April 09, 2013
Africa: Sudan - Donors Pledge U.S.$ 3.6 Billion for the Reconstruction of Darfur
A two-day donor conference on Sudan ended on 8 April in Doha, Qatar with a pledge of USD 3.6billion. The amount, which will be paid over six years, will be devoted mainly to the… Read more »
April 08, 2013
Africa: Return Under Favorable Economic Recovery
After a decade of stagnation, the Ivoirian economy is picking up. The signs are obvious here and there, and especially in Abidjan, the economic capital. They are the construction… Read more »
April 05, 2013
Africa: The ADF Approves Us$ 38 Million to Support Rwanda's Progress in Skills, Entrepreneurship and Jobs
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors on April 3, 2013 approved an African Development Fund (ADF) grant of USD $ 25.7 million and an ADF loan of USD… Read more »
Africa: North African and Middle East Countries Poised to Upgrade Concentrated Solar Power Use With AfDB, World Bank, and Cif Support
On March 19, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank convened a workshop with representatives of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in Rabat, Morocco to… Read more »
March 28, 2013
North Africa: International Development of Health Services - North Africa's Export Prospects
In a recent paper produced as part of a series on North African policies, the African Development Bank (AfDB) analyzes the prospects of exporting the health services available in… Read more »
April 01, 2013
Africa: The BRICS Call for Their Own Development Bank
At their meeting in Durban, the BRICS group put forward the proposal establishing a Development Bank under their auspices. This initiative was hailed by Donald Kaberuka, President… Read more »
March 28, 2013
North Africa: Capital Market Development in North Africa - Current Status and Future Potential
Capital markets in North Africa have a long history but have been marginal to the region's development, concludes a new brief published by the African Development Bank entitled… Read more »
Africa: Towards a New Economic Model for Tunisia
The African Development Bank has officially released the report entitled "Towards a New Economic Model for Tunisia: Identifying Tunisia's Binding Constraints to Broad-Based… Read more »
North Africa: Capital Market Development in North Africa - Current Status and Future Potential
Capital markets in North Africa have a long history but have been marginal to the region's development, concludes a new brief published by the African Development Bank entitled… Read more »
March 27, 2013
Africa: Tunisian Labour Migration to Libya - A Strategic Tool to Tackle Unemployment?
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Office for Tunisians Abroad (OTE), have published a new study on… Read more »
March 26, 2013
Africa: AfDB Grants Malawi U.S.$3.04 Million for Kholombidzo Power Feasibility Studies
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved, on March 25, 2013, a grant amounting to US $3.04 million to finance the Kholombidzo Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) Feasibility… Read more »
Africa: Message from the President: A Win-Win in Infrastructure - The Durban BRICS Summit
The new world order comes to Durban this week - for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma… Read more »
Africa: Trade Integration Key to Macroeconomic Convergence, Says New AfDB Report
A new policy paper by the African Development Bank carries the importance of trade integration to macroeconomic convergence. Published in March 2013, the report titled "Supporting… Read more »
Africa: A Win-Win in Infrastructure - The Durban Brics Summit
The new world order comes to Durban this week - for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma… Read more »
West Africa: SEFA and Partners Launch Competition for Clean Energy Entrepreneurs in West Africa
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) and its partners has launched a business plan competition called the West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (WAFCEF/the Forum)… Read more »
March 25, 2013
Africa: Tanzania's Geothermal Roadmap to Tap Renewable Energy Resources With AfDB Support
On March 13-14, 2013, a wide range of stakeholders gathered in Dar-es-Salaam for a Tanzania Government-hosted workshop to consider the country's "Geothermal Legal and Regulatory… Read more »
Africa: The African Water Facility - Boosting the Water Sector Through Sustained Collaboration
The low rate of investments in the water sector has been a major obstacle to accelerate the development and improved management of water resources critically needed to help meet… Read more »
March 22, 2013
Africa: At the AfDB, Water and Sanitation Is a Gender Issue
The issue of water and sanitation is of utmost importance given the place of women in African society. It illustrates how African women suffer from inequality, particularly when it… Read more »
Africa: Large-Scale Hydropower Projects Supported By AfDB to Transform Africa
"In Africa lies a paradox between plentiful untapped hydropower and other renewable energy resources versus very little electricity access. Forty-five per cent of the electricity… Read more »
Africa: World Water Day - Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
We invest billions of dollars to find evidence of water and life on Mars, but here on Earth, we struggle to mobilize the funds needed to develop the full potential of the water… Read more »
March 19, 2013
North Africa: The AfDB in Search of a Regional Approach for the Employment of the Young and Qualified
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) organized on the 12th and 13th March in Rabat, Morocco, a regional conference on the employment of young graduates from institutions of… Read more »
March 22, 2013
Africa: World Water Day 2013 - International Year of Water Cooperation
The importance of cooperation has long been recognized as fundamental to developing Africa's water sector. African Governments and development partners alike understand the… Read more »
Africa: World Water Day - Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
We invest billions of dollars to find evidence of water and life on Mars, but here on Earth, we struggle to mobilize the funds needed to develop the full potential of the water… Read more »
March 19, 2013
Africa: Call for Papers - Expert Group Meeting On Inclusive Growth in Africa
Africa's economic growth has accelerated in recent years, yet the quality and inclusiveness of this growth remain a major concern to policymakers, researchers, development partners… Read more »
March 18, 2013
Africa: Development Effectiveness Review 2012
The Development Effectiveness Review (DER) is a series of publications reviewing the African Development Bank's (AfDB or Bank) contribution to Africa's development results.… Read more »
