November 03, 2015
Africa: Economists Aim to Strike Kinshasa Consensus On Ending Poverty in Africa
Increasing government spending on healthcare, education and support to vulnerable groups like the elderly has emerged top agenda of a new deal sought by experts attending the 10th… Read more »
November 02, 2015
Africa: Researchers, Policy Makers and Development Partners to Refocus Strategies On Poverty Reduction and Inequality
The 10th African Economic Conference was officially opened on November 2, 2015, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the head of the country's Senate, Léon Kengo Wa… Read more »
Africa: Priorities for the African Continent - Energy, Industrialization, Integration and Job Creation
Speaking during a press conference immediately following the opening ceremony of the 10th African Economic Conference on Monday, November 2 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference Presents Plans to Fight Deepening Poverty
The 10th African Economic Conference (AEC) has laid emphasis on better application of national tax policies to reduce the income gap between the rich and the poor, and the need to… Read more »
Africa: Government Officials to Be Trained On Negotiating Financial Pacts
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) will conduct a training workshop aimed at building capacity of government officials tasked with negotiating financial agreements on behalf… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2015 - Tackling Poverty and Inequality to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by world leaders in September, policy-makers, development practitioners, and researchers are convening to lay… Read more »
October 30, 2015
Africa: 2015 African Economic Conference to Address Poverty and Inequality and Give Cause for More Optimism to Africans
Delegates from across the continent and around the globe are converging in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, where the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Issues 0.75 Percent Us$ 1 Billion Global Benchmark Due 3 November 2017
On Tuesday, October 27, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) successfully launched and priced a new 1 billion 2-year US dollar global benchmark due November 3, 2017. This is… Read more »
October 29, 2015
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$ 285 Million for Infrastructure, SMEs and Youth Employment Projects in Tunisia, Kenya and Togo
The Board of Directors of the Africa Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, October 28, 2015 approved combined funding amounting to US $284.97 million in support of road… Read more »
October 28, 2015
Africa: AfDB Unveils Plan to Empower Nigerian Women in Agriculture
The office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) and the Department for Agriculture and Agro-industry (OSAN) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) commissioned a report, "Economic… Read more »
October 27, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Provides Us $5 Million to Malawi for an Integrated Urban Water and Sanitation Project in Mzimba
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Friday, October 23, 2015 approved an African… Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB Marks World Statistics Day - "Better Data. Better Lives"
The African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the leading institutions driving statistical development progress in Africa, joined the world in celebrating World Statistics Day on… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and KfW Announce Broad Collaboration That Aims to Advance Agricultural Transformation Agenda
On Thursday, October 22, at the "Feeding Africa" conference in Dakar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and KfW in its role as Germany's development bank, announced a broad… Read more »
October 24, 2015
Africa: Closing Remarks By Akinwumi Adesina, President African Development Bank Group
Three days ago, we all arrived in the beautiful city of Dakar and this wonderful Abdou Diouf International Conference Center. We have all enjoyed the fantastic architectural… Read more »
October 23, 2015
Africa: Agricultural Transformation Begins to Take Shape in Africa
Agricultural transformation is taking shape in some African countries, which have launched initiatives to boost the provision of essential services linked to the agriculture… Read more »
Africa: Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Malawi
Changes in Malawi's climatic patterns have led to severe drought and flooding which has resulted in loss of life and economic hardship. For a country heavily dependent upon its… Read more »
Africa: Accf Grants Usd 1.35 Million to Enhance Climate Finance Readiness in Cape Verde, Kenya and Swaziland
The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) announced Friday, the approval of three projects totaling USD 1.35 million to enhance the readiness of Cape Verde, Kenya and Swaziland to… Read more »
October 24, 2015
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $90 Million Loan to Promote Science and Technology in Angola
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on October 21, 2015, a loan of US $90 million for the Republic of Angola to finance a Science and Technology… Read more »
Africa: Feeding Africa Conference Resolves to Accelerate Agriculture Transformation
Delegates attending talks on transforming African agriculture rose from three days of talks, from October 21-23, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, excited about new commitments… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Receives Decoration From Republic of Senegal
African Development President Akiwumi Adesina was named Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion (Grand Officier de l'Ordre National du Lion), one of Senegal's highest… Read more »
Africa: Feeding Africa Conference Adopts Plan for Agricultural Transformation
The adoption of an action plan and wide-ranging partnerships to transform African agriculture into viable agri-business were the main outcomes of the three-day high-level… Read more »
October 23, 2015
Africa: Finance Ministers Affirm Commercial Borrowing Possible to Fund Agriculture Transformation
African countries could borrow money internationally to invest in commercial agriculture to spread the range of manufactured products available within their economies and lead to… Read more »
October 22, 2015
Africa: New Technologies At the Service of Africa's Agricultural Transformation
Farmers are effectively using mobile telephone technologies to eliminate middlemen distorting the market prices of farm produce and access better seeds, President of the African… Read more »
Africa: African Finance Ministers Seek Mega-Financing Deals to Boost Agriculture Sector
African Ministers of Finance have stepped up a campaign for additional financing led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to channel funding required to boost production of rice… Read more »
October 23, 2015
Africa: AfDB Approves a $ 33.3-Million Regional Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment Fund
On October 21, 2015, the African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved a US $33.3-million grant to set up a Post Ebola Recovery Social Investment… Read more »
