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AfDB, SEFA provide $40m investment in equity platform Zafiri to accelerate renewable energy access across Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $40 million equity investment in Project Zafiri, a transformative equity platform...

Kenya, Senegal top Africa electricity regulatory performance rankings

Kenya and Senegal tied for first place in the African Development Bank's 2024 Electricity Regulatory Index, which measures power sector governance and regulatory performance...

New AfDB President has chance to shift continent to clean energy – Civil society 

The African continent is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, but the election of Sidi Ould Tah as the new president for the...

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania elected as AfDB President

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected as the new President of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Tah was elected on Thursday, May 29,...

Food security: Nigeria secures $134m loan facility from AfDB – Minister

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has secured a loan facility of $134 million from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to help farmers...

How AfDB impacts millions of lives under my stewardship – Adesina 

Outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, says hundreds of million lives were directly impacted during his 10-year stewardship of...

Botswana, AfDB reaffirm strategic partnership to drive private sector-led industrialisation

Botswana's Vice President and Minister of Finance, Ndaba Gaolathe, has reaffirmed the country's strong partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group during high-level...

AfDB urges Africa to move beyond raw exports in global energy transition

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on African nations to take strategic positions in the global energy transition by shifting from raw mineral...

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Nnimmo Bassey: Straight from the Strait of Hormuz

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UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday, March 30, 2026, 20 cities worldwide were named the inaugural 20...

Tax windfall profits, campaigners urge action on fossil fuel giants profiting from war

In response to G7 Energy and Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ communiqué issued on Monday, March 30, 2026,...

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UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday,...