Profile purpose: This evergreen guide explains how African Development Bank funding is commonly structured and where official opportunities are published. It is not an announcement of an open grant.
How the funder operates
The African Development Bank finances African development priorities through sovereign and non-sovereign operations, trust funds, special initiatives, partnerships and procurement. NGO access depends on the specific programme or call rather than a single continuously open grant facility.
Common funding and partnership routes
- Calls issued by individual funds, initiatives or programmes.
- Procurement and consulting opportunities connected to Bank operations.
- Civil-society engagement, implementation partnerships and knowledge initiatives.
When an NGO may be a suitable applicant or partner
- The call includes NGOs or civil-society organisations as eligible entities.
- The organisation demonstrates relevant African country or regional experience.
- It can meet fiduciary, safeguarding, results and reporting requirements.
How to prepare
- Monitor the relevant AfDB topic, fund and partnership pages.
- Verify the call on an official afdb.org domain and follow its submission channel.
- Prepare registration, audited accounts, technical experience, results framework, risk controls and partnership evidence.
Official information
Visit the official African Development Bank funding or partnership page. Always confirm eligibility, deadlines, registration, co-financing and submission rules in the specific call documentation.
Related ATI resources
NGO Proposal Template • Logframe Template • M&E Plan Template • Grants Management training