Africa: Interview with Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, EBRD

Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and head of the EBRD mission to the African Development Bank, discusses the… Read more »

Africa: AFCOP to Launch AfriK4R Initiative At Fifth Annual Meeting

The African Community of Practice is organizing its fifth annual meeting to formally launch the Africa Knowledge for Results initiative (AfriK4R), an AfDB-funded project in Tunis,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$103 Million Project to Support Higher Education, Science and Technology in Uganda

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on November 21, approved the Uganda Support to Higher Education, Science and Technology Project, a key Human Development… Read more »

Africa: The AWF, the Government of Sudan and the AfDB Jointly Launch the First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur

Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project… Read more »

Africa: Interview With Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), discusses the potential for collaboration between the EBRD and the African… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo

On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »

Africa: Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan

On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the African Development Institute (EADI) in collaboration with the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) launched a Project Implementation Workshop in Khartoum,… Read more »

Africa: Zeroing in On HIV/Aids in Africa - AfDB Joins Call for Zero New Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Deaths

On December 1st, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will commemorate World AIDS Day at its headquarters in Tunis and field offices in 34 African countries. A resolute… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests $43.7 Million in Kenya's Higher Education Sector

The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing… Read more »

Africa: AfDB At COP18

Efforts from the international community and African countries to improve access to climate finance in Africa have yielded significant results in recent year; however the current… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Seminar Promotes Private Sector Development in Central Africa

The African Development Bank Group's Regional Department for Central Africa (ORCE) and the African Development Institute (ADI), in collaboration with the Economic Community of… Read more »

Africa: Working With Local Organizations in the Fight Against HIV/Aids in Benin

The African Development Bank Group has led an intervention in Benin, where over 60,000 people are living with HIV, aimed enabling the country to take the helm in the fight against… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Investing in Kenya's Teachers to Fight HIV/Aids

The education of Kenya's youth is being threatened by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by the disease shy away from schools due to social stigmas and lack of funds, while the country is… Read more »

Africa: 8th African Symposium On Statistical Development Convenes in Côte d'Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission (AUC) and Institute of National… Read more »

Africa: Building Human Capital of 1.2 Million in the Lake Chad Region to Fight HIV/Aids

The African Development Bank is investing in the Lake Chad Region to empower particularly women in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDs. The AfDB has been supporting skills… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign a 387.6 Million Euro Loan Agreement to Support the Reforms During Transition Period

The African Development Bank, represented by Vice-President Ndoumbe Lobé and the Tunisian Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Riadh Bettaieb, signed a… Read more »

Africa: Africa CEO Forum - What Development Strategies Lie Ahead for African Leaders?

African Enterprise at the Heart of Discussions Read more »

Africa: 11th ALM and Risk Management MDB Forum

The 2012 ALM and Risk Management forum will be hosted by the African development Bank Group in Marrakech from 28-30 November 2012. The forum will attract several delegates from… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Discusses Job Creation At ILO Headquarters in Geneva

On the occasion of his visit to the International Labour Organization in Geneva on Thursday, November 22, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka discussed job creation,… Read more »

Africa: AFDB Signs U. S $0.26 Million Protocol Agreement With Mamoun Beheiry Centre in Khartoum, Sudan

On Tuesday 20th November 2012, the AfDB signed a US$ 0.26 million protocol agreement with Mamaoun Beheiry Centre for Economic and Social Studies and Research (MBC), a policy… Read more »

Africa: The Bank Group Policy On Energy Sector Approved By the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors approved, on 26 September 2012, the revised Bank Group Energy Sector Policy. This policy supersedes the 1994 Bank Group Energy Sector Policy and the 1985… Read more »

Africa: AFDB Supports Intra-African Talent Mobility Flagship Program

For the first time, the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) took place in Africa. This year's forum on "enhancing the human development of migrants and their… Read more »

Africa: Africa CEO Forum Opens in Geneva

THE FIRST AFRICA CEO FORUM, a high-level meeting for the African private sector, opened on Tuesday November 20, in Geneva in the presence of 560 delegates from 32 countries,… Read more »

Africa: ALSF board adopts 2013 workplan and budget, reviews achievements of past year

The Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) met on November 19, 2012 at the Temporary Relocation Agency of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Tunis.… Read more »

Africa: Bank Supports Private Sector Development in Central Africa

The African Development Bank's Regional Department for Central Africa, ORCE, and the African Development Institute co-organize a regional seminar on promoting private sector… Read more »