Africa: AfDB Seminar Participants Concerned By Africa's Inability to Tackle Emerging Challenges

Africans need to recognise the legitimacy of self-interest and stop blaming everybody under the sun for the failure of their economies to be competitive with the rest of the world,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Still Strongly Committed to General Capital Increase Pledges

Government representatives, heads and senior officials of financial and multilateral development banks (MDBs), civil society organizations, private sector and academics are meeting… Read more »

Africa: Private Sector Key to Africa's Growth, Says 2012 African Development Report

Most African countries have come to recognize the critical role that the private sector can play to help the continent reach its full economic and social potential, according to… Read more »

Africa: African Stakeholders Want Governments to Take Action to Stem Drought

Some African stakeholders on Monday at the ongoing Africa Development Bank (AFDB), annual meetings in Arusha, Tanzania, said that Africa was paying lip service to the age-old issue… Read more »

Africa: Report Sees Bright Future for Africa but Warns Against Excessive Optimism

Activities preceding the 2012 annual meetings of the African Development Bank Group got underway in Arusha, Tanzania, on Monday, with the launch of "The African Economic Outlook" a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Grants 3.3 Million Euros to Sudan to Support Water Sector in Darfur

The African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a €3.3 million grant protocol agreement on 24 May with the Republic of Sudan for a water project that will support conflict… Read more »

Africa: Jobs for Youth Key to Africa's Continued Economic Growth and Social Cohesion

With the number of youths in Africa set to double by 2045, countries across the continent should boost job creation and help young people acquire new skills, according to the… Read more »

Africa: Afdb and Other Development Banks Reach Concord On Common Reporting Method for Adaptation Finance

After months of collaboration and research, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and five other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have come to various agreements on a protocol… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Top Business, Political and Academic Names to Flock to AfDB's Annual Meetings in Arusha

A dazzling array of Africa's most successful people, including a sitting president, a former president and a multibillionaire businessman, will gather at the Annual Meetings of the… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Helps Boost Socio-Economic Development in Ethiopia and South-Sudan

Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Publishes Major Labour Force Statistical Guidebook

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has produced a comprehensive new guidebook on labour force statistics to aid statisticians in Africa in their analysis/Entitled: 'Labour Force… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Publishes All-Africa Report On Household Spending Patterns

Because Africa is a continent of 54 countries, finding data on how Africans live in terms of consumption and spending is not easy, but a new report from the African Development… Read more »

Africa: Participants Support AfDB's New Education Model for Africa

On May 10, a high level meeting chaired by President Donald Kaberuka, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the Web Foundation elicited a… Read more »

Africa: Board Approves Equity Investment of U.S. $100 Million in Agvance Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on 16 May in Tunis, an equity investment of USD 100 million to Agvance Africa, the first… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Welcomes G8 Initiative On African Agriculture

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka capped a visit to Washington with a landmark meeting at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Saturday. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Participates in Launch of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka joined U.S. President Barack Obama, several African heads of state and leaders from the public and private sector in Washington… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Praises 10 years of African Ministers' Council on Water at the 4th Africa Water Week in Egypt

More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme "Water for Growth in Africa", organized by the African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW), in… Read more »

Africa: The Road to Rio +20 - Challenges and Opportunities for Africa

Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable… Read more »

Africa: Green Growth - Creating an Enabling Environment

Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Chief to Meet G8 Leaders for Unprecedented Session

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the world's richest nations this week to discuss the critical issue of… Read more »

North Africa: The African Development Bank Group in North Africa 2012 - a Year of Transitions

The African Development Bank Group in North Africa - A Year of Transitions is the third annual report produced by the AfDB North region departments. As was the case in earlier… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $13.95 Million Grant to RMCS and RECS

The African Development Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a total of USD 13.95 million (UA 9.00 million ) through a grant mechanism on 16 May 2012. The grant will enable… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Board Bids Farewell to Dean Hassan Khedr

The outgoing Dean of the Board of the African Development Bank Group, Hassan Khedr, received commendations from management and colleagues at the Boards' regular session on… Read more »

East Africa: AfDB Prepares Regional Program On Drought Resilience in Greater Horn of Africa

An African Development Bank (AfDB) mission is currently in Khartoum, Sudan, working with Government authorities and other stakeholders to develop a program intended to build… Read more »

Africa: Board Approves Over U.S. $400 Million for Morocco Solar Power

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today in Tunis approved the equivalent of USD 436 million for the financing of Morocco's power project, and two other… Read more »