Africa: The President of Liberia, On the Occasion of the International Women's Day

Madame President, you remain Africa's first and only female president. Could you please tell the women of Africa how you manage to balance family life and the responsibilities of… Read more »

Africa: Japanese Official Affirms Support for Growth-Oriented Africa On Visit to AfDB

Japan's vice-minister of finance for international affairs, Mr Takehiko Nakao, visited the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 8 March 2012, and held talks with the AfDB president,… Read more »

Africa: New AfDB Study On Energy Reform in Africa Uses Nigeria As Case Study

The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal… Read more »

Africa: International Women's Day 2012 - Connecting Girls - Inspiring Futures

The African Development Bank will be celebrating International Women's Day on Thursday, 8 March. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests in First Private Sector Project in Côte d'Ivoire

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Yes Bank to Hold an Indo-African Knowledge Exchange Workshop

Workshop to focus on Cross-Border Mobile Payments and Regional Financial Integration Read more »

Africa: Africa's Progress to Better Water and Sanitation 'Slow' , Says AfDB

More Africans have access to safe, clean water, but progress has been slow and mixed across the continent, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »

Africa: AfDB Joins the Center for Learning On Evaluation and Results (CLEAR)

To host global forum in September 2012 in Tunis Two regional centers in Africa: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Centre Africain d'Etudes Supérieures… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Urges YPS to Be Bold and Innovative

AfDB president Donald Kaberuka gave a pep talk this week to a group of more than sixty of the Bank's Young Professionals, discussing their role in the institution's overall… Read more »

Africa: First ICA Water Platform Meeting

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) will hold its first ICA Water Platform Meeting on 8 and 9 March 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. The purpose of the event is to identify… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Has Talks With IFC On Local Currency Project Financing

AfDB president Donald Kaberuka had talks this week in Tunis with the Vice President of the International Finance Corporation, Mr Jingdong Hua, on joint projects in Africa between… Read more »

Africa: AfDB's Executive Directors to Visit Ghana

A group of 11 executive directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) will be making a visit to Ghana between 3 and 9 March to review AfDB-fund projects and programmes in the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Takes U.S.$ 50m Equity Carlyle's First Fund in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an equity investment of USD 50 million into the Carlyle Sub Saharan Africa Fund on 22February. This fund is the first… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves ?25m Grant to Improve Agriculture in Rural Côte d'Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a grant of approximately €25 million (CFA 16.4 billion) to Côte d'Ivoire to finance an agricultural… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Loans ?32.5m to Tunisia to Boost Flow of Irrigation Water

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Tunisian government and the National Sanitation Authority, on 1 March, signed a loan agreement and guarantee agreement for €32.5… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and ACBF deepen the Partnership on the African Governance Outlook Aimed

The African Governance Outlook (AGO), a collaborative initiative between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) aims to provide an… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Offers Education Support Bond to Japanese Investors

The African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, today announced that it will offer an Education Support Bond to Japanese retail investors. The bond will be distributed by… Read more »

Africa: Eadi Organizes Public Sector Debt Statistics Workshop

The African Development Institute and the International Monetary Fund held a workshop on public sector debt statistics for middle and senior officials from 13 to 24 February in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds Partnership Talks With African Civil Society Bodies in Libreville

The AfDB successfully organised the first regional consultation on its Civil Society Engagement Framework in Libreville, Gabon, last week. Key representatives among the 31… Read more »

Africa: Experts Provide Insights Into Aid Allocation in a Changing Africa At AfDB Seminar

A high level seminar on aid allocation systems in Africa organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and hosted by the Mauritian government ended on 17 February with a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds Partnership Talks With African Civil Society Bodies in Libreville

The African Development Bank (AfDB) opened consultations with African civil society organisations (CSOs) over future partnership relations this week in Libreville, Gabon. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves New Strategy for Tunisia for 2012-2013

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given the green light to a new two-year strategy for Tunisia. With this strategy, the AfDB is answering the challenges facing the country… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali to Attend Srep Pilot Country Meeting

Between 5 and March 2012, teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Liberia and Tanzania will be in Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the third meeting of pilot countries participating in the… Read more »

Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia to Attend PPCR Pilot Country Meeting

On 12 an 13 March 2012, representatives from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia will be in Livingstone, Zambia, to attend the fifth meeting of pilot countries and regions participating… Read more »

Africa: Integrating Mhealth Into Ehealth Strategy Implementation

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