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22 Apr 2023
African Development Bank (AfDB) and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) have signed an agreement to scale up investments in the Bank Group’s regional member countries.
17 Apr 2023
From heaps of debts to tattered revenues, unsustainable wages to poorly-equipped civil servants and dead assets to loads of contingent liabilities, the 18 new chief executives of states who will be taking oaths of office on May 29 have their jobs clearly cut out for them.
8 Apr 2023
The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel El-Sisi, has commended the African Development Bank (AfDB) for helping the continent deal with impact of global economic challenges.
7 Apr 2023
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, a Cameroonian national, as the vice president in charge of the Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery complex. The appointment is effective from the 1st of April 2023.
7 Apr 2023
The Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) and the Africa Fintech Network (AFN) have signed a $250,000 support grant for the smooth operation of an online digital hub project that will serve as a repository of knowledge for fintech entities in Africa.
5 Apr 2023
A digital platform that leverages social trust and group responsibility to deliver financial services in Africa, Moni, has launched a new range of business credit that enables market traders, spare part dealers, textile traders and other small business owners in Africa...
4 Apr 2023
African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the appointment of Prof. Kevin Urama as Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management Complex, with effect from April 1, 2023.
4 Apr 2023
They are an important segment of our population and resources as Africans and this informed a global convening we did at the African Development Bank in December 2022 on what we call Development Without Borders, which is how we can link the diaspora for sustainable growth and development in Africa.
1 Apr 2023
Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, says urgent action is needed to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels and harness Africa’s renewable energy sources.

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