Ethiopia and African Development Bank Group ink $84.3 million grant agreement to enhance wheat production ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, 16 August 2023 The project has three components: Climate Smart Wheat Productivity and Production; Market Infrastructure, Linkages, and Agri-Finance; and Project Coordination and Management The African Development Bank Group has awarded grant funding totalling $84.3 million […]
Read MoreResource-rich Africa has no excuse to remain poor, says African Development Bank President “Our governments must realise their responsibility to lift people out of poverty and into wealth as quickly as possible; It is doable”—Adesina LAGOS, Nigeria, November 30, 2023 With $6.2 trillion worth of natural resources, 65 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, […]
Read MoreEthiopia and African Development Bank Group ink $84.3 million grant agreement to enhance wheat production ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, 16 August 2023 The project has three components: Climate Smart Wheat Productivity and Production; Market Infrastructure, Linkages, and Agri-Finance; and Project Coordination and Management The African Development Bank Group has awarded grant funding totalling $84.3 million […]
Read MoreAbidjan II: African Development Bank, African Union Commission, CGIAR, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa Join Forces to Strengthen Africa’s Food Systems Agreement boosts efforts to equip farmers with much-needed technologies Sharm el-Sheikh, November 14, 2022 – Four organizations have come together to strengthen Africa’s food systems. The African Development Bank, the African Union Commission (AUC), the Forum […]
Read MoreSenegal: African Development Bank grants about EUR 40 million for the development of livestock production and productivity The African Development Bank provides financial support to develop livestock production and productivity in Senegal The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of €39.30 million to the government of Senegal […]
Read MoreSudan: African Development Bank Group commits nearly $74 million to boost wheat production Picture: Daf’Allah Mohamed Ahmed is one of more than 1,400 farmers and stakeholders taking part in the TAAT program, set to expand under the African Emergency Food Production Facility program for Sudan approved by the African Development Bank Board.” The Board of […]
Read MoreAfrican Development Bank extends €121 million food-production loan to Senegal to cushion impacts of war in Ukraine This loan is the first approved under the African Development Bank’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a €121 million loan to Senegal for implementation […]
Read MoreAfrican Development Bank approves $150 million to support agriculture value-chain development in Africa African Development Bank Group has approved a $150 million (about K122 billion) facility to ETC Group Limited to address the company’s working capital requirements and support its food production expansion plans across 10 countries in Africa, in a boost for smallholder farmers. […]
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