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Empowering Women through Clean Energy: African Development Bank Launches Country Diagnostics to Accelerate Inclusive Energy Transitions

Focusing on localized, actionable solutions, the reports identify opportunities to embed gender considerations into national energy planning, investment strategies, and policy frameworks

In a significant step toward advancing inclusive climate solutions, the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org), in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) (https://apo-opa.co/44PhRQI), has launched the Gender and Renewable Energy Country Diagnostics (https://apo-opa.co/3GXAwSi)—a pivotal initiative exploring the nexus between gender equity and energy access in six African countries: Ghana (https://apo-opa.co/450VUOL), Liberia (https://apo-opa.co/44DKrFW), Mali (https://apo-opa.co/44ZZLM5),…

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    • The current treatment plant has a maximum daily production capacity of 1.5 million litres against a daily demand of 10 million litres. The plant will be upgraded to a daily production capacity of 19 million litres to cater for the population of 2045
    • Rumphi District Commissioner Emmanuel Bulukutu emphasizes that the project is key to spurring development in the district
    • Over 100 Community members especially women have benefitted from short term jobs through raising and planting of the tree seedlings
    • As part of its monitoring exercise, the African Development Bank mission was in Rumphi recently to check the status of the project’s implementation. The mission and other stakeholders also visited the site where the NRWB and communities are raising tree seedlings
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African Development Bank Project Enhances Water Access in Malawi Town

The project will span almost the width and breadth of Rumphi - extending to some parts of Northern Mzimba

In the green hills of Rumphi, northern Malawi, the hum of progress can be heard at the newly established Rumphi Technical College. With its modern buildings, new equipment, and a sense of optimism, the college has quickly become a symbol of opportunity. In just four years, enrollment has grown from…

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Multinational: African Development Bank Group approves $34.8 million in grants to build climate resilience in Malawi and Zimbabwe

Climate risk insurance is expected to lead to behavioural changes among beneficiaries, such as increased investment in climate-resilient livelihoods or savings for future insurance premiums

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved grants of $34,796,402.40 to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate disaster risks for vulnerable communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe.  Under the Bank Group’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) initiative, the Mitigating Fragility through the Africa Disaster Risk…

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    • Presentation of insurance payout cheque to Malawi President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera (3rd from left), by representatives of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Development Bank Group, in Lilongwe, on August 2, 2024. Also present are representatives from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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African Development Bank Group and African Risk Capacity Group issue $11.2 million insurance payout to the Government of Malawi

The drought recovery insurance payout will support more than 350,000 Malawi households impacted by climate change-related weather extremes

Representatives of the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have presented a cheque to the government of Malawi for an insurance payout of $11.2 million, to support the country’s recovery from a devastating drought arising from a weather condition known as El-Nino. The presentation was…

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    • The $7 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility for NBS Bank will support Malawian small businesses
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Malawi: African Development Bank approves USD 7 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee Facility for NBS Bank to support Small and Medium-size Enterprises and local corporates

The facility is expected to support about USD 40 million of trade over the next three years and promote intra-Africa trade in line with the aspirations of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) on Monday, 4 December 2023 approved a USD 7 million Trade Finance Transaction Guarantee facility for NBS bank in Malawi to support small businesses. This facility will provide 100% guarantee to international confirming banks (CBs) for the non-payment risk…

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    • The African Development Bank will contribute through the implementation of this project to improve access to electricity for people in Central and Northern Mozambique
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Mozambique: African Development Bank grants $33 million to improve the electrical grid near borders with Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

The grant is from the Transition Support Facility, a financial instrument of the Bank specifically for states undergoing transition

Meeting in Abidjan on 5 December 2023, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org/en) approved a grant of $33.25 million to Mozambique to implement the Songo-Matambo electricity transport line project. The grant is from the Transition Support Facility, a financial instrument of the Bank specifically for…

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    • Conference of Parties (COP 28): African countries sign on to join pioneering global battery energy storage consortium
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Conference of Parties (COP 28): African countries sign on to join pioneering global battery energy storage consortium

African Development Bank joins initiative of the Global Leadership Council as resource partner

Several African countries have formally expressed interest to join the groundbreaking Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Consortium, launched Saturday during COP28, which could revolutionise Africa’s energy landscape by developing advanced energy storage solutions through collaboration and innovation. Joining the BESS Consortium, a multistakeholder partnership initiative of the Global Leadership Council,…

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    • The African Development Bank will contribute to a significant improvement in access to transport and energy for Malawians over the next five years (2023-2028)
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Malawi: African Development Bank prioritizes energy, transport, water and agriculture in its country strategy for 2023-2028

The Bank will continue to deepen its engagement with Malawi to further consolidate development impacts as envisioned in “Malawi Vision 2063

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved the Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2023-2028 for Malawi on 16 November 2023. The strategy focuses on two priority areas: improving economic infrastructure to develop the industrial sector by investing in energy, transport, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and supporting…

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    • Thousands of youths in Malawi have gained employment and some have even created jobs for their peer
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African Development Fund helps create thousands of jobs for youth in Malawi

The objective was to improve the employability of the country's youth — women and men — by providing them with decent work, thereby promoting their economic empowerment

Thousands of youths in Malawi have gained employment and some have even created jobs for their peers, thanks to a project supported by the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org). The Jobs for Youth in Malawi project implemented between 2017 and 2022 has helped develop an entrepreneurial culture among young people, from…

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Malawi: African Development Bank Extends Grants of $9.25 Million for Rollout of Climate Disaster Risk Financing

The funding will support the government of Malawi to develop climate risk management solutions and pay its sovereign risk premium for the transfer of drought risks under the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme (ADRiFi) in Malawi. The move will boost the country’s resilience against climate-related shocks and food insecurity. The funding will support the government of Malawi to…