Africa: Bank to Launch New Platform to Connect Mano River Countries

Connecting people, consolidating peace and accelerating economic transformation were the main themes of a high-level seminar organized by the African Development Bank in Abidjan on… Read more »

Africa: Successful Infrastructure Project Bonds Require Improved Regulatory Frameworks, Says AfDB Study

African countries need to improve their regulatory frameworks in order to ensure the successful launch of African infrastructure project bonds, says a new report launched by the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Concludes First Pan-African Training for Regulators of Derivatives and Commodities Exchanges

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 10, 2013 concluded a one-week, pan-African training workshop for African regulators of derivatives and commodities exchanges. The… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Gender Forum Stresses Women's Empowerment in Tunis

The first edition of the African Development Bank's Gender Forum was held in Tunis on May 10, 2013, with women stressing the need to integrate institutional recognition,… Read more »

Africa: Kaberuka Named Africa's "Infrastructure Investment Personality of the Year"

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka was designated on May 7, 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa, the "Infrastructure Investment Personality of the Year" for 2013. The… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Gender Forum - Changing the State of Gender Equality in Africa

The African Development Bank is organizing on 10 May, 2013 in Tunis the first edition of the "AfDB Gender Forum" to leverage the Bank's advocacy on Gender Equality. The Forum will… Read more »

Africa: African Continent Can Transform Within a Generation, Says Kaberuka

Speaking at the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday, May 9 in Cape Town, South Africa, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said "Africa has to find its… Read more »

Africa: Regional Integration Key to Africa's Future Competitiveness

Africa must increase competitiveness or jeopardize future growth, warns the Africa Competitiveness Report 2013, which assesses prospects for sustainable growth of 38 African… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Supports Economic Recovery in Mali With a Loan of More Than 30 Billion CFA Francs

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 8 in Tunis, a loan of 30 billion CFA francs to the Republic of Mali. This amount will be drawn from the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB-Nigeria - Over U.S.$ 1 Billion Investment in Potable Water Projects for Millions of Households

Water is the most critical resource in any nation. It is the principal measure of the health of a country and how its people live. In Tunisia, as in a number of North African… Read more »

Africa: From Fear to Hope - Getting It Right in Somalia

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one. Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al… Read more »

Africa: World Economic Forum On Africa Kicks Off in Cape Town

The 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off on Wednesday, May 8 on the theme "Delivering on Africa's Promise". Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Strengthens Its 2013-2017 Assistance Strategy for Côte d'Ivoire

The African Development Bank Group, the Government of Côte d'Ivoire as well as stakeholders are engaged in a dialogue, to address the country's structural development,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Pledges U.S.$18 Million in Support of Somalia's Reconstruction

The African Development Bank pledged its support to Somali's reconstruction on May 7 with a commitment of US $18 million over three years. Read more »

Africa: Strong Leadership Needed for Inclusive Growth, Experts Say

Inclusive growth has attracted considerable attention in recent years, and certainly at the African Development Bank the discussion has reached a fevered pitch. Read more »

North Africa: Climate Investment Funds Give North Africa and Middle East Green Light for Revised Regional Solar Plan

The US $7.6 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) gave the go-ahead on Friday, May 3, to Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia to proceed with an updated version of a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Us$1.26b Kenya - Ethiopia Electricity Highway

The African Development Bank today launched the 1,068-kilometre high-voltage electricity highway to be built between Kenya and Ethiopia. Read more »

Africa: AfDB's Workshop On Regulations for Commodities and Derivatives Markets in Africa

From May 6 to 10, 2013, the African Development Bank is organizing a pan-African training workshop in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on derivatives and commodities markets for… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Boosts Integrated Development and Governance in Tunisia With Euros 22.9 Million

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Tunisia on Monday 6th May 2013, in Tunis signed two agreements relating to two important operations. The first one… Read more »

Africa: Business Opportunity Seminar

Africa's Structural Transformation is highly dependent on a strong and competitive private sector. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Website on African Local Currency Bond Markets

The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will launch its website www.africanbondmarkets.org on May 6, 2013. Read more »

Africa: ZimFund's EPIRP to Improve Reliability and Availability of Electricity in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (ZimFund) launched the physical implementation of the sub-transmission component of the Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project… Read more »

Africa: World Press Freedom Day

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) joins the international media and communications community on Friday, May 3, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the World Press Freedom… Read more »

Africa: The Minister of Finance of Morocco Hails AfDB Support for Green Growth in His Country

During a working visit to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis on 3rd May 2013 , Nizir Baraka, Moroccan Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the AfDB Board of Governors,… Read more »

Africa: The African Legal Support Facility Supports Capacity Building On Ppps in Senegal

As part of the project being implemented by the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) to strengthen the legal capacity of the Direction de l'Appui au Secteur Privé (DASP) of… Read more »