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    • The Gambia: African Development Fund Approves $19.93 Million Grant to Tackle Fragility and Expand Opportunities for Rural Youth and Women
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The Gambia: African Development Fund Approves $19.93 Million Grant to Tackle Fragility and Expand Opportunities for Rural Youth and Women

Youth unemployment stands at 38.6%, with women disproportionately impacted -- 1.3 unemployed women for every unemployed man

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved $19.93 million grant funding for the Resilience Building - Vulnerable Youth and Women Support Project, designed to improve access to basic social services for underserved communities in The Gambia. The initiative seeks to address the root causes…

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    • The first stage of implementation of the Regional West Africa Rice Development project will involve Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, ECOWAS and AfricaRice. Tens of thousands of rice farmers will benefit from access to seeds, fertilizers and plant protection products
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The African Development Fund releases initial support of $99 million to finance the development of rice cultivation value chains in West Africa

The project will help to increase production and the productivity of rice cultivation, as well as improving income generation for farmers, particularly women and young people

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved initial funding of $99.16 million to develop regional rice cultivation value chains as part of the Regional West Africa Rice Development project.   The aim of the project is to increase food security and sovereignty in West Africa by encouraging…

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    • Completion of the Trans-Gambia Bridge will facilitate efficient movement of goods and people
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Bridging Progress: African Development Bank powers The Gambia’s leap into the future

The Trans-Gambia Bridge and its ancillary road network link major routes and destinations, promoting the efficient movement of goods and people, supporting trade, raising incomes and improving livelihoods throughout West Africa

The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) investments in The Gambia’s energy sector have significantly improved access to affordable and reliable electricity, with at least 70% of Gambians projected to have power by the end of 2024 (50% in rural areas), according to a recent Bank country progress report. Notable projects include…

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    • The African Development Bank provides The Gambia with additional funding to bolster agricultural production and food security
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The Gambia: African Development Bank approves supplemental $16 million to boost agriculture and food security

With the funding providing additional support for inputs, productivity is expected to rise, with rice yields increasing from 2.0 to 2.5 tonnes per hectare (t/ha) and maize harvests reaching 2.0 t/ha from 1.8

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), granted an additional $16.08 million on March 4, to The Gambia to bolster its ongoing Agriculture and Food Security Project (https://apo-opa.co/3wDCO3w), launched in 2021. GASFP (Global Agriculture and Food Security Project) (https://apo-opa.co/4a0uBFc), a multilateral financing platform dedicated to enhancing the…

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    • The African Development Bank grants financial support to The Gambia to improve its governance and fiscal resilience
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Gambia: African Development Bank grants nearly $7 million to improve governance and strengthen fiscal resilience

The Bank's financial support comes under Pillar 1 of the Transition Support Facility, which is intended for states affected by situations of fragility or conflict

On Tuesday 3 October, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.com), meeting in Abidjan, approved a grant of $6.72 million to The Gambia to support implementation of the first phase of the Public Financial Management and Economic Reform Programme. The Bank's financial support comes under Pillar 1…

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African Development Bank head Adesina receives Gambia’s highest national honour

The honour is in recognition of Adesina’s leadership role and contributions to development in The Gambia and Africa

The Gambia's President Adama Barrow has conferred his country's highest national award, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Republic of The Gambia, on African Development Bank Group President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (www.AfDB.org). The honour is in recognition of Adesina’s leadership role and contributions to development in The Gambia…

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    • The Gambia and the African Development Bank Group to boost rice output and uplift youth and women entrepreneurs
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The Gambia and the African Development Bank Group to boost rice output and uplift youth and women entrepreneurs

The African Development Bank Group is supporting the country’s efforts to produce 200,000 additional tons of paddy rice by 2028, reducing imports to zero

Gambian President Adama Barrow and African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) head Dr Akinwumi Adesina pledged on Monday to work together to boost rice production and invest in the country’s vibrant youth and women entrepreneurs. “The Russian-Ukrainian war presents an opportunity for us to solve the problem of food security. There’s no…

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    • L-R: AfDB Executive Director Rufus Darkortey; Seedy Keita, Finance Minister and AfDB Governor for The Gambia; Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Ghana; Augustus Flomo, Deputy Minister for Economic Management, Liberia; Bockarie Kalokoh, Deputy Minister of Finance, Sierra Leone; and Muhammad Bashar Muhammad, Undersecretary of Economic Planning, Sudan
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Five African Development Bank (AfDB) regional member countries set to join African Development Fund replenishment

The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Sudan plan to contribute $1 million each to ADF’s next replenishment cycle

Five African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) Governors have signed an agreement committing to contribute at least $1 million to the replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the Bank Group. Under the self-initiated agreement, the five-member constituency—The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan—will contribute to the…

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West African Monetary Institute to receive $8 million from African Development Fund to support enhanced banking identification and financial sector efficiency in the West African Monetary Zone

The project is expected to enhance financial sector efficiency within the participating countries, leading to increased access to finance and further regional integration efforts

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved $8 million in funding toward the establishment of a digitally interoperable unique bank identification system and harmonised customer identification framework for The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Implementation of the project will commence in July 2023, led by the…

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The Gambia: African Development Fund Approves Additional $3.3 Million Financing for Rice Value Chain Transformation Program

The additional financing will focus on providing subsidized inputs as well as policy reforms destined to scale up food production

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (https://www.AfDB.org/) has approved a grant of $3.5 million from the African Development Fund’s Transition Support Facility (https://bit.ly/3B8V9pr) as additional financing for a rice value chain transformation project in the Gambia. The Rice Value Chain Transformation Program was started in December 2018, with…