Africa: First Ica Water Platform Meeting Paves Way for Action On African Water Infrastructure

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) held its first ICA Water Platform Meeting on 8 and 9 March 2012 to identify challenges and opportunities in the financing and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Makes AUs $500 Million Note

The African Development Bank ("AfDB") rated (Aaa/AAA) today priced a new benchmark Australian Dollar transaction, marking the return of AfDB to the Kangaroo market in over a year. Read more »

Africa: Rio+20 African Delegates Meet in New York to Discuss 'One Voice for Africa'

African negotiators to the forthcoming Rio+20 conference on sustainable development, to be held in June, gathered in New York last week for a training session on negotiation… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Grants U.S.$ 63m to Improve Africa's Strategic Crops

On 12 March 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) signed a grant agreement for USD 63million to fund a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Clean Energy and Road Infrastructure Development in Kenya

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Kenyan government signed loan and grant agreements totaling some USD 336 million in support of clean energy and road infrastructure… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Water Initiatives in Africa Receive Total ?45m Government Pledges

France, Chad and Republic of Congo at World Water Forum add to recent Swiss backing Read more »

Africa: AfDB Grants U.S.$ 7m to Gambia for Rural Water and Sanitation Access

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed two grant agreements with the Gambian government totalling USD 7 million to improve access to clean drinking water and better… Read more »

Africa: African Parliamentarians Agree to Promote Private Sector Growth

Conference wraps-up with call for action from MPs, government officials and development partners Read more »

Africa: CSOs Bodies Call for People-Oriented Approach for AfDB Long Term Strategy

Representatives of African civil society organisations (CSOs) ended two days of partnership talks with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday in Nairobi, after intensive… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Talks With Civil Society Bodies End On Productive

Talks initiated by the African Development Bank with civil society organisations (CSOs) on a new partnership framework in Nairobi ended on 13 March 2012 with both sides expressing… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Briefs West and Central African Lawyers On Its Structure

A group of more than 70 lawyers from west and central African lawyers attended a briefing on the working of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Yaoundé, Cameroon,… Read more »

Africa: 'There Is Strong Commitment to Customs Modernization in Africa'

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening the efforts of both… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Co-Hosts High-Level Debate On Water Security in Africa

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, will make the opening speech at a high-level event at the Sixth World Water Forum today, 14 March 2012, in… Read more »

Africa: African Parliamentarians Promote Private Sector Development

The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with the Rwandan government and parliament is holding a special Parliamentary… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Calls for Contributions to the Preparation of the Long Term Strategy

This is a time of profound change for Africa and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Africa has seen an unparalleled and sustained improvement in growth with an increasing number… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 200M Line of Credit to AFC for Infrastructure Support

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on February 15, 2012 a USD 200 million line of credit (LOC) in favour of the Africa Finance Corporation… Read more »

Africa: Annual Meetings Takes Theme of Africa's Role in Emerging Global Landscape

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will hold its Annual Meetings this year in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June. Read more »

Africa: ALSF-PALU: Partnering to build a foundation for better commercial contracts

As lawyers from central and west Africa meet in Cameroon this week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions, the African Legal Services… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Organises the First Africa Forum on STI, for Youth Employment

The African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural… Read more »

Africa: Strengthening Water Security in Africa

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB in Talks With East and Southern African Civil Society

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) in east and southern Africa are holding partnership talks in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Co-Host Conference On Future of Private Sector in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-hosting a major conference on the development of the private sector in Africa and its crucial role for economic growth, job creation and… Read more »

Africa: Strengthening Africa's Negotiating Voice At Rio+20

African Development Bank (AfDB) experts will, join partners on 15 March 2012 in New York City, to provide a training session for African negotiators in support of preparations for… Read more »

Africa: Legal Experts Plan Talks to Boost Legal Support for Commerce in West and Central Africa

Lawyers from central and west Africa are to meet in Cameroon next week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions. Read more »

Africa: Drawing Up the AfDB's Long Term Strategy. Have Your Say!

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is in the process of formulating a Long Term Strategy (LTS) to guide its operation in Africa for the ten-year period between 2013 and… Read more »