February 26, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Now Supports 27 African Countries to Advance Climate-Smart Initiatives, Report Says
In its 2014 Annual Report Financing Change: AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa released Thursday, February 26, the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that its support to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Receives Two Awards Recognizing Its Achievements in the Capital Markets
On Thursday, February 19, 2015 in London, EMEA Finance magazine announced the winners of the 2014 Achievement Awards, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) taking the awards for… Read more »
February 25, 2015
East Africa: First Afrik4r-Comesa Peer Review Meeting Launched in Nairobi
The first peer-review meeting for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) under the Africa for Results (AfriK4R) initiative kicked off in the Kenyan capital… Read more »
West Africa: Process of Developing an Ecowas Policy On Women and Energy Kicks Off
The development of a policy that will help address barriers hindering participation of women in energy access in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is… Read more »
February 24, 2015
Africa: The African Development Bank and Bloomberg Launch African Bond Index
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February 19, 2015
Africa: AfDB Releases Official List of Candidates for the Election of the Next Bank President
The Steering Committee of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank met on 11 February, 2015 at the Bank's headquarters in Abidjan and agreed to the following list of… Read more »
Africa: 2015 Africa CEO Forum - "Africa's New Economic Environment" On the Agenda
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Africa: Boosting Trade Through Reducing Barriers in the Mena Region
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published a new economic paper on the Middle East and North Africa, entitled "Trade Volume and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Goods or… Read more »
February 17, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Mulls Sustained Holistic Approaches to Defeat Ebola
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday, February 13, 2015 in Abidjan discussed the imperative to eradicate the Ebola Virus Disease, which has affected… Read more »
February 16, 2015
Africa: Africa Trade Fund Approves $1.4 Million in Funding for Four Projects
The Technical Review Committee of the Africa Trade Fund (AfTra) at its meeting on February 13, 2015 in Abidjan, approved funding worth more than US $1.4 million for four projects… Read more »
February 13, 2015
Africa: Award-Winning Researcher Argues That Africa's Future Lies With Innovation
There is a huge need to study innovation in various African contexts in order to maximally foster the continent's much-desired economic transformation. Read more »
Africa: Yamoussoukro Meeting Promotes Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for Good Governance
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) are quite literally matters of life and death. In the realm of development, there can be little measurable progress made in countries… Read more »
February 12, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Appoints Three High-Level Advisors On Fragility
The African Development Bank's new Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience for the period 2014-2019 aims to place the Bank at the centre of Africa's efforts to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Awards U.S.$1 Million Emergency Relief Assistance for Drought Victims in Somalia
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire… Read more »
February 10, 2015
Africa: Africa Launches Platform to Enhance Collaboration Between Countries for the Delivery of Quality Early Childhood Development Programs
A regional platform to improve the provision of quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs in Africa was launched on Monday, February 9 in Kigali, Rwanda, during the… Read more »
February 06, 2015
Africa: AfDB Issues 1.375 Percent Usd 1 Billion Global Benchmark Due 12 February 2020
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) successfully launched and priced a new 1 billion 5-year US dollar global benchmark due February 12, 2020. This is… Read more »
January 30, 2015
Africa: Access to Water and Sanitation - AfDB, Partners Advocate More Funding for Least Advanced Countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) reiterated on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Addis Ababa, its commitment to mobilize additional resources for the Kigali Action Plan. This Plan… Read more »
February 02, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Participates in High-Level Event On Ebola Recovery Hosted By UNDP in New York
On January 29, 2015, the African Development Bank, represented by Janvier Kpourou Litse, Acting Vice-President of Operations, in charge of Country and Regional Programs and Policy,… Read more »
Africa: Bold Steps Needed to Place the Continent's Growth On Recovery Path, Says Kaberuka
In order to achieve Africa's socioeconomic transformation, the continent's leaders have to embrace new thinking, and break with the past, according to Donald Kaberuka, President of… Read more »
Africa: Comorans Pin Their Hopes On AfDB Energy Sector Support (PASEC) Electricity Project
Visiting the Comoros, AfDB President Donald Kaberuka reaffirms the Bank's support for the Comoran Government's reforms. The Bank is also providing significant support for the… Read more »
January 30, 2015
Africa: Policy Reforms and Investment Needed to Curb the Shortfall in Africa's Energy Sector
The conclusion of the World Economic Forum raises concerns - particularly for Africa - as to how important issues discussed at the meeting will be addressed. Sustainable energy for… Read more »
Africa: Bank Group and Jica Hold Talks to Push Co-Financing Programmes Forward
The African Development Bank Group, on Friday, January 30, 2015 in Abidjan, received Hiroshi Kato, Japan International Cooperation Agency Vice-President, on a courtesy visit to the… Read more »
Africa: African Women Can Transform the Continent, Says AfDB Special Gender Envoy
African women can and will be agents of change for the continent's transformation at all levels. This was the message delivered by the African Development Bank's Special Envoy on… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Revised Resolution Establishing Bank's Independent Review Mechanism
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, January 28 in Abidjan the revised version of the Resolution establishing the Independent… Read more »
January 29, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Guinea Bissau's 2015-2019 Country Strategy Paper
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, January 28, 2014 approved Guinea Bissau's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for 2015-2019. The document… Read more »