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    • African Development Fund launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results (1)
    • African Development Fund launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results (2)
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African Development Fund Launches African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report 2025: Driving Inclusive Growth through Strategic Investments for Impactful Results

ADF investments helped 2.9 million people gain access to clean water services, connected 500,761 people to electricity (including 251,766 women), and improved health services for 1.2 million people

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) today released its African Development Fund (ADF-16) Delivery and Results Report for 2025, demonstrating the Fund's significant impact in supporting sustainable development across Africa's low-income countries. Download Report:  https://apo-opa.co/3W0IhLn  https://apo-opa.co/42BmAoV In a global context marked by economic turbulence, mounting debt, and security challenges, Africa…

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    • Cameroon’s Economy Minister Alamine Ousmane Mey and AfDB Central Africa Director General Léandre Bassolé sign the agreements in Yaoundé
    • Mey and Bassolé exchange documents after signing the agreements
    • Family photo with Cameroon officials, AfDB representatives and lawmakers from the Far North region
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Cameroon, African Development Bank (AfDB) sign €136 million loan deal to develop skills and entrepreneurship in Far North

The five-year programme will support technical and vocational training for 6,000 young people, create at least 5,000 jobs, 40% of them for women, and provide backing for over 500 small and medium-sized businesses

Cameroon and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have signed loan agreements worth €136 million to finance a programme aimed at building skills, creating jobs and modernising infrastructure in the country’s conflict-affected far north region. The agreements for the Building Capacities and Skills for Employability and Entrepreneurship in the Extrême Nord…

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    • AfDB President Adesina honored as "HeForShe Champion" for gender equality by UNWomen
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    • Bank Video on President Adesina's Gender Advocacy Wins Two International Awards (1)
    • Bank Video on President Adesina's Gender Advocacy Wins Two International Awards (2)
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Bank Video on President Adesina's Gender Advocacy Wins Two International Awards

The Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) produced the 75-second video to highlight some of President Adesina’s gender achievements including the creation of AFAWA

An African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) video highlighting Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina’s commitment to gender equality in Africa has been named a “Bronze Winner” recipient in the 46th Annual Telly Awards and a “Gold Winner” in the 2025 AVA Digital Awards. The two international competitions recognize excellence in communications. The Bank's…

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    • Group photo of African women entrepreneurs’ associations and workshop participants
    • Presentation of the study report to representatives of Mauritanian women entrepreneurs’ associations
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African Development Bank Unveils Groundbreaking Mapping of Women Entrepreneurs’ Associations in Africa

The study shows that while nearly one in four African women is an entrepreneur, 87 percent of women’s associations lack financial management capacity

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has unveiled the findings of a first-of-its-kind study mapping women entrepreneurs’ associations across sixteen African countries, revealing significant capacity gaps that hinder their economic impact. Launched on 6 August in Nouakchott, the study shows that while nearly one in four African women is an entrepreneur,…

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    • African Development Bank and Invest in Africa Sign $850,000 Grant Agreement to Boost Inclusive Green Jobs in Ghana and Senegal
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African Development Bank and Invest in Africa Sign $850,000 Grant Agreement to Boost Inclusive Green Jobs in Ghana and Senegal

By strengthening capacity and integrating micro enterprises into green value chains, the project seeks to stimulate local job creation and promote inclusive participation in Africa’s green economy

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has signed a $850,000 grant agreement with Invest in Africa (IIA), a non-profit organization, to support the MicroGREEN project to provide livelihood opportunities for marginalized and vulnerable groups in Ghana and Senegal. Titled, Strengthening Women, Youth, and People with Disabilities’ Micro-Entrepreneurship for Green Jobs in…

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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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    • Clementina Artur, the woman in charge of Caboqueiro community water point (Sumbe-Angola), shows how access to clean water is transforming daily life
    • Isabel Sambovana, in front of her bathroom. She is one of the beneficiaries of the installation of latrines in the Sumbe community
    • A Massive Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) constructed in Sumbe (Angola) as part of the Institutional and Sustainability Support to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project. Before the AFDB funding, no wastewater treatment existed in Sumbe, a city of 350,000 inhabitants
    • Helena Maindo, EPASK (Kwanza Sul Public Water and Sanitation Company) worker doing the chemical and microbiological analysis of the state of the water
    • The intern, Gilda Giza Rede, working at the Sumbe WWTP
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The Power of Water: How the Angola Institutional and Sustainability Support to Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project is Transforming Lives

The project, set to conclude in December of 2025 after a decade of implementation, has delivered remarkable results: the seven utility companies supported by the project have made a total of more than 59,008 household water connections

“Before this support, we had a lot of difficulties accessing water. We used to fetch it from the river. It was very distant for us, and we suffered from many diseases. But now, since we’ve had water available to everyone, cholera has decreased significantly, infections have decreased a lot, too,…

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    • Koffi Kouakou Charles sharpens his machete before heading to his field
    • Koffi Kouakou Charles in his field in Abokouassikro
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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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    • Morocco: African Development Bank approves €100 Million to empower women and youth entrepreneurs in building inclusive and sustainable agriculture
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Morocco: African Development Bank approves €100 Million to empower women and youth entrepreneurs in building inclusive and sustainable agriculture

The project aims to generate sustainable economic opportunities for women and youth, boost food security, and strengthen the resilience of small-scale farming against climate change

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a €100 million loan to support Morocco’s inclusive solidarity-based agriculture program, focused on empowering women and young people. The project aims to generate sustainable economic opportunities for women and youth, boost food security, and strengthen the resilience…

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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),…