September 25, 2015
Africa: Cooperating Partners Call for Strengthened and Strategic Collaboration in the Preparation of Nepad Infrastructure Projects
Cooperating partners who provide financial support to the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) hosted by the… Read more »
Africa: President Adesina At UN Meetings in New York
Adesina addresses Africa Leadership Forum Read more »
September 22, 2015
Africa: AfDB Gears Up for Key Role in Post-2015 Development Agenda
A high-level African Development Bank (AfDB) delegation led by its new President, Akinwumi Adesina, will ensure that Africa's voice is heard at the UN Sustainable Development… Read more »
September 23, 2015
Africa: President Akinwumi Adesina Appoints Dr. Sipho Moyo As Director of the Cabinet and Chief of Staff
"It gives me great pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr. Sipho Moyo, a citizen of Zimbabwe, as Director of Cabinet and Chief of Staff in the Office of the President" said Mr… Read more »
September 22, 2015
Africa: African Renewable Energy Fund, Cornerstoned By AfDB and Sefa
The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), a dedicated renewable energy fund focused on sub-Saharan Africa, announced during the African Development Bank's "Energy Week" that it… Read more »
Africa: From the MDGs to the SDGs - Africa At a Crossroads
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Africa: AfDB and Badea Discuss Enhancing Cooperation
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met with Sidi Ould Tah, Director General of the Banque Arabe pour le Développement Economique en Afrique… Read more »
Africa: Ambassador of Turkey Pays Courtesy Visit to President Adesina
The Ambassador of Turkey to Côte d'Ivoire, Esra Demir, paid a courtesy visit to the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, September 21 at… Read more »
September 18, 2015
Africa: AfDB Puts Energy On the Front Burner of Africa's Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has placed energy squarely on the front burner of its development agenda, for a continent on which some 645 million, more than half of the… Read more »
Africa: Benin Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou Says Access to Energy Should Be a Social Right
Speaking in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on 17 September, where he Joined a stakeholders meeting on lighting Africa packaged by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Prime Minister… Read more »
West Africa: Ivoire Hydro Energy Scoops Top Prize At Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Awards
Etty Ekolan Alain is the winner of the top prize at the second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2). Read more »
September 17, 2015
Africa: Adesina, at the High-Level Consultative Stakeholder Meeting On the New Deal On Energy for Africa
Your Excellency, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Your Excellency, Lionel Zinsou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin (thank you so much:… Read more »
Africa: Ten Finalists Shortlisted for Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing Awards
The Second West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF2) awards, in which entrepreneurs showcase their projects in the area of clean and renewable energy, opened Thursday,… Read more »
Africa: Speech - Akinwumi A. Adesina, AfDB's President, At the High-Level Consultative Stakeholder Meeting On the New Deal On Energy for Africa, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Your Excellency, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Your Excellency, Lionel Zinsou, Prime Minister of the Republic of Benin (thank you so much:… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Unveils "New Deal for Energy in Africa."
A blue print to get rid of Africa's energy poverty by 2025 Read more »
September 16, 2015
Africa: Nigerian Entrepreneur's Award-Winning Clean Energy Project Ensures Cooking Does Not Kill
Femi Oye, winner of the first-ever West African Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF) award in 2013, is living his dream of contributing to women's health in Nigeria and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves US$ 121 Million for Electricity Expansion to Rural Households in Uganda
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board approved on 16 September 2015 a US$ 121 million loan and grant to help Uganda's government improve access to electricity for rural… Read more »
September 15, 2015
Africa: First Afcop Steering Committee Takes Stock of Progress of U.S. $12.6-Million Project
Members of the African Community of Practice (AfCoP) Steering Committee met on September 14 in Abidjan to review performance and provide strategic guidance on the African… Read more »
September 16, 2015
Africa: Benin's President, Boni Yayi, Visits AfDB - "Energy Is Alpha and Omega for Africa's Prosperity"
African Development Bank Group President, Akinwumi A. Adesina, received Benin's President, Thomas Boni Yayi, on September 15, 2015 at the Bank's headquarters in Abidjan. Boni Yayi… Read more »
September 15, 2015
Africa: AfDB Vice-President Solomon Asamoah Discusses US-Africa Economic Relations At the Woodrow Wilson International Center
On September 10, 2015, African Development Bank Vice-President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, Solomon Asamoah, participated in a panel discussion… Read more »
September 14, 2015
Africa: Towards a New Deal On Energy for Africa
To: 18/09/2015 Read more »
September 13, 2015
Africa: The African Development Bank and Partners Host Energy Week in Abidjan
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting and co-organizing a series of events, including high-level discussions and partnerships focusing on lighting up and powering Africa,… Read more »
September 10, 2015
Africa: President Akinwumi A. Adesina Pushes for a New Deal On Energy for Africa and Binding Agreement At Cop21
Speaking to a delegation of Ministers representing more than 40 nations spanning the globe, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, pushed for a New Deal… Read more »
Africa: Dinner With the Foreign Affairs Minister of France - September 6, 2015 - Paris, France
Your Excellency, Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister of Foreign Affairs, France; Your Excellency, Manuel Pulgar Vidal, Minister of Environment, Peru; Honourable Ministers, Distinguished… Read more »
September 09, 2015
Africa: AfDB and Japan Sign Bilateral Agreement for Sixth Private Sector Assistance Loan
On September 8, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan signed the sixth private sector assistance loan under the joint initiative titled Enhanced… Read more »
