The Africa Industrialization Index (AII) report provides a country-level assessment of 52 African countries’ progress across 19 key indicators. Top performers not necessarily those with the biggest economies, but countries that generate high manufacturing value-added per capita. By the editorial staff Thirty-seven of 52 African countries have become more industrialized...

Abidjan will host the 3rd edition of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days from November 2 to 4. The "largest transactional investment market in Africa", according to its organizers, will bring together deal sponsors, brokers and decision makers from around the world. Thirteen projects with a total value of $3.68...

The government of Japan and the African Development Bank have announced a $5 billion financial cooperation under the fifth phase of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA) from 2023 to 2025....

Africa’s gross domestic product has recovered strongly in the last year, but the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war could pose considerable challenges in the medium term. This is according to the 2022 African Economic Outlook, released by the African Development Bank. Africa’s...

The African Development Bank Group today launched its first Africa Circular Economy Facility during its 2022 Annual Meetings. The circular economy is a model of production and consumption that involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible. The Bank Group’s Board of...

The African Development Bank, MASEN and RES4Africa have agreed to join forces on a dedicated solar energy training programme in 2022, to foster the uptake of solar energy in five Sahel countries. The programme, to be conducted in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, will focus on energy professionals...

Africa’s gross domestic product has recovered strongly in the last year, but the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war could pose considerable challenges in the medium term. This is according to the 2022 African Economic Outlook, released by the African Development Bank...

Africa is being pummeled by climate change. Just last week, hundreds of people died in KwaZulu Natal due to floods. Also, rising temperatures are scorching farms across the continent. Sub-Sahara Africa climate adaption needs are estimated at $331 billion. In addition, the rising challenges of the war in Ukraine, have...

The African Development Bank Group's Board of Directors on 20 May approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. With the disruption of food supplies arising from the Russia-Ukraine war, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food,...

A foreign war has exposed Africa’s chronic dependence on food imports and galvanized action to address the nexus between conflict, food insecurity and climate change... By Patrick Verkooijen, Anne Beathe Tvinnereim and Akinwumi Adesina. The victims of war are sometimes a thousand miles from the battlefield. Such is the case...