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The Federal Government has commenced discussions with the Board of the African Development Bank, AfDB for the second tranche of the $1 billion loan approved for the country in 2016. At the official opening of the Banks’ new Nigerian Country Department Building in Abuja on Thursday, Vice … via...

Akinwumi Adesina • Pledges to raise portfolio to $8b next year • Opens first office outside headquarters in Abuja in 54 years The African Development Bank (AfDB) yesterday said its $1 billion emergency lifeline approval support to Nigeria last year was what helped … via The Guardian...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has predicted a positive outlook for Nigeria’s economic in 2018. The bank in its 2018 African Economic Outlook projected that Nigeria’s economy would grow at 2.1 per cent in 2018 and 2.5 per cent in 2019. According to AfDB, this outlook is anchored on …...

By Victor Ahiuma-Young As part of its goal to see a generational shift in agriculture on the continent, the African Development Bank has taken its ‘Farming is Cool’ initiative to school children in Nigeria. The Bank has also launched a Junior Art Contest in Nigeria to promote the potential of...

The African Development Bank, AfDB, on Tuesday restated its commitment to Nigeria’s development and partnership, just as it identified specific programmes it plans to focus its attention on in 2018. The Bank’s Country Director, Faal Ebrima, stated this in Abuja during a media briefing to...

Ebrima Faal, the Country Director, African Development Bank (AfDB), said that the bank would focus mostly on power sector in 2018. Faal said this during an interaction with newsmen at the newly-built Nigeria Country Department Office on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the new office, … via...

…largest shareholder in regional bank Nigeria has become the largest shareholder in the African Development Bank (AfDP) with a portfolio of approximately $6 billion. Nigeria’s Country Director of AfDB, Mr. Ebrima Faai, disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja. “Nigeria is the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $1 billion loan towards meeting the deficits in Nigeria’s 2016 Budget, believed to partly responsible for the country’s economic crisis. AfDB President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, disclosed these to State House correspondents on Monday after meeting...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun has said that President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government plans to borrow a total of 1.8 trillion Naira at home and abroad to fund an expected budget deficit of 2.2 trillion Naira. Mrs. Adeosun said in Abuja on Friday that the government is set to...

African Development Bank has launched $24 billion Feed Africa Initiative to help Africa become food self sufficient in 10 years . President of the African Development Bank, Akinwunmi Adesina said this on his twitter timeline yesterday. “Feed Africa: Strategy for Agricultural Transformation...

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has secured a $150 million Line of Credit (LOC) from African Development Bank Group (AfDB), approved by AfDB's Board of Directors through its private sector window. The LOC will help UBA finance infrastructure and SME projects, including women-owned...

Nigeria has asked the World Bank and African Development Bank for $3.5 billion in emergency loans to fill a growing gap in the 2016 budget, FT reports. The budget, which is currently at the national assembly, was predicated on $38 per barrel of crude oil, but prices have already fallen to $30...

President of the African Development Bank Dr Akinwumi Adesina has vowed to bring electricity to the poorest parts of the continent within a decade and says he can mobilise $55 billion a year to make it happen. Adesina, who was elected to lead the lender in September, is undaunted by the scale...