African Development Bank

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern that border closure by countries might slow down the treatment of coronavirus patients and containment of the virus.WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said…

Nigeria has emerged 30th in the 2019 ranking of the Visa Openness Index published by the African Union Commission and African Development Bank.The new ranking released on Monday on the sidelines of the 2019 Africa Investment Forum held…

Africa’s free-trade pact will help shift the continent away from its over-reliance on volatile commodity exports and boost manufacturing, according to the African Development Bank.Sectors where African products already have a…

African Export-Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) in Malabo on Tuesday received the award for the African Bank of the Year at the African Banker Awards 2019 ceremony held on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank.…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with the President of the African Development Bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.Adesina, a former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, arrived at the villa at…

In a bid to ensure grid expansion, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) yesterday, disclosed that it has been able to raise a sum of $1.55billion from multilateral donors.This is even as it revealed plans to achieve transmission…

The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, will become the largest exporter of rice in the world by 2021.Adesina said this at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco over the…