What? Presentation of the African Development Bank Group’s ‘Diaspora Initiative’ Who? The African Development Bank Group When? Monday, 9 November 2026; 5.30 pm-7.30 pm (GMT+1) Where? Les Salons Hoche, 9 Avenue Hoche, Paris (8th arrondissement) On 9 November 2026 in Paris, the African Development Bank Group will present its ‘Diaspora Initiative’ at a high-level meeting…
Claver Gatete asserted UNECA’s commitment to facilitating journalists’ access to information and evidence to help amplify African perspectives. He also underscored the role journalists play in shaping the African narrative and telling the continent’s story in ways that advance people-centred development. The discussions also focused on the role of the media in advancing the Sustainable…
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African body of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today met Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss strengthening media engagement in Africa’s development priorities and journalism’s role as a public good….
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and UK Export Finance (UKEF), the United Kingdom’s export credit agency, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation on co-financing projects across Africa and mobilise additional resources for the continent’s sustainable development. Abdul Kamara, Officer in Charge, Vice President of the African Development Bank Group, and Tim…
What: Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026 Who: African Development Bank Group (Main Partner), the Government of Angola (Host country), International Finance Corporation (Co-host); Jeune Afrique Media Group When: 3-4 November 2026 Where: Luanda, Angola The African Development Bank Group will participate in the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) 2026, to be held in Luanda, Angola, on…
In a RootsToFoods Capital Series interview, Alexia Latortue, Head of Secretariat of the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition and former U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary, explains why a system designed after the Second World War must be redesigned around countries’ own visions, and why she is not in the camp that says aid is dead. Ovidiu…
The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs. The finding comes in the 2026 update of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Oxford University, which measures…
President Yoweri Museveni has called on African defence leaders to recognise the close link between national security, economic strength and political cohesion. Closing the inaugural African Conference of Chiefs of Defence Forces on Military Operations Other Than War at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Museveni said a strong defence force cannot be sustained without a strong economy….
Sentech, South Africa’s national digital infrastructure provider, will participate as headline sponsor and exhibitor at the fifth annual Future of Work Dialogue 2026, taking place on 30 September and 1 October 2026 at The Maslow Hotel, Time Square, Menlyn Maine, Pretoria. Convened by the Institute for the Future of Work at Tshwane University of Technology…
“It is a system of rules. If we are able to come together and rewrite those rules, the truth is that we will always have restructuring to clear the debt. But as we clear the debt, it creates room for more debt to come in.” Across Africa, rising debt burdens and the high cost of…
