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Africa Wants to Make Its Critical Minerals a Lever for Industrialisation and Economic Transformation
PRESS RELEASE • 16 July 2026
African ministers, representatives from continental institutions, the private sector, and development partners have called for Africa’s critical minerals to drive a new era of economic transformation, industrialisation and job creation – especially for young people and women, through value...
EU Global Gateway strategy: EIB and BIIC strengthen strategic agricultural value chains for benefit of Benin and Europe
PRESS RELEASE • 14 July 2026
EIB and BIIC deploy €100 million in financing, guaranteed by European Commission, in support of agricultural value chains that are key for Beninese economy and European industries.Operation strengthens strategic sectors – cotton/textiles, soya and cashew – that are...
African Development Bank and African Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum Deepen Partnership to Mobilise African Capital for Infrastructure
PRESS RELEASE • 13 July 2026
The African Development Bank Group and the African Sovereign Wealth Fund Forum (ASIF) have announced the strengthening of their strategic partnership to accelerate the mobilisation of African institutional capital for cross-border infrastructure projects.The two institutions announced their...
African Economic Conference launches continental network of chief economists to strengthen continent’s policy leadership
PRESS RELEASE • 12 July 2026
African policymakers, development institutions and leading economists on Sunday launched the African Chief Economists Network (ACE-Network), a continent-wide platform designed to strengthen evidence-based policymaking and provide coordinated African solutions to increasingly...
African Economic Conference 2026 concludes with a strong commitment from the AfDB Group, UNDP and OECD to a resilient and prosperous Africa
PRESS RELEASE • 12 July 2026
“Global economic storms will continue to test African institutions, but they can never erode the fundamental wealth and resilience of Africa’s people. With the strong partnership among our institutions, let us continue to combine our efforts and move forward together with urgency,...
Developing bankable infrastructure in the ECOWAS region through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
PRESS RELEASE • 11 July 2026
In 75 years, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will count three (3) of its members among the richest countries in the world.This conviction was expressed by Dr. Kalilou Sylla, ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, on Thursday, July 9, 2026, in...
New commitments to clean cooking in Africa reach $900 million ahead of 2nd major Summit
PRESS RELEASE • 9 July 2026
The co-chairs of the second Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa today convened a high-level virtual event to review progress on expanding clean cooking access across the continent – and to announce new financial and policy commitments ahead of the upcoming Summit.The session brought together...
EAC Ministers adopt key policy, investment and regulatory measures to advance regional agri-food systems transformation
• 6 July 2026
Ministers responsible for Agriculture and Food Security from the East African Community (EAC) have adopted a series of strategic measures aimed at strengthening regional food security and promoting sustainable agri-food systems.The decisions were reached during the 19th Session of the Sectoral...
Renforcement of cooperation among competition authorities at the international level
PRESS RELEASE • 6 July 2026
On 29 June 2026, the ARCC (ECOWAS Regional Competition Authority) began a series of benchmarking visits to the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) in brussels, the UK’s Competition and Markets (Competition and Markets Authority — CMA) of the United...
African Union advances implementation of the Common African Position on Debt at High-Level Dialogue in Harare
PRESS RELEASE • 3 July 2026
The African Union Dialogue on Debt Sustainability and Debt Reform opened on 1 July 2026 in Harare, Zimbabwe, under the theme: “From Crisis Response to Sustainable Financing: Implementing the Common African Position on Debt.”Organized by the African Union Commission (AUC), in...