March 25, 2010
Africa: AfDB - Building More Effective Partnerships
The AfDB Partnership Forum 2010 got underway on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in Tunis, with a strong emphasis on the need to improve dialogue and cooperation in support of Africa's… Read more »
Africa: AfDB-ACBF Conference Highlights Importance of Capacity Development in Africa
A conference organized on 24 March 2010, in Tunis by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on capacity building in Africa has… Read more »
March 24, 2010
Africa: AfDB Focuses on Delivering Results
A two-day event which included a lecture for all African Development Bank staff on "Delivering Results in a Complex Environment" and a discussion session for senior management was… Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa Virtual Working Group Negotiating African Power Projects
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Mozambique Officehosted Mozambican participants who took part in the first Virtual Power Working Group Meeting on infrastructure, whose theme… Read more »
Africa: Malawi Holds Budget Support Review
The Common Approach to Budget Support (CABS) development partners such as the African Development Bank (AfDB), DFID (UK), the European Union, Germany, Norway and the World Bank,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Ethiopia Field Office Other Stakeholders in Celebrating World Water Day
At the invitation of Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Ethiopia Field Office joined officials of the Government, Parliamentarians and… Read more »
Africa: Participants Share Perspectives On Improving Results Communication
A roundtable on multilateral aid and improving results communication, organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the development communication network (DevCom… Read more »
March 22, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves Usd 225 Million Loan for Egypt's Refining Company
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a USD 200-million senior loan and a US$ 25-million Subordinated Convertible Loan to the Egyptian Refining Company (ERC). Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Strongly Support Financial Inclusion for Women
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices (NFNV) jointly launched the first "African Women's… Read more »
Africa: African Heads of State to Discuss Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries
President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso, together with other African Heads of States, finance and planning ministers, and other high-level partners, will gather in Tunis… Read more »
Africa: AfDB And Devcom Organize Round-Table On Improving Results Communication
The African Development Bank and the development communication network (DevCom Network) whose secretariat is hosted by OECD, are organizing the "Tunis Round-Table Conference on… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Commits to Support Women's Economic Empowerment Forum
The first African Women EconomicSummit in Nairobi was a real success. On the afternoon of the final day, the high level audience of 160 African and global decision-makers in the… Read more »
March 19, 2010
Africa: World Water Day, 22 March - Clean Water for a Healthy World
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Africa: The African Women to Play an Important Part in Building the African Financial System
Global and African leaders are invited by the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices… Read more »
March 11, 2010
Africa: High-Level Conference to Promote Agribusiness And Agro-Industries in Africa
A high-level conference to promote agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa (HLCD-3A) will be hosted by the Nigerian government from March 8-10, 2010, "to consider and endorse"… Read more »
March 16, 2010
Africa: AfDB President Says Investing in Women Differently is Essential to Revitalizing Africa's Economy
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, and New Faces New Voices (NFNV) Founder, Graça Machel, have invited African and global leaders to Nairobi,… Read more »
Africa: Message of the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka On the African Women Economic Summit
Women have always played a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of Africa. As farmers, entrepreneurs, traders and innovators, they are key economic actors in the… Read more »
March 15, 2010
Africa: African Heads of State High-Level Panel Discussion On "Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries"
Post-conflict reconstruction efforts seek to respond to the urgent needs of societies emerging from conflict and works to improve the efforts of key actors in rehabilitation and… Read more »
Africa: Top African And Global Leaders Together to Think About Investing Differently in Women
Global and African leaders are invited by the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices… Read more »
March 14, 2010
Africa: AfDB and Founder of New Faces, New Voices Network Co-Host of the African Women Economic Summit
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March 11, 2010
Africa: AfDB Fully Supportive of the African Agribusiness and Agro-Industries Development Initiative Agenda
The 3-day High Level conference on the development of agribusiness and agro-industries in Africa ended yesterday 10 March 2010 with the Heads of state and government session. Read more »
Africa: The AfDB At the African Carbon Forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated actively at the 2nd Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) held in Nairobi, Kenya (3-5 March 2010). Read more »
March 10, 2010
Africa: N'sele Chickens Are Back On the Market" Food Crisis Response - AfDB Re-Launches N'sele Farms
Although modest in terms of investment, the resumption of poultry and piggery farms in the former N'Sele Presidential Agro-industrial Domain (DAIPN) in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
March 09, 2010
Africa: AfDB Delegation Makes Key Presentation At the High Level Conference in Abuja
The Bank hosted a lunch on the first day of the conference to present the Programme for Post-Harvest Losses Reduction in Africa 2010-2014 (PHLP). The Programme is expected to play… Read more »
Africa: "Equal Opportunity And Equal Rights - A Power Relationship," Says Vice President Nkosana Moyo
The AfDB joined the international community to celebrate the International Women's Day. As part of the event, the AfDB organized a major event in which its Vice President and Chief… Read more »