African Development Bank launches country-by-country reports on Africa's climate change, green growth financing needs ahead of COP28

Ahead of the 28th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 28), the African Development Bank Group has launched country-by-country economic reports to guide African policymakers in their discussions at the global event.

African Development Bank-financed solar irrigation scheme improves farmers’ lives in Togo

Hounlessondji Kpadonou, a respected farmer in the village of Aglanvikopé, in the Bas-Mono region of southern Togo, has been tilling the soil with passion since he retired from his job as a welder. From a modest start in 2008, he now owns a vast farm that produces vegetables and maize.