AfDB,TEF, Sign Letter of Intent to Support Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa
| The African Development Bank, AfDB, and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, TEF, have signed a Letter of Intent to accelerate youth entrepreneurship across Africa. The partnership will bring about future…
Regional Integration Remains Low in Africa – ARII Index
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) marks a momentous milestone for Africa but preliminary findings of the upcoming 2019 African Regional Integration Index, released at the on-going Conference…
TEF Empowers 7,520 in 5 Years, Entrepreneurs to Each Receive Non-Refundable $5,000 Seed Capital
2nd right: Aisha Buhari; 3rd right: Founder TEF, Tony Elumelu; 1st left: Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, incoming CEO, TEF; 2nd left: Parminder Vir, outgoing CEO, TEF The Tony Elumelu Foundation…
AfDB Begins Electricity Cooperative Feasibility Studies in Nigeria, Ethiopia
AfDB President, Akinwumi Adesina The African Development Bank, AfDB, has kicked off a feasibility study to explore the potential of electricity cooperative business models in Nigeria and Ethiopia….
AUC, AfDB Launch Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard
The African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and global partners have launched the Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard to raise awareness and reinforce commitments by African governments to help…
Corruption Does Not Invest In The Future, It Kills the Future – Akinwumi Adesina
Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB President “We are working hard with governments to improve transparency, governance, accountability and project delivery across the continent. Corruption does not invest in the future, it…
Nigeria Gets US$14.12m to Support Its Membership in ATI Agency From AfDB
The African Development Bank Group, AfDB, through its Trade Finance operations, has approved a US$14.12 million facility to support Nigeria’s membership in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI),…
Europe’s Future Lies in the South and not the North- Italian Minister
“Africa is a continent of great change and opportunities. However, Europe finds it difficult to understand that its future lies in the South and not in the North,”…
COP24: AfDB, Out Again to Defend Africa’s interests… Says Climate Change Reduces Africa’s GDP By 1.4 points yearly
As the 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland, once again, the AfDB…
FG, AfDB Partner to Establish $500m Innovation Fund for ICT Growth- Osinbajo
The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says the Federal Government is working with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to establish a 500-million-dollar innovation fund for technological growth, aimed at…