AfDB

Climate

AfDB unveils finance agenda for biodiversity COP17

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The African Development Bank plans to promote park bonds and other financing mechanisms to help African countries meet biodiversity targets at COP17.
Environment

Africa’s Great Green Wall faces $14bn financing gap

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Africa’s Great Green Wall faces a financing gap of about $14 billion as the...
Business

AfDB-backed playbook offers roadmap to financing women-led businesses across Africa

Eric Ojo -
The African Development Bank Group's Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) and...
Africa

AfDB, UK seek private capital to close Africa’s $402bn funding gap

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the United Kingdom government are stepping up...
Africa

Visa-free travel in Africa up by 8% in 2025

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Visa-free travel was up minimally by 8% in 2025, enabling millions more Africans to...
Nation

$223 million AfDB-backed water project begins in Ondo

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African Development Bank (AfDB Group) in collaboration with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD)...
Business & Economy

AfDB aims to attract $1.5 billion private sector investments in Nigeria

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The $200 million grant for the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Programme in Nigeria, which...
Climate

ADF seeks additional $4 billion to boost climate resilience in Africa

Eric Ojo -
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB)...
Climate

Climate tech innovation in Africa gets $10 million boost from AfDB

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Things are looking up in the climate tech innovation in Sub-Sahara Africa, courtesy of...
Climate

COP29: AFDB wants African countries’ GDP calculation to reflect “green wealth”

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As the world’s largest annual climate conference opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, the...
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