The World Bank is collaborating with African countries and regional institutions to empower people, unleash trade, and optimize shared natural resources and economies of scale to achieve Africa’s transformation.
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Press release
Apr 01, 2026
A New World Bank-Funded Program to Transform Forest Economies and Drive Jobs ...
The World Bank Group today approved a new operation that will transform forest economies in Central Africa. The International Development Association (IDA)-funded Sustainable Congo Basin Forest Economies Program (SCBFEP) –$394.83 million for Phase 1—, will improve forest management, strengthen forest value chains, and will generate 220,000 jobs across the Republic of Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), and the Republic of Congo (RoC).
Feature Story
Mar 24, 2026
From potential to skills and real jobs: how young women are powering change ...
Young women are acquiring practical skills and transitioning into stable employment, with more than 255,000 individuals participating in SWEDD/SWEDD+ training and economic empowerment programmes. Examples from Benin to Chad demonstrate that newly acquired competencies, such as solar installation and midwifery, enable young women to generate income and contribute to their communities.
PRESS RELEASE
Mar 17, 2026
Safeguarding Coasts, Driving Jobs: WACA+ to Protect 530,000 People and ...
WACA+ is a new $240 million World Bank Group program that will help Benin and Mauritania protect vulnerable coastlines while creating about 13,000 better paid jobs across fisheries, aquaculture, ecotourism, hospitality, logistics, and nature based restoration. By combining coastal protection, large scale ecosystem restoration, and direct support to small businesses, the program will reduce climate risks for over 530,000 people and expand opportunities for women, youth, and coastal communities—laying the groundwork for long term resilience and sustainable growth.
Press Release
Mar 10, 2026
World Bank Group Provides $137 Million to Help Accelerate Digital Integration ...
With a $137 million boost, the World Bank Group is powering the next leap in West Africa’s digital transformation, expanding high speed broadband to 5.2 million people, enabling 5.4 million new users to access digital services, and backing over 140 startups poised to create thousands of new jobs across Benin, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Press Release
Feb 23, 2026
Congo Basin Countries Forge Strategic Path to Carbon Markets with Roadmaps to ...
Six countries of the Congo Basin—Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Republic of Congo—are working to take bold steps to unlock results-based payments and climate finance.
Publication
Dec 17, 2025
Transforming CEMAC’s Wealth into Long-term Development – Economic Barometer ...
Economic growth in the CEMAC region is projected to slow to 2.8% in 2025, with persistent fiscal pressures and rising poverty affecting over a third of the population.
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Oct 29, 2025
Africa's Eastern Electricity Highway: Promoting regional integration and ...
Thanks to the World Bank-financed Eastern Electricity Highway Project (EEHP) Kenya is now importing cheaper renewable electricity from Ethiopia. The 1,065 kilometers power transmission line is helping Kenya balance its electricity supply and demand. This is the first publicly financed high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line in Sub-Saharan Africa that promotes regional integration and power exchange.
Press Release
Oct 30, 2025
Increasing Regional Collaboration to Strengthen Health Systems across Central ...
Unlocking employment opportunities through regional investments that strengthen health security and promote inclusive job creation
Feature Story
Oct 24, 2025
Harvesting Hope: How Communities Are Reviving the Lake Chad Region
With $170 million in financing from the World Bank, the Lake Chad Region Recovery and Development Project (PROLAC) has facilitated climate-resilient agriculture, restored livelihoods, and expanded access to jobs for 1.5 million people.
Feature Story
Oct 23, 2025
Guinea's electricity surge: powering local small businesses and communities
The OMVG transmission network has increased Guinea’s electricity trade capacity to 340,000 KVA, up from zero in 2015, surpassing the original project target and enabling reliable cross-border energy exchange.
Coming together to benefit each other
The World Bank is collaborating with African countries and regional institutions to empower people, unleash trade, and optimize shared natural resources and economies of scale to achieve Africa’s transformation.
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Oct 29, 2025
Africa's Eastern Electricity Highway
Thanks to the World Bank-financed Eastern Electricity Highway Project (EEHP) Kenya is now importing cheaper renewable electricity from Ethiopia. The 1,065 kilometers power transmission line is helping Kenya balance its electricity supply and demand.
Regional Programs in action
Meet an exceptional female truck driver in West Africa, Maissata Cisse, also known as Mama Africa. She says “We must be united.”
Meet the new generation of Africa’s scholars learning at Eastern & Southern Africa Higher Education Centers of Excellence (ACE).
