New fund to accelerate agriculture in Africa launched
A new fund called the Agriculture Fast Track has been launched by the United States, Sweden and the African Development Bank to encourage accelerated private investment in sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural infrastructure to connect small farmers with international markets.
A new initiative has been launched to avail African farmers direct access to improved maize, cassava and wheat.
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The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has announced an agreement to provide Nigeria with US $50 million to support an African Development Bank-supported program of financial intermediation for renewable energy and energy efficiency through local banks.
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The African Development Bank had invested $65 million (about N10.21 billion) in science and technology-related projects in Nigeria.
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The Resident Representative of African Development Bank (AfDB) in Nigeria, Dr Dore Ousmane, said the bank had established $11 million information technology based research centres to enhance science and technology education for students. He said the bank had supported science and technology education in Nigeria with $11 million to address the problem of skill building [...]
Continue reading …African Development Bank launches resilience building programme in Horn of Africa
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The African Development Bank has launched a $300m programme to support pastoral production in the region.
Continue reading …The African Development Bank recently approved a $63.2 million grant for a five-year agriculture research and development project.
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