Whistles and whips: Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program results in sounds of success in Ethiopia’s lowlands

(Korofto, Adama District, Ethiopia) If the shrill sounds of policemen’s whistles echoing across Ethiopia’s Awash River Valley do not seem out of place, the crack of whips in the air will have some visitors to these irrigated wheat fields wondering what is going on at this patch of remote farm cooperative.

Keynote Speech Delivered by Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, at the launch of the African Mayoral Leadership...

Good evening, everyone. I am delighted to be with you all. I see several faces that I know in this hall and many that I will be meeting tonight for the first time. There is no better way to meet than to be where with you discussing issues that affect our continent, and in the case of my speech to you...

“Let us act to transform Africa’s cities”—African Development Bank President to African mayors

By 2050, the number of people living in African cities is expected to double from about 600 million to 1.2 billion, representing the most rapid rate of urbanisation in the world. This poses significant development challenges, which will require innovative, African-led solutions.

Press Briefing on the African Development Bank’s Agri-food SME Catalytic Financing Mechanism Special Fund

What:              Dakar 2 Feed Africa Summit Press Briefing / Launch of the African Development Bank’s Agri-SME Catalytic Financing Mechanism
Who:               African Development Bank and Government of Canada
When:             Wednesday, 25 January 2023; 18:00 – 18:30 GMT

How Africa Can Feed Itself, Produce Surplus for Export - Statement by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari - Feed Africa...

The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, H.E. Muhammadu Buhari, delivered a keynote statement at the Dakar 2 Feed Africa Summit, summarized in the following press release by Nigeria’s State House.
 
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