Tackling the Pressing Challenge of Defying Drought in West Africa - An Africa Water Center is Established to Strengthen Capacity in the Water Sector
OUAGADOUGOU, September 30, 2025 - A two-day High-Level Forum on Defying Drought (D2) in West Africa concluded today in Ouagadougou with a strong commitment to address the pressing challenges of drought in the region, amid the broader context of climate change and population growth.
New World Bank Program Helps Zambia Increase Jobs Through Inclusive Digital Access
LUSAKA, September 23, 2025 – The World Bank Group has approved the Digital Zambia Acceleration Project (DZAP) to support the Zambian government to increase access to, and inclusive use of, the internet and digitally enabled services. With a strong emphasis on fostering digital inclusion, the project aims to empower women and girls, persons with disabilities (PwDs), and other vulnerable communities through the use of digital public services.
UNIDO empowers aquaculture producers through cooperative model in Mozambique
Maputo, 1 October 2025 – Three fish farmers' associations in Southern Mozambique have been successfully transformed into legally registered cooperatives through UNIDO's Market Access of Mozambican Aquaculture Products (MAMAP) project, part of the Global Market Access Programme (GMAP). The initiative benefited 79 producers across Maputo, Gaza and Inhambane provinces between April and May 2025, creating new opportunities for sustainable aquaculture development.
IFAD and GCF partner in US$358 million climate programme for East Africa’s dairy sector
Rome, 3 July 2025. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) signed an agreement for a US$150 million contribution from GCF to the US$358 million Dairy Interventions for Mitigation and Adaptation (DaIMA) programme in East Africa, reaching 2.5 million rural people in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Côte d'Ivoire Launches Innovative Financing Linking Millions to Ambitious Sustainability Goals
ABIDJAN, July 1, 2025 - In a move poised to reshape sustainable development financing in Africa, Côte d’Ivoire today announced the launch of its innovative Sustainability-Linked Finance (SLF) Framework. Developed in collaboration with the World Bank Group, this directly ties the Côte d’Ivoire's cost f borrowing to its ambitious environmental and climate targets, setting a new standard for accountability and incentivizing transformative policy actions.
World Bank Steps up Support for Ethiopia’s Economic Reforms with $1 Billion Development Policy Operation
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $1 billion Development Policy Operation (DPO) to support Ethiopia’s transition toward a more inclusive and private sector–led growth model. The Second Sustainable and Inclusive Growth DPO builds on an earlier operation approved in July 2024, providing additional financial support for the Government of Ethiopia’s homegrown Economic Reform Agenda. The financing includes a $650 million grant and a $350 million concessional credit from the International Development Association (IDA)*.
Rwanda to Restore Ecosystems and Boost Climate Resilience in the Nyungwe–Ruhango Corridor
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2025 — Communities in Rwanda’s Southern Province are set to benefit from restored ecosystems, improved agricultural productivity, and expanded sustainable livelihood opportunities in areas vulnerable to climate-related shocks. Thanks to a newly approved $9 million grant from the Global Environment Facility, Rwanda will receive support for integrated landscape restoration and climate-smart land management across the Nyungwe–Ruhango Corridor.
The Ecosystem-Based Restoration Approach for Nyungwe-Ruhango Corridor Project is one of 20 projects of the GEF-8 Ecosystem Restoration Integrated Program (ERIP) across the globe. ERIP scales up ecosystem restoration efforts by transforming degraded lands into thriving ecosystems and promotes private sector engagement and South-South exchange across the beneficiary countries. Conservation International is the ERIP lead agency.
EUR50 million EU-funded ATCMA–ECOWAS programme to boost West African trade
ABUJA, 17 June 2025 –The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in partnership with the European Union (EU), UNIDO, and the International Trade Centre (ITC), officially launched the Africa Trade Competitiveness and Market Access (ATCMA) – ECOWAS programme, a EUR50 million EU-funded regional initiative designed to enhance trade competitiveness, market access, strengthen regional quality infrastructure and diversification, and boost intra-African and Africa–EU trade.
IFAD and the Green Climate Fund to boost climate resilience for almost half a million rural people working in agricultural value chains in Madagascar
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Green Climate Fund (GCF) launched the Inclusive Agricultural Value Chains Programme (DEFIS+), that aims to boost resilience for smallholders, and both agricultural production systems and rural infrastructure. The programme will directly benefit almost half a million smallholder farmers and indirectly support over 3.5 million people in rural communities.
Positioning Togo as a Regional Hub in Agribusiness and Animal Nutrition
The World Bank Group (WBG) today approved $300 million to help Togo position itself as a regional hub in agribusiness and animal nutrition by scaling up Togo's Agricultural Modernization Program (ProMAT) and transforming the agriculture sector through productivity-enhancing investments.