7/12/2016/AfDB The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) series of regional consultations meeting with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) continues across the continent. The East African leg opened yesterday in Nairobi, Kenya with CSOs advocating for financial support from African source to deliver better on their development agenda and restore trust with government […]
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African Economic Conference: Why does Africa need an agricultural transformation?
7/12/2016/AfDB The need for an Africa-wide agricultural transformation was the subject of a special session organized at the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria. For a continent which harbours 600 million hectares or 65% of all the uncultivated arable land in the world, […]
AfDB approves the first Multi-jurisdictional Fixed Income ETF in Africa
7/12/2016/AfDB The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a seed equity capital investment of USD 25 million into the African Domestic Bond Fund (ADBF). The ADBF was conceived as part of the African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI, www.africanbondmarkets.org), dating back to 2008. Its objectives are […]
