AfDB Supported Projects in Senegal, Rwanda Clinch Top Honors at 2025 Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets Africa Awards

The awards celebrate Africa’s most innovative and transformative financial deals, highlighting exemplary execution, effective mobilization of new liquidity pools, and innovative deal structuring Two African Development Bank Group supported projects have garnered top honours at the 2025 Bonds, Loans &…

UN-backed forum seeks to boost resilience of world’s Least Developed Countries

Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs).  The third edition of the…

Forbes: Aliko Dangote Regains Top Spot as Africa’s Richest – Ranked 86th in the World With Networth of $23.9bn

Billionaire Aliko Dangote has seen his wealth nearly double to $23.9 billion, according to Forbes, which ranks the Nigerian entrepreneur as the wealthiest person in Africa and 86th in the world. It would be recalled that Forbes ranked Aliko Dangote as…

CAHOSCC: Nigeria’s Reaffirms Commitment to Climate Action

At the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), hosted by the Kenyan Government, Nigeria presented its ongoing efforts to combat climate change. The Honorable Minister of the Federal Ministry of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal,…

Nigeria Strengthens Africa’s Economic Future AT AU Summit

As African leaders converge on Addis Ababa for the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government, Nigeria is playing a key role in shaping the continent’s economic agenda. The Honourable Minister…

Nigeria Leads the Charge: Climate Change Forum 2025 to Tackle Africa’s Sustainability Challenges

The Nigeria Climate Change Forum (NCCF) is set to take centerstage in Abuja, on the 28 – 29 th January 2025 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel. The forum will bring together key stakeholders towards prioritizing the implementation of Nigeria’s Nationally…

President Tinubu is Taking In-Country Gas Utilisation to Unprecedented Levels — Soneye, NNPC Ltd Spokesperson

Described by Nigerians from all walks of life as unprecedented, President Bola Tinubu will be performing the groundbreaking ceremony for five mini-LNG plants in Ajaokuta, Kogi State. NNPC Ltd’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye spoke to a select group…

Africa’s Power Revolution: Mission 300 to Light up Continent’s Future

The initiative, dubbed ‘Mission 300’ (M300), represents an unprecedented collaboration between the African Development Bank and the World Bank Group, alongside other global partners In a continent where millions of homes are still shrouded in darkness each night, a groundbreaking…

AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria to Electrify One Million Rural Communities Using Clean Energy

The African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) says it plans to light up one million houses in rural communities nationwide using clean energy. National Coordinator, AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria, Mr. Jabiru Abdullahi, disclosed this at an inaugural media parley…

A Greener Path: Integrating Climate and Development Strategies

By Christopher Burke Climate change has become a defining issue in international development impacting global stability, economic progress and human well-being. It is linked to at least 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) making climate resilience and sustainability…

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