Month: December 2023

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and the West African Development Bank (BOAD) signed an agreement on granting a EUR 70 million line of credit to strengthen BOAD’s support to the private sector in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which comprises eight countries in the West African franc zone. The agreement was signed in Lomé on 8 December 2023, after it was approved by the Bank Group’s […]

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality Improvement Project For Climate Resilience Building (PAQEE-RCC) at a meeting in Abidjan on 6 December. To be implemented over the period 2024-2028, the project will improve the treatment of wastewater to make it compliant with the standards for its reuse. It will improve treatment and […]

The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has announced nearly $10 million in additional funding to the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) programme assisting African countries to strengthen resilience and enhance their response to climate shocks. The financial commitment of £7.4 million ($9.63 million) for the Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) programme will bolster sovereign drought insurance protection, with a particular focus on Somalia, over […]

Moving from 2.8 to 2.9, the market exhibits innovation advancements while harboring opportunities for further development in anti-fraud technology; ​​The entry of the Saudi market into the rating boosts the region's average score; Data shows promising DCB potential for Morocco, South Africa, and Egypt, the top countries in this year's ranking; Ivory Coast registers the highest growth in the Index, from 2.4 to 3.1. Evina (www.Evina.com), a cybersecurity for Carrier Billing company and Telecoming (www.Telecoming.com), […]