July 13, 2015
Africa: Financing for Development Conference in Addis Ababa - Multilateral Development Banks to Work More Closely and With Private and Public Sector Partners
The third international conference on Financing for Development opened on 13 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The opening plenary meeting was opened by the UN General Secretary,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves First Guarantee of Risk Management Product
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved its first Partial Credit Guarantee of risk management product. The Financial Sector Development Department, led by Stefan… Read more »
July 10, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Approves African Natural Resources Center Strategy for 2015-2020
On July 10, 2015, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved the six-year Strategy of the African Natural Resources Center (ANRC). The Strategy is intended to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Growth Potential of African Midcap Private Sector Through Africinvest Fund III
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, an equity investment of €20 million to the AfricInvest Fund III. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Board Pays Tribute to Outgoing President Donald Kaberuka
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group paid glowing tributes to outgoing President Donald Kaberuka for the enormous work he accomplished toward the development… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Takes Leading Role in Raising Funds for Afig Fund-II, a Multinational Private Equity Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 an equity investment of up to USD 45 million in Atlantic Coast Regional Fund LLC… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Along With Other MDBs and IDFC Have Developed Common Principles for Adaptation Finance Tracking
The world's leading development finance institutions have taken an important step forward in tracking more consistently the flows of finance that help countries and people deal… Read more »
July 09, 2015
Africa: AfDB Highly Represented At the Third International Conference On Financing for Development
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July 07, 2015
Africa: AfDB and CBI Stakeholder Consultations Focus On Agricultural Trade and Investment
Using technology to maximize productivity with a view to attracting the youth and enable them efficiently gain optimal results in agricultural and agribusiness in Africa was the… Read more »
July 06, 2015
Africa: Sefa Doubled Its Grant Portfolio to Small - to Medium - Sized Clean Energy Projects in 2014 - Report
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) announced on June 11 that it more than doubled its project portfolio last year, with commitments of USD 6.5 million, for 10 new… Read more »
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 »
