June 01, 2012
Africa: An Interview With South Sudan Deputy Minister for Planning
Shortly after signing a protocol agreement with the Bank Group, for South Sudan to become a member of the institution, the country's Deputy Minister for Planning, Mary Jervase Yak… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Access to Finance for African SMEs With the Official Launch of the African Guarantee Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, announced today, at the AfDB Annual General Meetings, the official launch of the African Guarantee Fund (AGF),… Read more »
Africa: AfDB's CSO Forum Closes With a Renewed Commitment to Partner for Development
A Forum for Civil Society organized during the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings in Arusha ended on Friday with the endorsement of three key areas of collaboration… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Goes Mobile for Research Data With Partner Mobile Accord
At the onset of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings, its Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, announced a strategic partnership with Mobile Accord for the processing of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and WWF to Launch Africa Ecological Footprint Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have launched today a joint report on the state of Africa's environment. Read more »
Africa: IFC and African Development Bank Sign ISDA Master Agreement to Expand Local Currency Finance
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the African Development Bank (AfDB) today signed an ISDA Master Agreement to enter into cross-currency swap transactions to facilitate… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Seminar Participants Say too Many Institutions Impede Africa's Development
The duplication of economic and financial institutions in African has been identified as one of the key obstacles to the continent's development. Read more »
Africa: Japan Pledges U.S.$1 Billion for African Private Sector Development Through AfDB's Initiative
Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Finance, Yukihisa Fujita, announced today, at the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Annual Meetings, the Japanese government's intention to provide… Read more »
May 31, 2012
Africa: Tanzanian President Says Africa Is Set to Become World Economic Power
Africa is poised to become the world's new economic power house for the 21st century, provided it continues to embrace the sound economic policies that engendered the progress… Read more »
Africa: Moroccan Monarch Lauds AfDB's Long-Term Strategy
As Africa's premier development finance institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is faced with the double challenge to enhance its excellence while identifying relevant… Read more »
Africa: Africa Needs Political Will to Achieve Regional Integration and Economic Transformation
"Africa has potentials to develop trade and regional integration. Economies are not transformed. They are highly dominated by internal barriers. More importantly, there is lack of… Read more »
Africa: Participants At AfDB Seminar Underscore Need to Mobilise Domestic Resources for Africa's Transformation
Mobilisation of domestic and intra-African resources should be the way to go if the continent is resolute about putting its economic structural transformation into high gear and… Read more »
Africa: Formal Opening of AfDB 2012 Annual Meetings
Despite the present "feel good factor" in many economies across Africa, this is no time for hubris rather a moment of sober reflection, African Development Bank Group (AfDB)… Read more »
May 30, 2012
Africa: AfDB Grants 12 Million Euros to Democratic Republic of Congo to Modernize Its Public Finances
On 29 May, the African Development Bank (AfDB) made a grant of €12 million to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in support of the project to modernize the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Panel Discussants Say Addressing Infrastructure Gap Is Key to Africa's Transformation
Lack of sufficient and reliable infrastructure continues to constrain Africa's potential for growth and economic transformation. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Records 36 Per Cent Increase in Loan and Grant Commitments
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group made approvals of almost USD 8.5 billion in 2011, which represented a 36-percent increase on 2010 approvals which totalled approximately… Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration Can Boost Job Creation and Foster Economic Growth
Accelerated regional integration can generate greater benefits including job creation given the high unemployment levels and the youthful demographic profile of the East African… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Stresses Importance of Remittances and Microfinance for Financial Inclusion
The role played by remittances and microfinance in the empowerment of the less privileged in society came under scrutiny on 29 May in Arusha, Tanzania, during a high-level panel… Read more »
Africa: Emerging Economies Celebrate South-South Convergence
Emerging economies of South East Asia and African developing economies on Tuesday celebrated the convergence of South-South fruitful development initiative at the on-going African… Read more »
Africa: Credit Rating Can Help African Countries Access International Financial Markets
As the Governors of the African Development Bank Group meet in Arusha, Tanzania, from 31 May to 1 June 2012, the annual rating of AfDB by Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB On Course to Build African Class of Entrepreneurs
Though the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hasn't allocated a specific amount for promoting the African private sector, it is determined to build a class of entrepreneurs… Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration Can Boost Job Creation and Foster Economic Growth
Accelerated regional integration can generate greater benefits including job creation given the high unemployment levels and the youthful demographic profile of the East African… Read more »
May 29, 2012
Africa: 'Our Partnership With AfDB Is Relevant in Shaping the Continent's Needs to Emerge As a Viable Growth Pole,' ACBF Executive Secretary
What is the link between the Africa Capacity Building Foundation's activities and the theme of the 2012 Annual Meetings: Africa and the Emerging Global Landscape - challenges and… Read more »
Africa: Good Financial Governance, an Indicator of Democracy, Says Donald Kaberuka
Un gouvernement propre, qui travaille pour son peuple et oeuvre au bien-être de sa population, telles sont les trois critères qui, selon le président de la… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Turns a Corner in Its Relations With Civil Society
The African Development Bank will be hosting a Forum for Civil Society engagement in conjunction with its 2012 Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. About 60 civil society… Read more »
