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African Development Bank Supported Projects in Senegal, Rwanda Clinch Top Honors at 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards

The awards celebrate Africa’s most innovative and transformative financial deals, highlighting exemplary execution, effective mobilization of new liquidity pools, and innovative deal structuring Two African Development Bank Group supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans &…

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African Development Bank approves $19.85 million grant for emergency support to the most vulnerable in Sudan’s conflict areas

This Bank crisis response operation, implemented in collaboration with the ICRC, goes beyond short-term humanitarian interventions to invest in long-term resilience and sustainable development The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $19.85 million grant…

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Africa Finance Corporation Takes Center Stage with Six Prestigious Awards at the Global Banking & Markets Africa Awards 2025

These accolades underscore AFC’s pivotal role in landmark transactions that drive sustainable development and economic growth across the region Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has been recognized for its outstanding contributions to Africa’s financial and…

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Afreximbank breaks ground on historic state-of-the-art Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) in Barbados, first outside Africa

This groundbreaking event marks the official commencement of construction for this historic project and is a significant step in Barbados and CARICOM’s journey towards economic advancement and regional integration African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s leading Multilateral Financial Institution, made history…

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Côte d’Ivoire: African Development Bank Group and Council of the Entente Join Forces to Boost Regional Growth in West Africa

Nnenna Nwabufo, the Bank’s Vice-President for Regional Development, Integration, and Business Delivery, met with a delegation from the Council led by Deputy Executive Secretary Ali Idi at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan A new chapter of regional collaboration is taking…

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(Left) Solomane Koné, the African Development Bank Group’s Acting Director General for Central Africa and Alamine Ousmane Mey, Cameroon’s Minister of Economy, Planning and Regional Development and Governor of the Bank for Cameroon

Cameroon: AfDB approves €330 million loan to upgrade Ngaoundéré-Garoua road to improve connectivity and strengthen regional integration

The aim of the programme is to modernise a strategic section of Cameroon’s road network, which is essential for transporting people and goods between the north and south of the country The African Development Bank Group has given the green…

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Somalia joins Afreximbank as it seeks to boost Intra-African trade and economic growth

Somalia’s membership of Afreximbank is a significant milestone that places the country on a path of sustainable economic transformation, upgrading of the country’s trade and industrial infrastructure Somalia has formally acceded to the Establishment Agreement of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank),…

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African Development Bank Mulls $500 Million Facility to Mobilize Financing for Smallholder Farmers

The Bank has approved 77 projects valued at $3.9 billion to support the implementation of Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts across 32 countries, with an additional $1.72 billion in planned approvals this year African Development Bank Group, President Dr.…

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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Sweeps IJGlobal and Global Capital Awards with Hat Trick of Major Wins

Earning Guarantor of the Year, the Market Innovation Award, and African Deal of the Year reaffirms AFC’s expertise in attracting global capital to African markets Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, has been honoured with three…

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