September 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB, Government of Tanzania Launch U.S. $57 Million in Support to Technical Vocational Education and Training Project
On September 18, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the United Republic of Tanzania, launched the Technical Vocational Education and Teacher Education… Read more »
Africa: U.S. $ 2 Trillion in Investments Back Green Bonds to Tap Usd 100 Trillion Bond Market for Climate Solutions
Green Bond commitments announcement for next 12 months by issuers, banks and investors Read more »
Africa: Agricultural Innovations Can Help African Farmers Compete, Boost Food Security, Says New Report
Africa must embrace agricultural innovations to better compete in an evolving global bio-economy, according to findings from a new report issued by the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: Agriculture - The Key to Africa's Development
On the occasion of the African Development Bank's commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security, on Monday, September 29, 2014 in Abidjan, Chiji Ojukwu,… Read more »
September 26, 2014
Africa: Japan Committed to Work Closely With AfDB, Africa50 and Recs to Develop Regional Infrastructure in Africa
New York, September 25, 2014 - On the margins of the Climate Summit in New York, the Japanese government convened the second roundtable with African Regional Economic Communities… Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Poised to Enhance Access to Additional Climate Finance for African Countries
To meet the full scale of the global climate challenge and seize the opportunities at hand, domestic efforts must be scaled up and simultaneously leveraged through an international… Read more »
September 24, 2014
Africa: AfDB and Sister Institutions Committed to Move Forward On the Sustainable Transport Agenda With Us $175 Bn in Financing
The historic one-day UN Climate Summit opened on September 23 in New York City with 125 heads of state in attendance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama… Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Supports SMEs With 1 Million Euros to Enhance Inclusive Growth and Job Creation
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window approved on September 18, 2014 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire a EUR 1 million… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Advocates for Stronger Private Sector Engagement in Broadband Development in Africa
New York, September 22, 2014 - On the margins of the UN Climate Summit taking place in New York on September 23, representatives from the African Development Bank were invited to… Read more »
September 19, 2014
West Africa: Sahel Initiative - AfDB President Kaberuka and UN Special Envoy Sellassie Discuss Better Coordination of Actions
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, on September 19, 2014 in Abidjan, called on the Bank Group and held talks with President Donald Kaberuka… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change - AfDB Continues to Show Strong Leadership in Financing Low Carbon Development in Africa
Six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided in 2013 about USD 24 billion worldwide in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the… Read more »
September 18, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves US $144 Million for Projects and Programmes in Mali, Angola and Burkina Faso
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) met in Abidjan on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, and approved five projects worth US… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: Guinea - AfDB Provides $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve Public Finance Management and the Business Climate in Guinea
In Abidjan on September 15, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US $18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 19, 2014
Africa: AfDB Issues Its Debut 7-Year Us Dollar Global Benchmark
Tunis, September 17, 2014 - On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, the African Development Bank ("AfDB") successfully issued a new a 1 billion 7-year US dollar global benchmark due… Read more »
September 18, 2014
Africa: The AfDB Approves a U.S. $25 Million Loan to Support Institutional Capacity Building in the Private Sector
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - At its meeting on 17 September 2014, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a request for a US $24.85 million… Read more »
September 29, 2014
Africa: Commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security By the African Development Bank
Africa's recent growth has failed to translate into meaningful job creation and the broad-based economic and social development needed to reduce poverty and inequality. Although… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: The AfDB Is Providing $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve the Management of Public Finances
In Abidjan on 15 September 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US$ 18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 12, 2014
Africa: The AfDB and Japan Sign $300-Million Loan Agreement to Support the Private Sector in Africa
Abidjan, September 15, 2014 - On September 12, 2014, The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Japan signed a concessional loan for US $300 million to support the private sector in… Read more »
September 16, 2014
Africa: Japan-AfDB Sign Bilateral Agreement to Promote Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed on September 16, 2014 a bilateral agreement for a loan to the AfDB of 30.69 billion… Read more »
September 15, 2014
Africa: AfDB With Other MDBs Strongly Committed to Accelerating Action to Address Climate Change
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, September 11, 2014 - The African Development Bank will participate in the UN Secretary-General's Climate Summit on September 23, 2014. The Summit will… Read more »
September 12, 2014
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks agree to reinforce climate financing in advance of UN summit
The AfDB is strongly committed to financing climate resilient and low-carbon development in Africa. Read more »
September 10, 2014
Africa: Central African Republic Calls On AfDB's Support in Strengthening Management of Public Finances, Says Former Prime Minister André Nzapayéké
"The re-engagement of AfDB in my country, which is undergoing enormous financial difficulties, was at the heart of our discussions with African Development Bank President Donald… Read more »
September 08, 2014
Africa: Flag-Raising Ceremony Marks AfDB's Return to Its Official Headquarters in Côte d'Ivoire
A flag-raising ceremony outside the CCIA (Centre de Commerce International d'Abidjan) Building in downtown Abidjan marked the occasion of the African Development Bank Group's… Read more »
September 09, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $256 Million Investments in Infrastructure, Water, Sanitation and Health
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) held its first regular meeting since the Bank returned to its statutory headquarters in Abidjan on Monday,… Read more »
September 04, 2014
Africa: AfDB Debars UK-Based Eduteq Ltd. for Fraudulent Practices
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on September 2, 2014, announced the conclusion of a Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) with Eduteq Ltd. based in Leicester, United… Read more »