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Public-Private Pacts Open Doors to Climate Finance in Rwanda and Ethiopia
From left, Anthony Nyong, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth at AfDB, Hyoeun Jenny Kim, Deputy Director General of GGGI, Fisiha Abera, Director General of the International Financial...
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Africa Remains Resolute Heading to COP 24
The pastoralists of Ethiopia’s Somali region make a living raising cattle, camels and goats in an arid and drought-prone land. They are forced to move constantly in search of pasture and watering holes...
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TICAD7: PM Shinzo Abe says Japan will help double Africa’s rice production by...
Rice fields in Northern Ghana. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSBy Nafissatou DioufYOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug 28 2019 (IPS-Partners) The Sasakawa Association will work with the Japan International Cooperation...
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Let’s Walk the Talk to Defeat Climate Change – African Leaders Told
Floods in Kenya's Turkana County, Lodwar town. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSBy Isaiah EsipisuADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug 28 2019 (IPS) African leaders have been asked to walk the talk, and lead from the...
View ArticleHow the African Development Bank Plans to Mobilise Funds for Climate Adaptation
The post How the African Development Bank Plans to Mobilise Funds for Climate Adaptation appeared first on Inter Press Service. Excerpt: In this first Voices from the Global South podcast, IPS takes...
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AfDB ‘s Solar Project Aims at Making Africa a Renewable Power House
Credit: AfDBBy Razeena RaheemUNITED NATIONS, Sep 13 2019 (IPS) When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched the International Solar Alliance last October, he applauded the goal of mobilizing...
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African Development Bank Plans for a Self-sufficient, Integrated and...
Women rice farmers in a field, Accra, Ghana. Through the African Development Bank’s Feed Africa project, 19 million people were provided with improved agricultural technologies, and almost 1.54 billion...
View ArticleNot Enough Good Information About Africa’s Climate for Adaptation
The post Not Enough Good Information About Africa’s Climate for Adaptation appeared first on Inter Press Service. Excerpt: In this edition of Voices from the Global South Dr James Kinyangi head of the...
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Investments to Cushion African Countries against Climate Shocks Not Enough
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been investing in projects to assist African countries adapt to climate change. Seven out of the 10 most vulnerable countries to climate change are located on...
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Africa’s Mineral Wealth May Just have to Stay in the Ground to Protect a...
The extraction of natural resources across Africa, including minerals like gold, is being affected by a changing climate. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS By Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Oct 7 2019 (IPS)...
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Agro-tech Offers Answers for African Farmers at Iowa Meet
Female subsistence farmers, who according to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa form more than 70 percent of farmers in Africa. Last week USAID announced $70 million of investment into...
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Mo Money Mo Solutions – the African Development Bank’s Ready to Double...
Traders transporting goods in Mali. Thanks to the African Development Bank (AfDB), infrastructure linking African nations has made cross-border transportation of goods easier. Courtesy: Mary Newcombe/...
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Investment to Make Africa a World leader in Renewables
Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Power project opened in July is generates 300 MW of wind power. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSBy Nalisha AdamsJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Nov 11 2019 (IPS) Africa, where close to...
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When African Women are Financially Included, an Entire Continent Wins
The Global Gender Summit, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), and which is currently taking place from Nov. 25 to 27 in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Credit: Plasir Muzogeye/IPS By Emmanuel...
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African Politicians Asked to Develop Legal Instruments to Fight Climate Change
Dr Mithika Mwenda of PACJA (right) and Professor Seth Osafo (left), one of the negotiators at the climate talks currently being held in Spain. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSBy Isaiah EsipisuMADRID, Dec 6...
View ArticleDoes Africa’s Food Future Really Lie with Young Farmers?
Africa will starve or survive on expensive food imports because it is not growing new farmers, research shows. And the challenge remains among researchers, policy makers, public and private sector...
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Bridging Africa’s Great Gender-Financing Divide
Soi Cate Chelang, a self-taught palette seat designer and carpenter, hard at work. She says that even after a decade of running her business she is unable to get bank credit to expand. Her situation is...
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Africa Must Prioritise Upskilling its Unemployed Youth, Development Bank Urges
Youth at the Grand Médine town hall in Dakar, Senegal. Senegal has a large youth population, half of which is under the age of 18. By 2025, 376,000 youth are expected to enter the job market that...
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Q&A: Africa Must Innovate its Food Systems in Order to Beat Hunger and Poverty
IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga told IPS that Africa should build capacity to research and innovative its food systems to beat hunger and poverty. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS By Busani...
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From Cocoa to Chocolate, Made With Love in Africa
Diogo Vaz, a company in the idyllic island of Sao Tome and Principe in West Africa, is producing organic luxury chocolate from rare cocoa varieties. Courtesy: Diogo VazBy Busani BafanaBULAWAYO, Feb 14...
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The African Battle to Access Climate Change Funds
Zimbabwe has experienced reduced rainfall in recent years thanks to climate change. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPS By Jeffrey MoyoHARARE/JOHANNESBURG, Dec 4 2013 (IPS) Livias Duri, 72, from Zimbabwe’s...
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Africa Urged to Use Multilateral Approach to Achieve Sustainable Development
Irrigation near Kakamas, South Africa. Experts at the African Development Bank (AfDB) say they have witnessed irrigation systems that have been designed based on ecosystems and river basins that have...
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Q&A: The Case for Cutting African Poverty in Half
Informal traders at Malanga market on the outskirts of Maputo, Mozambique. Most of the products on offer are purchased in Zimbabwe or South Africa. Credit: Nastasya Tay/IPSBy Bryant HarrisWASHINGTON,...
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Africa Gears for Infrastructural Boom
Credit: Construction Review OnlineBy Jeffrey MoyoHARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 13 2015 (IPS) The upcoming week for the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), which runs from November 13-17...
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Rewriting Africa’s Agricultural Narrative
Albert Kanga's plantain farm on the outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPS By Friday PhiriABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, Jul 18 2016 (IPS) Albert Kanga Azaguie no longer considers...
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Convincing Investors to Unlock Africa’s Green Energy Potential
Mustapha Bakkoury, President of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN), speaking at the COP22 in Marrakesh. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPS By Friday PhiriMARRAKECH, Nov 16 2016 (IPS) Lowering...
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Using Agriculture and Agribusiness to Bring About Industrialisation in Africa
Rice fields in Northern Ghana. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPSBy Akinwumi AdesinaABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, May 12 2017 (IPS) No region of the world has ever moved to industrialised economy status without a...
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Africa and India – Sharing the Development Journey
Djibouti Port. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPSBy Akinwumi AdesinaABIDJAN, Côte d'Ivoire, May 19 2017 (IPS) Africa, like India, is a continent of rich and compelling diversity. Both continents share a similar...
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Nutrition Key to Developing Africa’s “Grey Matter Infrastructure”
AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina adressing delegates at the nutrition event while Ambassador Kenneth Quinn, World Food Prize Foundation, listens. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPS By Friday PhiriAHMEDABAD,...
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Growing Unemployed Youth in Africa a Time Bomb, But…
A panel discussion on Africa-Asia partnerships featuring AFDB Group President Akinwumi Adesina, Benin President Patrice Talon, Vice President of Cote d'Ivoire Daniel Kablan Duncan and Hellen Hai of...
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U.S. “Dumping” Dark Meat Chicken on African Markets
Bags of feed at the Rossgro agribusiness firm in South Africa. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPS By Friday PhiriMPUMALANGA, South Africa, Jul 6 2017 (IPS) The United States and Europe’s preference for white...
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Unlocking Private Finance for Developing Countries’ Green Growth
St. Vincent and the Grenadines has installed 750 kilowatt hours of photovoltaic panels, which it says reduced its carbon emissions by 800 tonnes annually. Credit: Kenton X. Chance/IPS By Friday...
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Renewable Energy Transition Key to Addressing Climate Change Challenge
A wind energy generation plant located in Loiyangalani in northwestern Kenya. The plant is set to be the biggest in Africa, generating 300 MW. This renewable energy project was supported by the African...
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Optimism Prevails Despite Uncertainty Over Revolution to Build Africa’s Food...
Leonida Odongo, an activist from Kenya’s Haki Nawiri Africa, and Global Development and Environment Institute fellow Dr Timothy Wise agree that Africa’s food systems revolution should not be based on...
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