Among the clanging sounds of machinery and the smell of sawdust, Dipuo Phakathi is building something extraordinary in a male-dominated home furnishings field.

The President of Burundi, Évariste Ndayishimiye, officially inaugurated the Jiji hydroelectric power station, on 24 June, in the presence of numerous representatives of national authorities and ...

African leaders have called on Monday for an urgent review of U.S. tariffs on African exports, urging a shift towards ...

It’s a warm morning in Kigali. Motorbikes weave through early traffic, shopkeepers arrange displays, and entrepreneurs bustle in pursuit of their ideas.

The African Development Bank has approved a grant of $500,000 to undertake a feasibility study into the first phase of a cable car transport network in Kigali, that will be sub-Saharan Africa’s first ...

The Corporate Council on Africa has bestowed its prestigious 2025 Distinguished Economic Leader Award upon African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, in recognition of his decade-long ...

Kenya and Senegal have claimed the top spots in the African Development Bank’s 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index (ERI), demonstrating exceptional progress in power sector governance and regulatory ...

Gabonese President Brice Oligui Nguema and African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina on Monday jointly inaugurated a new drinking water pumping station, marking the end of a decade ...

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank, has committed to contribute $8 million toward a $26.5 million financing package to support the 32 MWp Ilute ...

The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, on 14 June, has honored the President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina describing him as “a visionary leader, a tireless son ...

The Government of the Republic of Cameroon has received a loan from the African Development Bank for the partial financing of the project to develop access roads to the industrial and port area of ...

THE BANK: Established in 1964, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There ...