The African Battle to Access Climate Change Funds
Zimbabwe has experienced reduced rainfall in recent years thanks to climate change. Credit: Jeffrey Moyo/IPSBy Jeffrey MoyoHARARE/JOHANNESBURG, Dec 4 2013 (IPS)Livias Duri, 72, from Zimbabwe’s Mwenezi...
View ArticleAfrica 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...
View ArticleQ&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,...
View ArticleAfrica 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...
View ArticleRewriting Africa’s Agricultural Narrative
Albert Kanga's plantain farm on the outskirts of Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPSBy Friday PhiriABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire, Jul 18 2016 (IPS)Albert Kanga Azaguie no longer considers himself...
View ArticleConvincing 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/IPSBy Friday PhiriMARRAKECH, Nov 16 2016 (IPS)Lowering investment...
View ArticleUsing 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...
View ArticleAfrica 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...
View ArticleNutrition 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/IPSBy Friday PhiriAHMEDABAD, India,...
View ArticleGrowing 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...
View ArticleU.S. “Dumping” Dark Meat Chicken on African Markets
Bags of feed at the Rossgro agribusiness firm in South Africa. Credit: Friday Phiri/IPSBy Friday PhiriMPUMALANGA, South Africa, Jul 6 2017 (IPS)The United States and Europe’s preference for white meat...
View ArticleUnlocking 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/IPSBy Friday...
View ArticlePublic-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...
View ArticleAfrica 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...
View ArticleTICAD7: 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...
View ArticleLet’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...
View ArticleAfDB ‘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...
View ArticleAfrican 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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