1 day ago // Development Finance
The break highlights growing tensions over how African institutions are rated — and who gets to decide what counts as a preferred creditor.
3 days ago // Climate Finance
Adaptation needs billions more each year. AfDB is betting a new mechanism can help close the gap.
10 days ago // Devex Dish
USAID’s flagship food aid program finds a home — albeit a temporary one, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plus, AGRA’s “rainbow revolution” for Africa, and we remember legendary agricultural scientist Pedro Sánchez.
10 days ago // The Future of US Aid
A temporary agreement moves Food for Peace to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, raising questions about whether the shift will alter the program’s core mission and whether the agency can manage its scale.
16 days ago // Finance
The two sides signed a joint declaration to deepen coordination across financing, operations and long-term planning.
23 days ago // Food systems
The decision by Somalia’s largest donor comes as a fast-escalating drought deepens food needs and geopolitical tensions complicate relations with Washington.
24 days ago // Devex Dish
The big pressures bearing down on food systems, the five trends we’re watching this year, and introducing the Global Flagship Initiative on Food Security.
24 days ago // Food systems
Aid cuts, policy upheaval, and climate shocks are forcing a rethink of how the world grows and delivers food.
24 days ago // Food Systems
Backed by up to $10 billion from Arab development finance institutions, the Global Flagship Initiative for Food Security is gearing up to fund its first round of projects, which will be in the Horn of Africa.
about 1 month ago // Devex Dish
A look back at our most-read stories and opinion pieces in 2025.