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AfDB, Other Multinational Development Banks Commits to Boost Collaboration on Climate and Development

The MDBs will collaborate to attract private capital at scale for countries, expand the scope of reporting climate results and impact, and help countries identify priorities and investment opportunities December 4, 2023/AfDB Multilateral development banks attending the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) today affirmed their commitment to a concerted, […]

Afreximbank’s President Oramah emerges FORBES AFRICA’s 2023 Person of the Year

Nominations for FORBES AFRICA Person of The Year are submitted by members of the magazine’s editorial and research teams, including journalists from its bureaus across Africa December 4, 2023/Afreximbank The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Prof. Benedict Oramah, today in Cairo received the FORBES AFRICA magazine 2023 Person […]

Resource-Rich Africa Has No Excuse to Remain Poor, Says AfDB President

“Our governments must realise their responsibility to lift people out of poverty and into wealth as quickly as possible; It is doable”—Adesina November 30, 2023/AfDB With $6.2 trillion worth of natural resources, 65 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, and a vibrant youth population, Africa has no excuse to be […]