The African Development Bank (AfDB) has reiterated its commitment to “closing the financing gap” for women even as it cautions on the impact of widening gender inequality in food systems in Africa. The Bank’s Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford, who made this promise while speaking in Rome, Italy during […]
The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, has charged governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) to “make the right decision” to enable the continent achieve its development goals. President Ouattara made the remarks on Thursday at the opening session of the 5th Extraordinary Meeting of the African Development Bank Board of Governors […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB), has hinted of plans to mobilize $3 billion to support women entrepreneurs in Africa. The President of the continental development finance institution, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made this disclosure at the sidelines of the just concluded annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund/World Bank in Washington D.C He enthused: “We are […]