Africa: AfDB Helps South Africa Tackle Energy Crisis-Approves 1.86 Billion Euro Loan for Medupi Power Project

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved €1.86 billion (UA 1.70 billion) loan for South Africa’s energy utility company, Eskom Holdings Limited, to finance a… Read more »

Africa: Meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue On Africa (CODA)

The African Development Bank is hosting a meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CODA) in Tunis on 28 November, which will be attended by numerous African VIPs. Read more »

Africa: The Annual Meeting of the Harmonization for Health in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be hosting, 1-5 December 2009 in Tunis, the 4th Annual Meeting of the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative. What is… Read more »

Africa: Meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue On Africa (CoDA)

The African Development Bank is hosting a meeting of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA) in Tunis on 28 November, which will be attended by numerous African VIPs. Read more »

Africa: Public Private Partnership Africa Conference

Public Private Partnership Africa Conference provides a platform for all stake holders to promote infrastructure development, examine challenges and opportunities in the… Read more »

Africa: The Bank Supports Efforts to Strengthen Domestic Taxation in Africa

The African Tax Administrators Forum (ATAF), an African network of tax commissioners, was officially launched at a ceremony in Kampala, Uganda, opened by the President of Uganda,… Read more »

Africa: Somalia Back in Business With AfDB

After decades of interruption, Somalia re-established its relationship with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday, 23 November 2009 with the signing  of a USD 2… Read more »

Africa: The AWF Governing Council to Hold Its Annual Meeting in Mauritania

The African Water Facility (AWF) Governing Council is an important body whose mission is to determine the general policy direction of the Facility in its annual meetings. The… Read more »

Africa: Leveraging Resources for Agriculture And Rural Development in Africa

"If agriculture is so important in Africa, why is so little being done about it?" This brainteaser from the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, set the tone… Read more »

Africa: Joint IFAD/AfDB High-Level Evaluation Meeting of Agriculture And Rural Development

In July 2007, the Presidents and the Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) requested a joint evaluation of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Funding for Burundi-Rwanda-Tanzania Railway Project Study

The second phase of the Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Musongati Railway project study will cover the existing 970-km Dar es Salaam-Isaka railway link and its extensions. Read more »

Africa: U.S.$16 Million for Rural Income Project

The objective of the project is to help reduce rural poverty in Uganda by facilitating access to and utilization of affordable financial and business development services for an… Read more »

Africa: High-Level Forum Adopts "Tunis Declaration On Public Procurement Reforms in Africa"

One of the key resolutions aims at strengthening, pursuing and improving reforms of existing public procurement systems so as to make them more effective, efficient and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB At the World Summit On Food Security

The World Summit on Food Security, which is being held in Rome between 16 and 18 November 2009, is being fully supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »

Africa: AEC Participants Discuss Impact of Foreign Direct Investments on Poverty Reduction in Africa

As part of the African Economic Conference, some 150 participants met on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at the UN Conference center in Addis-Ababa, where they listened to a… Read more »

Africa: The High Level Forum On Public Procurement Reform - Sustaining Economic Development And Poverty Reduction

On 16-17 November 2009, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting in Tunis the high-level forum on public procurement reforms in Africa. The forum is an opportunity for… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Meet With Kenyan Private Sector Players

The Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is organizing a "Business Opportunities Seminar" (BOS) to be held in Nairobi on November 19, 2009. Read more »

Africa: AfDB: Fourth AEC-Researchers Track Missing Links in Africa's Development

Several issues emerged from the theme of the conference, "Fostering Development in an Era of Economic Crisis". The most dominant among these was the consensus that would be… Read more »

Africa: Tailored Policies for Effective FDI in Africa

African countries require significant levels of capital investment to help them stay on track regarding the attainment of MDGs, said a study titled: Impact of FDI on Poverty… Read more »

Africa: Poverty and Inequality

The topic of Poverty and Inequality was tackled by a group of researchers and economists. "Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Ethiopia: Which Way for Pro-Poor Growth?" was the title… Read more »

Africa: Development Effectiveness - Aid Comes Under Scrutiny

Zambian-born Economist, Dambisa Moyo, for instance, asserts that aid to African nations was not just ineffective, but was worse than no aid. In her book, titled "Dead Aid", Ms.… Read more »

Africa: AEC Participants Discuss Impact of Foreign Direct Investments on Poverty Reduction in Africa

As part of the African Economic Conference, some 150 participants met on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at the UN Conference center in Addis-Ababa, where they listened to a… Read more »

Africa: Confronting the Global Financial Crisis: Bank Efficiency in Africa

The current global financial crisis that originated in the collapse in the market for sub-prime mortgages in the United States in 2007 initially did not hit Africa directly. The… Read more »

Africa: Fourth African Economic Conference-Imperative of Re-designing Africa?s Development Trajectory

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, officially opened the 2009 African Economic Conference on Thursday in Addis Ababa, where he tasked African economists and policy-makers to… Read more »

Africa: China - Threat or Opportunity?

Mauritius is so small that wherever you are in the country you are always so close to the port. While in the fashionable talks of the grave issue of climate change this seems like… Read more »