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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/2/2023 8:50:00 PM
The second Russia-Africa Summit that came to a close last week in St Petersburg was an opportunity to reaffirm time-honoured ties of friendship between the Russian Federation and African states, with relations based on mutual respect and trust.
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Business
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Economy
7/18/2023 2:33:50 PM
Africa's total debt stock is estimated at $1.3 trillion, and the cost of debt reached $22 billion in 2022, with expectations that it will further increase in 2023, Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, said on Monday.
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Business
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Economy
5/27/2023 5:00:56 PM
Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Hassan Abdallah urged on Friday the African Development Bank (AfDB) to increase its lending to member states on concessional terms.
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Business
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Economy
5/24/2023 3:03:54 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced that it has mobilized $2.2 billion to fund Egypt's water desalination and treatment projects for agriculture, the bank's President Akinwumi Adesina announced on Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/23/2023 11:09:59 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi discussed relations with Comorian President Azali Assoumani and Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the sidelines of the African Development Bank meetings, announced Spokesperson for the Presidency Ahmed Abu-Zeid on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
5/21/2023 6:36:05 PM
The 58th Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 49th Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund are set to kick off on Monday in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh for five days.
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Business
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Economy
4/4/2023 9:55:28 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said on Tuesday that Egypt is looking forward to increasing cooperation with the African Development Bank (AfDB), during his meeting with the bank’s chairman, Akinwumi Adesina and his delegation in Cairo.
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Business
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Economy
2/12/2023 3:33:29 PM
Actions by Egypt to increase the private sector’s role in the country’s economy are critical for its economic growth and job creation, the Secretary General of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Vincent O. Nmehielle told Ahram Online.
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Business
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Economy
1/27/2023 7:13:17 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is working with Egypt to alleviate the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the country’s food security and agriculture, including by funding water projects, said the President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina.
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Business
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Economy
1/27/2023 2:05:11 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in partnership with the government of Canada launched a new initiative aiming to support Africa’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture sector.
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Business
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Economy
1/26/2023 1:46:03 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announced it is committing $10 billion over the next five years to reinforce Africa’s efforts to end hunger and become a primary food provider for itself and the rest of the world.
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Business
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Economy
1/25/2023 10:10:18 PM
Under the Chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Senegal the Chairperson of the African Union Macky Sall, the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the African Development Bank (AfDB), the three-day Dakar Summit 2 kicked off on Wednesday under the theme: “Feed Africa: Food Sovereignty and Resilience”.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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COP27
11/22/2022 8:42:58 PM
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina explains the importance of the UN COP27 Climate Conference for Africa and the continent’s urgent financing needs to Doaa A. Moneim
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COP27
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Climate change
11/5/2022 12:35:25 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to join global leaders, including from Africa, at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) to amplfy Africa’s concerns and priorities on climate change, the AfDB said in a statement on Friday.
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Business
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Economy
7/31/2022 4:12:43 PM
Africa has been losing from 5 to 15 percent of its GDP per capita growth due to climate change and its impacts, according to the Acting Chief Economist and Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Kevin Urama.
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Business
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Economy
7/19/2022 1:51:23 PM
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Directors approved a loan on Thursday worth $271 million to finance Egypt’s Food Security and Economic Resilience Support Programme that targets supporting the country’s efforts to mitigate the impact of the global shocks on the domestic economy.
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Business
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Economy
6/27/2022 3:29:19 PM
The African Development Bank (AfDB)’s Board of Directors approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) on Monday.
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Business
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Economy
6/23/2022 3:00:58 PM
Kevin Urama, the acting chief economist and vice president for economic governance and knowledge management at the African Development Bank (AfDB), attended the third edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development that was held in Cairo earlier this week.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
6/1/2022 12:40:00 PM
Al-Ahram Weekly sheds light on the African Development Bank’s new strategy for Egypt .
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/31/2022 10:08:40 PM
This year’s African Development Bank annual meetings emphasised its work in helping the African continent to face up to climate change and energy transition
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