July 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$45 Million Grantfor Creation of Pan African University for Science, Technology and Innovation
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on Wednesday, July 24 an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of US$ 45 million to support the creation… Read more »
Africa: Two AfDB Projects in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire Receive Us Treasury Awards for Development Impact
Two outstanding African Development Bank (AfDB) initiatives, based in Uganda and Côte d'Ivoire, received Development Impact Honors on Thursday, July 25 from the US Treasury… Read more »
Africa: Uganda Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme
Transport constraints in many rural communities in Eastern and Central Uganda made it extremely difficult for farmers to market their produce. Read more »
Africa: Asaph Nuwagira On the Impact of the AfDB's Award-Winning Community Agriculture Programme
On Thursday, July 25, the Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme in Uganda was one of two African Development Bank projects to receive awards from the US… Read more »
Africa: Emerging From Conflict Gender-Based Component of a Multi-Sector Support Project
Côte d'Ivoire's political crisis in 2001 worsened the humanitarian situation in the country and gender-based violence (GBV) grew to affect 67% of women. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves a Us $50-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Citibank Na to Boost Trade Finance in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved today an unfunded US $50-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between the AfDB and Citibank NA (Citi)… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Fivenew Projects
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group chaired by Emmanuel Mbi, First Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer,on Wednesday July 24, 2013 in Tunis, approved… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Enhances Access to Reliable and Affordable Electricity Supply in Côte d'Ivoire
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved today a senior loan of up to 50 million euros to finance the CIPREL Power Expansion Project to increase the… Read more »
July 24, 2013
West Africa: President of West Africa Network of Farmers Pays Courtesy Visit to AfDB Vice-President Abou - Sabaa
Mamadou Cissokho, Honorary President of the Network of Farmers and Agricultural Producers Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA), paid a courtesy visit to Aly Abou-Sabaa,… Read more »
July 23, 2013
Africa: AfDB Enhances Operational Capacity to Track Climate Finance in Development Projects
African Development Bank experts in energy, transport, water supply and sanitation, agriculture, and forestry have begun hands-on training to implement a solid approach to track… Read more »
July 22, 2013
Africa: UN University's Institute for Natural Resources in Africa Sends Mission to AfDB in Tunis
A delegation from the United Nations University's Institute for Natural Resources in Africa arrived at the African Development Bank's temporary relocation agency offices in Tunis… Read more »
July 29, 2013
Africa: AfDB Holds High-Level Policy Dialogue On Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Nigeria
The African Development Bank and the Nigerian government will on Monday, July 29 hold a high level policy dialogue on 'Infrastructure and Structural Transformation in Nigeria' in… Read more »
July 22, 2013
Africa: The AfDB SME Program Approval - Boosting Inclusive Growth in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved today the Africa Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Program, a four-year, US $125-million funding program… Read more »
July 20, 2013
Africa: Africa's Regional Bodies Commit to Filling Infrastructure Financing Gap
In a meeting held on 19 July 2013 in Tunis, Tunisia heads of key African economic and development institutions committed to working towards filling Africa's infrastructure… Read more »
July 19, 2013
Africa: Financing Africa's Infrastructure Beyond "Business As Usual" - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
I want to begin by commending your achievements, each one in your respective mandates as heads of regional economic commissions and leaders of sub-regional financial institutions. Read more »
July 20, 2013
Africa: Heads of Africa's Institutions Discuss Continental Infrastructure
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hosted the heads of Africa's political, economic and development institutions on Friday, 19 July 2013 in Tunis,… Read more »
July 17, 2013
Africa: La BAD a Dédié 4 Milliards de dollars à la finance climatique en 2011 et 2012
La Tunisienne Hela Cheikhrouhou a été désignée, le 26 juin 2013, première directrice exécutive du nouveau Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC),… Read more »
July 20, 2013
Africa: Africa's Institutions Endorse AfDB's Africa50 Fund to Support Infrastructure Financing
In a joint declaration issued in Tunis, Tunisia, on 19 July 2013, African institutions endorsed the AfDB's Africa50 Fund as Africa's vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization… Read more »
July 18, 2013
Africa: Fostering Financial Inclusion With Mobile Banking
The annual growth rates of mobile phone penetration in the developing world have ranged between 30% and 50% or higher, and penetration has been rapidly increasing. Read more »
July 17, 2013
Africa: Multilateral Development Institutions Support a Robust Vision for Sustainable Development in Post-2015
The leaders of seven multilateral organizations have issued a joint appeal for global support of a report issued by a high-level UN panel that calls for ending extreme poverty and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Up to Us $150 Million Line of Credit to Fidelity Bank in Support of Nigeria's Economic Growth
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved today a US $75-million medium-term line of credit (LoC) to Fidelity Bank Plc to fund selected projects in… Read more »
July 19, 2013
Africa: Regional Communities to Discuss Infrastructure Financing in Africa
'Scaling up of infrastructure financing in line with Africa's vision for the next 50 years" is the theme of a round table that will take place in Tunis, Tunisia on 19 July 2013. Read more »
July 15, 2013
Africa: African Countries Follow International Statistics Guidelines
The reliability of economic statistics is a crucial concern now that African development is gathering pace and foreign investors need reassurance that they can rely on African… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Calls for Partnership to Promote Best Practices in Higher Education Policies in Africa
Titled 'Accelerating the AfDB' s Response to the Youth Unemployment Crisis in Africa' this African Development Bank (AfDB) publication takes stock of the challenges and responses… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Follow International Guidelines
The reliability of economic statistics is a crucial concern now that African development is gathering pace and foreign investors need reassurance that they can rely on African… Read more »