Africa: Africa Needs Fair Deal From Its Vast Mineral Riches, Reports AfDB

Mining is such a key sector in the African economy that more than half its countries export some major mineral commodity, and for 13 of those countries, mineral exports account for… Read more »

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

This report is the third annual report produced by the North Africa regional office of the African Development Bank.. This year, the focus of the report is on the underlying… Read more »

Africa: AFBD Co-Sponsors Innovative E-Health Event in Nairobi

Some 200 participants from more than 15 countries gathered in Nairobi on 18 and 19 April for the e-Health Africa Conference - Integrating m-Health into e-Health Strategy… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Attends the G8 Summit

At the invitation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, will be attending the Group of Eight (G8)… Read more »

Africa: Africa CEO Forum 2012 - The First Meeting for Leaders of Top African Companies

Some 300 CEOs from all over Africa, together with 100 bankers and investors, and numerous decision-makers from Africa's public sector will be gathering in Geneva for two days of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Meets Resident Representatives of Central Region

During his visit to the Central African Republic for the inauguration of the AfDB's national field office in Bangui, President Kaberuka held two key meetings with Resident… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Participate in 4th African Water Week

The African Development Bank will be taking part in the 4th Africa Water Week, taking place from 16 to 18 May 2012 in Cairo. This year's them is: "Water for growth in Africa,… Read more »

Africa: The Africa Economy Should Become a Transformation Economy

"The African economy which largely depends on the exploitation of natural resources should move on to become a transformation economy." This was one of the key messages of… Read more »

Africa: Lions@frica Partnership to Promote African Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the… Read more »

Africa: Renewable Energy in Mali

As Mali strives to become an emerging economy, it is focusing on energy sector reforms to support growth and improve quality of life. Renewable energy holds significant potential… Read more »

Africa: Kaberuka, Brown and Berners-Lee in High Level Meeting On Education and Technology

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the former British Prime Minister Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, and renowned computer scientist, and founder of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa at a high level seminar on "Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa" held in Tunis and… Read more »

Africa: Rural Enterprises Project II in Ghana

The Rural Enterprise Project (REP) aims at alleviating poverty, slowing rural-urban drift, contributing to the creation of sustainable jobs. The project also aims at addressing the… Read more »

Africa: Kaberuka, Gordon Brown and Tim Berners-Lee to Meet At Wef to 'Connect Africa'

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the former British Prime Minister Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, and renowned computer scientist, and founder of… Read more »

Africa: Inland Lakes Integrated Development and Management Support Project in Rwanda

Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia, Nigeria Get Financial Boost for Clean Energy

Ethiopia's efforts to increase energy efficiency and diversify its hydro-dependent energy mix through renewable energy got a USD 50 million boost from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »

Africa: 'Connecting Africa' At World Economic Forum

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, Rt. Hon Gordon Brown MP and Sir Tim Berners-Lee convene High Level Meeting on Education and Technology Read more »

Africa: AfDB Votes to Revise Policy On Disclosure

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is increasing the level of transparency over its operational actions and policies and sector strategies. Read more »

Africa: AfDB and IFC to Host Multilateral Development Banks' Conference On Private Sector Integrity

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International finance corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will host the 3rd Multilateral Development Banks' Conference… Read more »

Africa: Seventh African Economic Conference - Call for Papers

This year's African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 October to 2 November and the organizers are now calling for papers to be presented and… Read more »

Africa: Kaberuka Affirms That Media Freedom and Development Go Hand in Hand

From May 2nd to May 5th, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has been a close partner of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day in Tunis on 'New Voices that help transform societies.' Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Holds Its Inaugural Syndications and Co-Financiers Meeting in London

The African Development Bank (AfDB) held its inaugural Annual Syndications and Co-financiers meeting in London on 24th April, 2012. The event was intended to broaden and deepen the… Read more »

Africa: Saudi Arabia's AfDB Governor, Calls for a Stronger Working Relationship Between the Bank and Badea

The Bank's Governor for Saudi Arabia, Engineer Yousef I. Al-Bassam has called on AfDB to forge a strong working relationship with the Saudi Fund for Development and Arab Bank for… Read more »

Africa: Akintomide and Ncube Host 2012 Annual Meetings Press Conference in Tunis

The AfDB vice-president/secretary general Cecilia Akintomide and vice-president/chief Economist Mthuli Ncube on Thursday 3 May 2012 jointly hosted a press conference on major… Read more »

Africa: Promoting Growth Within Social and Planetary Boundaries - Oxfam

The second event of the Bank's Green Growth Seminar series hosted by the CCCC and ONEC took place in Tunis on Thursday 3rd May with a presentation by Oxfam on 'Promoting growth… Read more »