AfDB raises $31bn at investment forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) raised US$31 billion in investment commitments for projects during the Africa Investment Forum, said the bank’s president Akinwumi Adesina at the end of the three-day meeting on Friday (4 November).
It brings the total investment for the year to about US$64 billion, said Adesina. The bank secured US$32.8 billion at another meeting with investors in March.
Adesina gave few details about the projects but said one focus would be agricultural processing zones.
Projects announced earlier in the year were from sectors including agriculture and agro-processing, education, energy and climate, healthcare, minerals and mining, and information and communications technology.
Source: reuters
