A youth-led agricultural start-up is supporting farmers in climate-vulnerable Cameroon to produce crops sustainably year-round using low-cost greenhouses and solar-powered irrigation.
African Development Bank Group president Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has congratulated former MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga for his election as head of the World Bank Group, saying he looks forward to working together with him to tackle current global challenges, including climate change.
African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina has called on young university graduates to be instruments of change in a world beset by increasing socio-economic challenges.
The Africa Road Builders Selection Committee has named Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina, the winner of the prestigious Babacar Ndiaye Trophy, for his commitment to infrastructure development in the island state.
The average annual GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth in Africa was 3.4% between 2010 and 2021, according to African Development Bank data. This is well below the targeted yearly average growth of 7%. Combined with population growth, GDP per inhabitant has barely changed.
Transcript of the Regional Economic Outlook on Asia and Pacific Press Briefing
Country Report No. 2023/159
IMF Staff Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Sierra Leone on the Sixth and Seventh Reviews of the Extended Credit Facility
Good morning to those in Brussels and watching online. I thank the European Commission for inviting me to deliver the Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa lecture at the Brussels Economic Forum this year. And I’m sorry I can’t do it in person.
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