April 21, 2010
Africa: ADEA: Educating for Sustainable Development
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), organized in Tunis, 19-21 April 2010, a seminar on the preparation of its Triennale on education in Africa, a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Records Notable Achievements in Climate Change and Clean Energy
Over the past one year, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has registered tremendous achievements in the area of climate change. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Research Department - "How Do We Build a Stronger Continent Now?"
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has played a key role in helping Africa adequately respond to the global financial crisis. Now that the crisis is over, how does the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB: The Role of Law in Development for the African Continent
The African Development Bank (AfDB) legal counsel, Kalidou Gadio, was in the U.S. where he participated in the 2010 Harvard African Law and Development Conference from 16-18 April… Read more »
April 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB Governors 11th Consultative Committee Meeting to Hold in Washington, D.C.
The eleventh meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Governors Consultative Committee (GCC) will be held in Washington, D.C. on 23 April 2010 on the sidelines… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Green Growth Strategy to Usher New Green Deal for Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is undertaking a study to produce an "Africa Green Growth Strategy". Read more »
Africa: AfDB Joins Its Development Partners to Mark the 40th Earth Day
Forty years after, the Earth is still in the throes of climate change Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Tanzania Sign U.S.$ 233 Million Loan Agreements for Transport Sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Tanzania have signed two loan agreements amounting to USD 233.3 million to finance a major rail and road transport project in the… Read more »
April 19, 2010
Africa: Making Finance Work for Africa Launches www.mfw4a.org
The Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership launched today www.mfw4a.org, a website that, for the first time, centralizes knowledge, news, and opinions on African financial… Read more »
April 15, 2010
Africa: AfDB And Uganda Sign U.S. $136.6 Million Loan Agreements
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Uganda have signed loan agreements amounting to USD 136.6 million (UA 90 million*) to fund two major projects in the country. Read more »
April 14, 2010
Africa: "Thanks to AfDB Facilities, We Have Been Able to Expand Access to Water And Sanitation in Mali "
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 14 April 2010, in Tunis received a Malian delegation led by the country's energy and water minister, Igor Diarra. The delegation… Read more »
April 15, 2010
Africa: French Parliamentary Mission At AfDB - Enhancing Complementarity
A French parliamentary mission, led by Member of Parliament, Jean-Paul Bacquet, was received on Thursday, April 15, 2010, in Tunis by African Development Bank Group officials where… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Group Approves an AWF Grant to the Gambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, approved an African Water Facility grant of 1,988,582 Euros to The Gambia to support a National Water Sector Reform… Read more »
Africa: AfDB/Uganda - Loan Agreements On Road Sector Project And Rural Income And Employment Enhancement Project
African Development Bank (AfDB) resident representative in Uganda, Patrick Khaemba, and Uganda's finance minister, Syda Bbumba, on 12 April 2010 in Kampala, signed loan agreements… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Group Approves FCFA 24 Billion for Benin Road Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a CFAF 23.9 Billion loan and grant… Read more »
Africa: AfBD President Rings Opening Bell At European Stock Exchanges
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday, April 8, 2010, simultaneously opened all the European Stock Exchanges (NYSE Euronext) at the… Read more »
April 07, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 17.5 Million Budget Support for Malawi
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 in Tunis a… Read more »
April 13, 2010
Africa: Tanzania's Finance Minister Commends AfDB's General Budget Support Leadership
Tanzanian finance minister, Mustafa Mkulo, attended, during the week from 5 April-9 April 2010, the AfDB's annual stakeholders cocktail hosted by African Development Bank's (AfDB)… Read more »
Africa: Tunisia-Africa Partnerships
The main objective of the event is to strengthen the cooperation and partnership efforts in the area of services between Tunisia and several sub-Saharan countries in order to… Read more »
April 09, 2010
Africa: President Donald Kaberuka At MDB High-Level Meeting in Luxembourg
The AfDB President Donald Kaberuka on Friday, April 9, 2010 attended the Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Meeting in Luxembourg. The Chief Executive Officers of the European… Read more »
Africa: Kenya - Green Zones Development Support Project - Promoting Conservation, Employment And Food Security
The Kenyan government's efforts to arrest the depletion of the country's forest and promote environmentally sustainable agriculture is receiving a big boost from the African… Read more »
April 08, 2010
Africa: AfDB And Morocco Negotiate Rabat-Casablanca Coast Water Supply Project
AfDB water and sanitations experts and a Moroccan delegation from the country's national water authority (ONEP) and economy ministry have entered into discussion regarding the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Hosts Seminar On Central Banks' Financial Safeguards
Under the umbrella of the Joint Partnership for Africa (JPA), a partnership of the AfDB and the IMF, the African Development Institute (ADI) on Monday, April 5, 2010, in Tunis… Read more »
March 28, 2010
Africa: AfDB At 2010 Global Conference On Agricultural Research for Development
An AfDB delegation led by Sector Operations Vice President, Kamal El Kheshen, participated in a conference on agricultural research for development (GCARD 2010) which took place… Read more »
April 07, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 17.5 Million Budget Support for Malawi
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 in Tunis a… Read more »