
Andrew Mude
@agmude
Development Economist. Leveraging Finance and Technologies to Transform African Agriculture @AfDB. Views are my own.
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http://www.afdb.org 08-05-2013 20:08:59
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Our AFAWA program is de-risking women’s access to finance. #AFAWA has reached $1B in financing for lending to Africa’s women #entrepreneurs. $135 million of that amount targets women in the #agriculture sector. – VP Beth Dunford. #AfricaFoodSummitDakar2


#AfricaFoodSummitDakar2: "The agriculture sector is considered a lame-duck in Africa. We need a shift as Heads of State to prioritize the #agriculture sector and farmers." – President Macky Sall of #Senegal on his vision for food and agriculture transformation across Africa


Through #AAAP's digital climate solutions Global Center on Adaptation supported African Development Bank Group & World Bank to deliver $2.1bn in agriculture projects. We are ready to support the Food & Agriculture Delivery Compacts for Africa's food sovereignty. Africa is unstoppable Macky Sall Akinwumi A. Adesina


Anita Vandenbeld Canada Mission UN Foreign Policy CAN Canada #AfricaFoodSummitDakar2: We have this shared ambition with African nations to have a food system that’s not only more productive, but more resilient + sustainable in the face of these climate shocks, more nutritious, more equitable. - Dina Esposito, USAID


Today, I joined my colleagues at the Opening Ceremony of #AfricaFoodSummitDakar2 hosted by President Macky Sall and African Development Bank Group’s President Akinwumi A. Adesina. The stage is set for a robust engagement that will reshape the future of #Africa’s #agriculture sector for food security.1/2


Many congratulations to Pastoralism & Uncertainty PhDs Tahira S. Mohamed Masresha Taye - Gayo and giulia simula on their graduation yesterday! So proud of you! Institute of Development Studies IDS Alumni


African leaders to explore "Progress and Achievements in Addressing Malnutrition in Africa" - on sidelines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. Hosted by the Kingdom of Lesotho, #AfricanUnion #AfDB #FAO & African Leaders for #Nutrition. #AUSummit



#AfDBAM2023 media presser: #AfDB Pres. Akinwumi A. Adesina, Vice Pres. @Beth_Dunford spoke of the importance of disaster risk insurance. Dunford noted Malawi's post-drought payout through the Bank's Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRIFI) Program. Read more: tinyurl.com/2zha2xe3


"It would complicate a lot of things — at a time when we all have to raise a lot of money to deal with climate change, food security, and health issues globally." Akinwumi A. Adesina President of African Development Bank Group on the impact a US govt. technical debt default would have on Africa.

RECAP With just a fraction of the 3% of climate financing Africa receives coming from the private sector, there is still "much to do to leverage the private sector for #climateaction and #greengrowth," African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina tells an #AfDBAM2023 audience. WATCH

#AfDBAM2023: at a session looking at “harnessing natural capital to finance climate & green growth in Africa,” African Development Bank Group Vice President Beth Dunford speaks to a Bank #TAAT program helping farmers harness slivers of Savannah to grow more food. Details🎥: tinyurl.com/yv8funay


African Development Bank Group Beth Dunford Tom Owiyo Martin Fregene Solomon Mugera AlanKasujja African Union AFS Forum AZALI Assoumani African Risk Capacity Group Ibrahima Cheikh Diong WFP in the Middle East & North Africa WFP in Kenya Akinwumi A. Adesina Andrew Mude Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation session panelists discussed the potential of engaging private sector insurers in the provision of climate disaster risk insurance coverage to African countries adapting to #climate change. #AfricaClimateSummit2023


An absolute Joy to reconnect with my all time fave boss Dr. Hassan Bashir on the sidelines of the Africa Climate Summit. I also met Alan Kasujja, Host of the Africa daily podcast. Congratulations Hassan Bashir on the Africa Climate Risk Insurance facility for Adaption (ACRIFA) launch


This week, African Development Bank Group’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing program (ADRiFi) kicked off events with its partners in the Gambia. The overall goal of #ADRiFi here is to enhance #resilience and response to climate shocks by improving the country’s climate disaster risk management.
