How the new Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance will use digital technologies to help farmers in Africa feed the continent

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• African Development Bank appoints Dr Kennedy Mbekeani as Director General for East Africa

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• Participants of the Just Transition Planning Masterclass, Nairobi, 18 September 2024 (1)
• Participants of the Just Transition Planning Masterclass, Nairobi, 18 September 2024 (2)

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• Esther Kimani, 2022 Youth Adapt Winner Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (1)
• Esther Kimani, 2022 Youth Adapt Winner Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (2)

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• Director General of the African Development Bank's Nigeria Country Department, Lamin Barrow (left), and Chinua Azubike, CEO of InfraCredit, exchange the deed of agreement for a $15 million subordinated loan signed on June 14, 2024, to enhance infrastructure financing in Nigeria

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• (l-r) Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u,Cabinet Secretary National Treasury & Economic Planning and Governor for Kenya with Hon. Philippe Lasmel , Temporary Governor of Côte d'Ivoire at the AM2024: Closing Ceremony