Africa: AfDB Funds Capacity Building in Managing for Results

The African Development Bank (AfDB), on Tuesday in Tunis, provided USD 14 million as its contribution to the financing of knowledge component of the multinational project for… Read more »

North Africa: Unlocking North Africa's Potential Through Regional Integration - New AfDB Report

"Unlocking North Africa's potential through regional integration" is the title of a new report published by the African Development Bank (AfDB), which examines the key issues and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB, UNECA, and AUC Partner to Improve Statistical Capacity to Prepare Metadata for MDGs Indicators

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is organising a… Read more »

Africa: Water Engineers Sponsored By AWF Graduate From 2IE Institute

A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Join African Finance Ministers Meeting in Kinshasa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be attending the meeting of African finance ministers and central bank governors which begins in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic… Read more »

Africa: Inflation Rises to 12.1 Percent

Inflation edged up to an annual rate of 12.1 percent in the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in June compared to the annual rate of 11.6… Read more »

Africa: Calls for Proposals - Education Research in Africa Award (eraa)

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank (ADI/AfDB) call for proposals within the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Stands Ready to Support African Countries in Establishing Continental Free Trade

The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Group Project Approvals for 2012 So Far Total U.S. $ 3.45 Billion

The African Development Bank Group has made project approvals of approximately USD 3.45 billion, or Units of Account (UA) 2.27 billion, during the year 2012 so far. In total, 52… Read more »

Africa: Moono Muputola, AfDB - 'Well-Regulated Commodity Exchanges Are of Critical Importance'

"African countries can benefit immensely from well-regulated derivatives commodity exchanges - which in turn could provide a useful tool for Africa's development," said Moono… Read more »

Africa: Conference Seeks to Develop Regulatory Framework for Derivatives and Commodity Exchanges

From 25-27 July 2012, more than 100 high level experts from across Africa will discuss ways and means to develop the derivatives and commodity exchanges in Africa, through the… Read more »

Africa: Economic and Social Challenges Beyond the Revolution

The Tunisian uprising began as a spontaneous social protest against unemployment and social injustice in the interior of the country. In less than a month and against all… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Injects Euros 7m Private Equity Into SME Fund in Francophone Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a €7 million equity investment in the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs SME Fund (IPAE). This will… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Injects U.S. $15 Million Equity Into African Trade Insurance Agency

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved recently a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its… Read more »

Africa: AfDB's Omsbudsman Explains Role and Workings of the Office On Ghana Field Office Visit

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Ombudsman, Amabel Orraca Ndiaye, visited the AfDB's Ghana Field office (GHFO) from 11 to 13 July, 2012 as part of an annual outreach and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests U.S. $7m in Private Equity in Southern African SME Fund

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Gabon Renewable Energy Sector With 57m Loan

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on 18 July 2012 in Tunis, a senior loan of €57.5 million to… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Uganda Bond Programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 opened books on its 125 billion Ugandan shilling medium-term note (MTN) programme. The first issue of the programme,… Read more »

Africa: AfBD Co-Hosts the 17th African Econometric Society Annual Conference 2012

The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the African Econometric Society (AES), the Bank of Uganda, Makerere University College of… Read more »

Africa: 40+ African Ministers of Finance and Health Tackle Health Mdgs and Steer Post-Mdg Agenda

The Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) mechanism organized a High-level dialogue among African ministers of finance and health on Value for Money, Sustainability and… Read more »

Africa: Forecasting the Costs and Benefits of Implementing Basel III for North African Emerging Economies

Forecasting the Costs and Benefits of Implementing Basel III for North African Emerging Economies looks at the potential impact of Basel III on Tunisia and Egypt. Read more »

Africa: Rehabilitation of the Agricultural and Rural Sector

The economic crisis of the 1980s, exacerbated by the armed conflicts of the 1990s in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted in a drop in farmer assistance, desertion of… Read more »

North Africa: Finding Jobs for 9.8 Million Young People Will Require a New Approach to Economic Growth

Growth in the last 10 years preceding the Arab Spring did not made it possible for North African countries to create enough jobs for the young. The regional unemployment rate among… Read more »

Africa: Afdb's Usd 33m Harar Water and Sanitation Project Comes On Stream

The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8… Read more »

Africa: Southern Region B Director Visits Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro-Power Plant and Transmission Line Project

Southern Region B Director, Chiji Ojukwu, was on a dialogue mission to Zambia from 9 to 14 July 2012 where, along with the Vice President and Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, he was… Read more »