Africa: Where Are Jobs for African Youth? in Agri-Business!

Agri-business has the potential to create jobs for the millions of African youth who are jobless even after graduating with good degrees, experts said Wednesday during a panel… Read more »

Africa: Panelists Call for Strong Paris Agreement, Climate Finance Justice for Africa

Panelists at high-level event on climate change on Tuesday have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, sufficient to… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Asked to Address Security Threats By Investing in Holistic Development

In the face of growing threats to peace and security on the continent, African countries have been called upon to invest in development in a holistic way. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Efforts in Improving Trade Finance in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting efforts to improve trade financing on the continent. The Bank is not only financing trade activities and projects to facilitate… Read more »

Africa: AfDB's Development Effectiveness Review Shows 70 Percent of Indicators On Track

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is consciously contributing to Africa's development and it is achieving results. Read more »

Africa: Panelists Underscore Need for Integration of Africa's Stock Exchanges

African countries should support the integration of capital markets on the continent, panelists argued on Wednesday. Read more »

Africa: African Ecological Futures - 2015 Report Now Available

The 2015 African Ecological Futures report, launched Tuesday, May 26 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, during the 50th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Scaled Up Project Funding By 15 Percent to U.S.$ 7.6 Billion in 2014

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) realised a 15.3-percent increase in its operations turnover in 2014 compared to 2013 despite the challenging global and regional economic… Read more »

Africa: African Economies Grew By 3.9 Percent GDP in 2014 Amid Global and Regional Shocks

African economies registered 3.9% average GDP growth in 2014 compared to the 3.7% in 2013. This reflects resilience to global and regional shocks which affected the continent last… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Signs U.S. $100 Million Risk Participation Facility With Firstrand Bank S.a. to Boost African Trade

The African Development Bank (AfDB) formally signed on Wednesday, May 27 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, in the prelude of the 50th AfDB Annual Meetings, a USD 100 million… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Weighs Options for Africa's Economic Transformation

As Africa's premier development finance institution, the African Development Bank has kept faith with its mission by positioning itself at the centre of Africa's transformation in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB - A Focus On Africa's Economic Transformation to Inclusive Sustainable Growth

For a continent which has consistently posted robust economic growth in the past decade, recent reports that the continent is the bastion of inequality recording 42.6 on the Gini… Read more »

Africa: Domestic Resources Needed to Fund Africa's Sustainable Development, Panel Hears

Domestic resource mobilization is key for Africa's growth. That was the consensus reached Tuesday at the "Financing Africa's Transformation: Billions to Trillions" seminar during… Read more »

Africa: African Economies to Rebound in 2015, Despite Uncertain Global Conditions

African economies are expected to register robust growth in 2015 expanding by 4.5 per cent in 2015, and may reach 5 per cent in 2016, compared to 3.9 per cent registered in 2014… Read more »

Africa: Kaberuka Pays Glowing Tribute to Founding Fathers and Staff

In a moving speech, which sums up his 10 years service to the African Development Bank (AfDB), as President, Donald Kaberuka gave glowing tributes to the founding fathers and staff… Read more »

Africa: Official Opening Ceremony of 50th Annual Meetings

"It is not money that delivers development, it is the policies that do," said African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka. That powerful message came Tuesday… Read more »

Africa: Past Presidents Task AfDB With Facilitating Integration At 50th Anniversary Forum

Some of the most distinguished actors in the 50 years of the African Development Bank's existence reflected on the past, took stock of the present and made tentative projections… Read more »

Africa: African Media Urged to Promote Coverage of Development Issues

African media and its support agencies must act to narrow the gap between media content and national development agendas, journalists heard Monday. Read more »

Africa: Participants At AfDB Seminar Say Open Borders Necessary for Integration

Saddled with 54 national markets and tight migration policies, the idea of an integrated and prosperous Africa would remain a pipe dream if African countries fail to open their… Read more »

Africa: The African Legal Support Facility's Governing Bodies Meet in Abidjan

Governing Council and the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (from left to right): Christian Fougner, Norway; Abdenor Brahmi, France; Nimatou Dramane, West… Read more »

Africa: African Countries Asked to Pay Attention to Domestic Resource Mobilization

African countries have been asked to look within themselves to mobilize resources for development because the resources are available. Read more »

Africa: India Signs Replenishment of Technical Cooperation Agreement With African Development Bank Group

Dinesh Sharma, Temporary Governor for India, and Charles Boamah, African Development (AfDB) Vice-President in charge of Finance, on May 25, 2015 in Abidjan, inked a protocol… Read more »

Africa: Where Are Africa's Young Leaders? At the AfDB Annual Meetings

On Monday, May 25 in Abidjan, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), convened African leaders past and present to provoke debate on a vision for the… Read more »

Africa: Let's Learn From Each Other, Kaberuka Tells African Youth

African youth have been told to exchange ideas with the elderly on the continent towards advancing the continent's growth and development. Read more »

Africa: Women's Empowerment At Top of Agenda As AfDB Launches Gender Equality Index for Africa

Are women and men on a level playing field? That was the question of debate on Monday, May 25 as the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its first-ever Gender Equality Index… Read more »