Updates

Mauritania: Over $289 Million in Financing to Develop Solar Power Generation and Transmission and Accelerate Energy Transition

The first project, the PIEMM, involves building a 225 kV electricity interconnection to link Mauritania to Mali as part of the Desert to Power Initiative January 26, 2024/AfDB Mauritania’s Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Abdessalam Mohamed Saleh, and the African Development Bank’s Deputy Managing Director for North Africa, Malinne […]

AfDB Attijariwafa Bank Europe Sign €100Million Risk-Sharing Agreement to Unlock Private Sector Potential to Drive African Trade

The pact is expected to catalyse nearly €500 million worth of trade for companies operating in more than twenty African countries January 26, 2024/AfDB The African Development Bank and Attijariwafa bank Europe, European subsidiary of the Attijariwafa bank group, have signed a €100 million risk-sharing agreement to strengthen businesses and […]

US, AfDB Forge Stronger Ties to Boost Food Production

The United States will work with the African Development Bank to identify opportunities to partner with the US State Department’s Vision for Adapted Crops and Soils (VACS) activities and develop an investment strategy January 25, 2024/AfDB Secretary of State Blinken and Bank President Adesina Highlight Africa’s Efforts to Feed Itself […]