April 01, 2009
Africa: Africa at the G20-Africa Must be Part of the Global Response to the Crisis
The AfDB President is in London as part of a NEPAD high-level delegation invited to the G20 Summit. Read more »
April 02, 2009
Africa: Boosting Domestic Revenues for Development
Bank support to tax policy and administration in Africa Read more »
Africa: Boosting Domestic Revenues for Development - Bank Support to Tax Policy and Administration in Africa
Improving revenue administrations during times of economic downturn was one of the key challenged discussed at an international seminar on cooperation on tax policy and revenue… Read more »
March 26, 2009
Africa: Donor Workshop on African Bond Market
In collaboration with the Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will be hosting a donor workshop in Tunis, Tunisia, from March… Read more »
March 31, 2009
Africa: French Economist Underscores Role of Micro-Finance in Efforts at Reducing Poverty
Planet Finance President, Jacques Attali, on Monday, March 30, 2009, in Tunis, Tunisia, said that micro-finance could seriously help cushion the impact of the global financial… Read more »
March 26, 2009
Africa: Donor Workshop on Africa Bond Market
The Bank, in collaboration with the Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa, will be hosting in Tunis a Donor Workshop on the 30 - 31 March 2009. The workshop will have four… Read more »
March 25, 2009
Africa: U.S.$ 55.8 Million Loan for Markets and Trade Improvement Project
Approved on Wednesday in Tunis by the Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the soft loan window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, the funding will be… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Butare-Kitabi-Ntendezi Road Project
The objective of the project is to open up the rural areas to increase sub-regional trade. Specifically, The Butare-Kitabi-Ntendezi Road Project aims at facilitating the movement… Read more »
Africa: "Financial Crisis and the Role of Microfinance"-Presentation by Economist, Jacques Attali
French economist and micro-finance specialist, Jacques Attali, will on Monday, March 30, 2009, in Tunis make a presentation on the "Financial Crisis and the Role of Microfinance". Read more »
March 19, 2009
Africa: Press Conference From AfDB Vice President - "Africa Must Make Greater Investments in the Water and Sanitation Sector"
On the sidelines of the 5th World Water Forum, the AfDB Vice President for Infrastructure, Mandla Gantsho, on March 19, 2009, held a press conference at the Istanbul Ceylan… Read more »
March 23, 2009
Africa: Africa Calls for Action at 5th World Water Forum
The Africa Regional Paper, delivered at the 5th World Water Forum by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice President, Mandla S.V. Gantsho, aims to articulate what it will take… Read more »
March 19, 2009
Africa: Impact of the Crisis on African Economies-Sustaining Growth and Poverty Reduction, African Perspectives and Recommendations to the G20
On 12 November 2008, the Heads of the African Development Bank, the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa convened a meeting of African Ministers of… Read more »
Africa: Africa's Day at the 5th World Water Forum
Istanbul, March 19, 2009-Every region has its day at the 5th World Water Forum. Wednesday March 18, 2009 was Africa's day. The African Region made its concerns known and encouraged… Read more »
March 18, 2009
Africa: Donor Round-Table on Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project Ends on Positive Note in Tunis
A donor round-table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi railway project that started on Monday, March 16, 2009, ended on Tuesday in Tunis, Tunisia, on a positive note as the project was… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS - AfDB Group Supports Science and Technology Education Project
The grant from the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary window of the AfDB Group, was approved by the institution's Board of Directors on Wednesday in Tunis to finance… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Takes Africa to Istanbul
The 5th World Water Forum has opened in Istanbul, Turkey with the African Development Bank (AfDB) leading and coordinating Africa's Regional participation. The Bank had played this… Read more »
Africa: The Financial Crisis-Strategies for Mitigating Its Impact in Africa-Tunis, 10 April 2009
While the first round effects of the financial crisis on Africa were limited, there are genuine fears that the long-term impact will be more significant and will last longer than… Read more »
Africa: Round-Table on Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway Project Continues
A round-table on the Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi Railway project that started on Monday, March 16, 2009, continued on Tuesday in Tunis with deliberations split in three sessions. Read more »
March 17, 2009
Africa: AfDB Organizes Seminar on Governance in Tunis
AfDB holds, on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Tunis, a seminar on the theme: "Measuring Governance in Africa". The event is part of a series of seminars organized by AfDB on good… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, Rwanda and Burundi Sign Draft Agreement on Road and Electricity Projects
The Bank Group on Monday, March 16, 2009, in Tunis signed a loan agreement of Units of Account (UA) 100 million for the Nyamitanga-Ruhwa-Ntendezi-Mwittyazo multinational road… Read more »
March 16, 2009
Africa: AfDB and Egypt Sign U.S.$ 450 Million Thermal Power Project Agreement
The loan agreement was signed by Egypt's International Cooperation Minister, Fayza Aboulnaga, and the Bank Group's Regional Director in charge of Egypt, Libya and Tunisia, Jacob… Read more »
March 13, 2009
Africa: AfDB Partners Agree to Strengthen Cooperation and Foster Regional Development
A Bank-sponsored Partnership Forum which brought together major regional and international Bank Group partners and donors to Tunis to share information on funding opportunities,… Read more »
Africa: 5th World Water Forum, Istanbul-Turkey, 16-22 March 2009-AfDB Leads Africa's Regional Participation
µA high level delegation from the African Development Bank led by the Vice President Mr. Mandla S.V. Gantsho will be taking part in the 5th World Water Forum which begins… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and World Water Forum, Istanbul, 16 to 22 March, 2009
The World Water Forum is the main water-related event in the world, aimed at putting water firmly on the international agenda. A stepping stone towards global collaboration on… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Rwanda Sign Grant Agreements for Skills and Enterprise Development
The agreements were signed by Rwanda's Finance Minister, James Musoni, and the Bank Group's Field Office Resident Representative, Jacob Diko Mukete. Read more »
