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    • A smallholder farmer in Ethiopia's Awash River Valley inspects higher-yielding, climate-smart wheat supported by the Bank's Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program
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African Development Bank Group, Ethiopia launch $94 million project to boost Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development in Ethiopia

The financing will support 500,000 smallholder farmer households in the Ethiopian states of Afar, Amhara, Oromia, and Somali, to increase wheat productivity from three to four tons per hectare

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the government of Ethiopia, in partnership with the Netherlands, fertilizer company OCP-Africa, and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), have launched an ambitious project to transform Ethiopia from a wheat importer to a self-sufficient producer and exporter. The total cost of the Climate…

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    • Mark Zellenrath, Director Multilateral Institutions and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (center, in grey/blue) and Bank Vice President Dr. Beth Dunford (right with scarf) and respective delegations at the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Nairobi
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Annual Meetings 2024: Netherlands bolsters Africa's climate resilience with $27 million disaster financing pledge to African Development Bank

With this commitment, signed earlier this month, the Netherlands becomes the sixth contributor to the Fund, operated by the Bank Group to boost Africa’s resilience and responsiveness to climate shocks

Representatives from the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) this week discussed further details of the Dutch government’s recent $27 million financial commitment to the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Program Multi-Donor Trust Fund. With this commitment, signed earlier this month, the Netherlands becomes the sixth…

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The African Legal Support Facility to receive €6 million grant from the Netherlands to fund work in low-income countries

The funding will be disbursed over a three-year period

The Netherlands Ministry for Trade and Development Cooperation is extending a €6 million grant to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), to support the ALSF’s work providing legal and technical services to low-income countries to give them more clout in commercial dealings. The funding will be disbursed over a three-year…

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Global and African Leaders welcome Launch of Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Africa as “Historic Moment to Accelerate Adaptation” on the Continent

GCA Africa will work with partners across the continent to scale and accelerate adaptation action that protects African communities from the impacts of climate change

The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA.org) today announced the launch of its regional office in Côte d’Ivoire. Hosted by the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) at its headquarters in the Ivorian capital Abidjan, GCA Africa will work with partners across the continent to scale and accelerate adaptation action that protects African…

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Conversation with Marieme Esther Dassanou, Coordinator of the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa programme

She previously led IFC’s Gender Secretariat's work on advancing women's inclusion in the insurance and financial sectors

Marieme Esther Dassanou is the Coordinator of Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) the African Development Bank’s (https://www.AfDB.org/) flagship pan-African initiative, which aims to bridge the $42 billion financing gap facing women entrepreneurs in Africa. She previously led IFC’s Gender Secretariat's work on advancing women's inclusion in the…

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Infrastructure Fund Africa50 helps Egypt’s Solar Power Sector take off

Africa50 is an independent infrastructure fund, focused on high-impact projects mostly in the energy and transport sectors

A 37-square-kilometer solar park so large that it can be seen from space, with over seven million photovoltaic panels, and funding of $4 billion. In Africa? Impossible? Not anymore. Thirty international infrastructure developers got behind this project, investing in Egypt’s massive Benban solar park, which will be the largest in…

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African Development Bank Group approves Gender Equality Trust Fund and Risk-Sharing Mechanism to improve women’s economic empowerment in Africa

Funded by donors, the GETF will support the delivery and scale-up of the Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) programme

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have approved a new Gender Equality Trust Fund (GETF) aimed at pushing forward gender equality and women’s empowerment across the continent. Funded by donors, the GETF will support the delivery and scale-up of the Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for…