The African Development Bank has announced it will be decentralizing its structure and repackaging how it tackles key issues in development, as part of implementing its new 10-year strategy. Former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, is pushing to increase capacity at local offices, reframe the continent’s agriculture sector around commercialization, … More African Development Bank Changing Stucutre In Bid To Reframe Key Issues

The UK Conservative Party conference drew to a close on Wednesday as the aid community began to absorb a range of new reforms, announcements and calls to action from government leadership. The conference, an annual meeting of the UK’s governing party, began on Sunday with reports that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had hinted he wanted the Foreign … More Change Is A Coming For UK Aid

Dr Greg Mills & Major General Dickie Davies The Danish government recently decided to shut its diplomatic mission to Mozambique, historically one of its most important African development aid partners. They have done so because of the need to focus Danish efforts and rationalise expenditure, the choice helped by flagrant mismanagement of the economy by … More Making Africa Work – some lessons for Donors

This afternoon the Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel addressed the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.   Central to her message were the steps the department is taking to ensure value for money and a tougher approach to supplier management.   The size of the UK’s Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) budget, which is … More Priti Patel sets out stricter approach to DfID supplier management