June 29, 2015
Africa: Huge Youth Employment and Business Opportunities in Africa's Cocoa Sector
The African Development Bank and the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) are poised to boost business opportunities in Africa's cocoa sector, including youth employment and… Read more »
Africa: Aviation - The Next Infrastructure Growth Frontier for Africa
The air transport industry in Africa is on the resurgence and aviation is, "The next infrastructure growth frontier for Africa". This was the message at the International Air… Read more »
June 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board of Directors Approves the Bank's Knowledge Management Strategy for 2015-2020
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in its meeting on June 24, 2015 in Abidjan, approved the institution's Knowledge Management Strategy (KMS) for… Read more »
June 25, 2015
Africa: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Annual Session - Statement By AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Mr. Chairman, Ambassador Skoog; Read more »
Africa: Zambia's Capital City to Receive U.S.$50 Million for Sustainable Urban Sanitation
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on June 24, 2015 approved a loan of US $50 million to finance the Lusaka Sanitation Program targeted at Lusaka,… Read more »
Africa: Tackling Non-Tariff Barriers Is Key to Economic Growth, Says Kaberuka
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka paid a visit to Rwanda's President Paul Kagame on June 23 to brief him on progress made since he was elected and re-elected as… Read more »
June 22, 2015
Africa: Brics / Destination Africa - The New Development Bank, a Promise of New Funding?
On Wednesday, May 27, 2015, Day 3 of the African Development Bank's 50th Annual Meetings, a panel session was dedicated to a discussion on the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China… Read more »
June 23, 2015
Africa: Predictable Financing for Long-Term Economic Growth Is Key, Kaberuka Tells UN Peacebuilding Commission
On Tuesday, June 23, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka addressed the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission in New York on the importance of sustained predictable… Read more »
Africa: New Sefa Grant to Promote Scale-Up of the Nascent Green Mini-Grid Market
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved on June 9 a USD 1 million grant to launch the first phase of a Green Mini-Grids (GMG) Market Development Program (MDP)… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Chief Economist Complex Announces Theme and Venue for Next African Economic Conference
The African Economic Conference (AEC) 2015, jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations… Read more »
June 19, 2015
Africa: Testimonies of Students At International University of Grand-Bassam
Four students from the International University of Grand Bassam (UIGB), located some 30 kilometres to the south of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, explain how the programme prepared… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Infrastructure Drive Must Take Into Account Health and Gender to Be Sustainable
Strengthened environmental and social impact assessments can improve access to health and improve gender equality Read more »
Africa: AfDB Promotes Gender Equality in the Media Through 'Women's Rights ' Award
The African Development Bank, in collaboration with UK-based One World Media, has just awarded the first 'Women's Rights in Africa' Media Award. Read more »
June 18, 2015
Africa: African Economic Conference 2015 - "Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda"
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Africa: "Donald Kaberuka Auditorium" Unveiled At International University of Grand-Bassam in Côte d'Ivoire
The President of the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB), Saliou Touré, accompanied by his close aides, and senior politicians and officials from Grand-Bassam,… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB Extends Horn of Africa Drought Mitigation Project to Djibouti and Sudan
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has extended its multimillion multi-phased Horn of Africa drought resilience programme with a US $16-million soft loan to Djibouti and a… Read more »
Africa: Climate Finance Mobilized By the AfDB Went Up By 60 Percent Compared to 2013
Multilateral Development Banks provided US $28 billion in Climate Finance in 2014 Read more »
June 17, 2015
East Africa: EAC and AfDB Call for Closer Partnership in the Design and Delivery of Regional Projects
The East African Community (EAC) and the African Development Bank's Eastern African Regional Resource Center (EARC) have called for closer collaboration in the design,… Read more »
June 10, 2015
Africa: Strengthening and Deepening African Bond Markets, Vital for Economies
"Deepening African bond markets" was the theme specialists in the field discussed during a panel discussion at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group,… Read more »
June 16, 2015
Africa: Afcop Annual Meetings Conclude With Renewed Commitment to Results-Oriented Regional Integration
The second Africa for Results (AfriK4R) Forum and seventh annual meetings of the African Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results (AfCoP-MfDR) concluded on June… Read more »
Africa: International Day of the African Child, 16 June
The African Development Bank believes in children. They are the future. Its investments in the water, health and education sectors improve the lives of children on the continent. Read more »
June 15, 2015
Africa: ALSF Stresses the Strengthening of Regulatory Framework to Create an Appealing Environment for Energy Sector in Africa
Amir Shaikh, Chief Legal Counsel of the African Legal Support Facility addressing participants at the panel discussion on "Taking Lessons to Invest in Power in New 'Frontier'… Read more »
June 10, 2015
Africa: Myafricanstartup Honors Its Winners
A young leaders' program, MyAfricanStartUp, honored its 2015 winners during the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) held in Abidjan from 25 to 29 May 2015. Read more »
June 12, 2015
Africa: Eskom's Sere Wind Farm in South Africa Financed By the AfDB and Cif Now in Full Commercial Operation
The Sere Wind Farm from Eskom, the South African electricity public utility, recently achieved its full commercial operational capacity of a 100 MW . Read more »
June 11, 2015
West Africa: Member States Endorse the Ecowas Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access
Countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), represented by the Ministries of Energy, validated on 4-5 June 2015 in Dakar, Senegal, the regional Policy to… Read more »