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AfDB fund approves $14.6 mn grant to boost climate resilience in Sahel
27-Nov-2025 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Fund has approved a $14.64 million Climate Action Window grant to scale up climate-smart villages and strengthen resilience across the Sahel.
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AfDB approves $310 mn package to boost MSME, women-led agribusiness financing in South Africa
17-Nov-2025 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $310 million financial package for FirstRand Bank, one of Africa’s largest financial institutions, to expand access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) across South Africa, with a strong emphasis on women-led businesses and agribusinesses.
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AfDB gets $14 mn under GAFSP to unlock private capital for smallholders
27-Oct-2025 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has received the first funding allocation worth USD 14 million under the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program’s (GAFSP) newly launched private sector financing window.
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Fish farming project transforms livelihoods, boosts food security in Cameroon
08-Sep-2025 - 0 Comments.
AfDB-backed fish farming project in Cameroon improves catfish strains, empowers farmers, creates jobs, and aims to raise national fish output by 10,000 tons by 2027.
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AfDB to join launch of agro-processing zone in Oyo State
01-Aug-2025 - 0 Comments.
African Development Bank to attend the Oyo SAPZ groundbreaking on August 2, advancing agro-industrial growth in southwest Nigeria under Phase I.
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AfDB approves $30.25M for climate resilience, agriculture protection in Benin
28-Jul-2025 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a financing package worth $30.25 million for a climate protection and agricultural resilience programme in Benin, with a particular focus on smallholder farmers in the country’s drought-prone northern regions.
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AfDB approves $100 mn investment in Arise IIP to boost Africa’s industrial growth
28-May-2025 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $100 million equity investment in Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP), a prominent developer and operator of industrial zones in Africa
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AfDB grants $260 million loan to strengthen agricultural sector and value chains to Congo
20-Jul-2024 - 0 Comments.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $260.4 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help finance the Project to Support the Development of Value Chains as part of its backing for the Agriculture Transformation Programme (PADCV-PTA).
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African Development Bank, Ethiopia launch $94 MN project to boost Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development
13-Jun-2024 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the government of Ethiopia, in partnership with the Netherlands, fertilizer company OCP-Africa, and the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), have launched an ambitious project to transform Ethiopia from a wheat importer to a self-sufficient producer and exporter.
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African Development Bank empowers agri youth programs for greater impact
15-Apr-2024 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) successfully concluded a three-day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at enhancing its Empowering Novel Agri-Business-Led Employment (ENABLE) Youth Program in preparation for its next phase.
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Burkina Faso government, African Development Bank launch project to bolster food security
12-Feb-2024 - 0 Comments.
The government of Burkina Faso has officially launched an African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) supported project to bolster food security in the country against the impacts of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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AfDB to assign USD 150m for women in agricultural sector
03-Aug-2021 - 0 Comments.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it will provide USD 150 million to support women in the agriculture sector before the close of the year.
