May 10, 2016
Africa: EU Joins AfDB in Operationalizing Nile Equatorial Lake Countries Interconnection Project
The African Development Bank announced on April 19, 2016 that it is helping operationalize studies financed by the European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund (EU-AITF) which… Read more »
May 04, 2016
Africa: AfDB to Unveil Strategies for Africa's Transformation At 2016 Annual Meetings in Lusaka
The African Development Bank Group will unveil its new agenda for the continent's economic transformation at this year's Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 23-27 in… Read more »
April 28, 2016
Africa: AfDB 2016 Annual Meetings Preparations Well Underway in Zambia
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has commended the Government of Zambia for its commitment to successfully host the Bank's 2016 Annual Meetings next month. The preparations for… Read more »
May 10, 2016
Africa: The African Development Bank Supporting Private Equity Investments in Africa
The African Development Bank was an associate sponsor of the 13th Annual Conference of the Africa Venture Capital Association (AVCA) that took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April… Read more »
May 09, 2016
Africa: Stakeholders Gather in Zambia to Launch the Sustainable Energy for All (Se4all) Country Action Process
Government officials, representatives of international organizations, private sector and civil society, gathered from May 4-6, 2016 in Chimbombo, Zambia, for the official kick-off… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank President Meets With Adea Steering Committee Delegation
A delegation of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Steering Committee, led by Oley Dibba-Wadda, ADEA Executive Secretary, met with Akinwumi Adesina,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Design Workshop - Empowering the Next Generation of Agripreneurs in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), successfully organized the ENABLE (Empowering Novel… Read more »
May 03, 2016
Africa: Lumières d'Afriques: When Art Illuminates the Challenges of Access to Energy
54 works created by 54 world-renowned contemporary African artists, one for each of the 54 countries that make up the continent, united around the same source of inspiration: The… Read more »
April 15, 2016
Africa: From Rocks to Industries - How Can the Extractive Industries Be a Platform for African Industrialisation?
Industrialisation is back. After decades when policy efforts were mostly focused on macroeconomic stability and opening up markets, the success of industrial policies in emerging… Read more »
April 26, 2016
Africa: Ahead of the Curve - The AfDB At the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings
The African Development Bank may be smaller by numbers than other multilateral development banks (MDBs), not least the World Bank, but its voice is loud, its expertise is… Read more »
April 21, 2016
Africa: Remarks Delivered At the Global Nutrition Event, World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings By Akinwumi A. Adesina President African Development Bank Group, Washington, DC April 16, 2016
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April 19, 2016
Africa: The World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings - Much Happens in the Margins
Discussing donor concerns, aligning with other multilateral development banks and international organisations, building support for the AfDB's 'High 5' priorities and the current… Read more »
April 18, 2016
Africa: Two Day Meeting of the African Legal Support Facility Management Board Concludes
Management Board of the ALSF (from left to right) Stephen Karangizi, Director of the ALSF; Eve Sinare, Tanzania; Sixtus Vusi, Chairman of the Management Board, Cameroon; Seward… Read more »
Africa: AfDB in the Top 10 Organisations On Transparency
Publish What You Fund, a British-based think tank, has ranked the African Development Bank in its highest category on transparency. Read more »
Africa: Ending Malnutrition to Boost the Brainpower and Spur Economic Growth in Africa
"The greatest contributor to economic growth is not physical infrastructure, but brainpower, or 'gray matter infrastructure'", says Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African… Read more »
April 16, 2016
Africa: The Future of Africa Lies Inside Africa
"If we don't fix Africa's infrastructure financing gap - which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year - we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa's annual growth… Read more »
Africa: Unprecedented Collaboration Among Development Partners to Improve Infrastructure Implementation
The inaugural Global Infrastructure Forum 2016 convening here today brings together for the first time the leaders of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) -- African… Read more »
April 15, 2016
Africa: AfDB Issues 1.000 Percent Us $1.0 Billion Benchmark Due 15 May 2019
On Thursday, April 14, 2016, the African Development Bank ("AfDB"), rated Aaa (Moody's) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new USD 1 billion 3-year Global… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Pushes African Agenda At World Bank-IMF Meetings in Washington
"People who enjoy meetings shouldn't be in charge of anything", said US economist Thomas Sowell, but he may not have had the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in mind. Leaders manage… Read more »
April 14, 2016
Africa: "You Can Count On the AfDB As Partner in Delivering Education for Africa", Says Adesina
Partnership - between the public, the private and the 'third' sector of NGOs and Foundations - was the theme of an event hosted by the Global Business Coalition for Education on… Read more »
Africa: Strategy Review Workshop Lauds AfDB for Development Efforts, Challenges It to Do More
A workshop to validate findings of a Medium Term Review (MTR) of Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) was conducted on April 12, 2016. The meeting saw the various stakeholders… Read more »
April 15, 2016
Africa: Remarks At Global Business Coalition for Education Event By Akinwumi A. Adesina President African Development Bank Group, Washington, DC April 14, 2016
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April 12, 2016
Africa: High-Level AfDB Delegation Participates in World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings
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April 13, 2016
Africa: The Future of Food
"We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business", said African Development Bank Acting Vice-President… Read more »
April 12, 2016
Africa: AfDB and Lita Invite Africa to 'Think Big' for Youth and Agriculture in Two-Day Design Workshop On Enable Youth Program
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