Africa: The Bank Group and Malawi Government Sign Loan and Grant Agreements Amounting to U.S.$ 60.2 Million

The Bank Group and the Malawi Government on Wednesday, November 18, 2008, in Lilongwe signed loan and grant agreements totalling US$ 60.2 million equivalent to UA 43.31 million to… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves 10th Drinking Water Supply Project in Morocco

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved US$ 97.2 million (33.84 million Euros and 53.34 million dollars) loan to finance Morocco's 10th Drinking Water Supply Project,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Niger Sign Loan and Grant Agreements

The African Development Bank Group on Monday, November 17, 2008, in Tunis signed agreements for a loan and grant with Niger to finance the Kandadji Ecosystems Regeneration and the… Read more »

Africa: Senegalese Prime Minister Says Global Financial Crisis is Threat to Survival

Senegalese Prime Minister, Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré, has said it is not an exaggeration to say that the world is fighting for its survival regarding the global financial… Read more »

Africa: Action on Gender Equality, Women's Empowerment and Ending Violence Against Women in Africa

African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, is participating in the 6th African Development Forum scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa from November 19-21,… Read more »

Africa: Bank Reforms Boost Nigeria's Efforts to Mitigate Impact of Financial Crisis

"The Government of Nigeria will continue with its efforts to consolidate its financial and banking sector reforms in order to cushion the effects of the current global financial… Read more »

Africa: Africa Commission Holds Second Meeting in Addis Ababa - Improving Opportunities for Young Africans

African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will attend the second meeting of the Africa Commission scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa on November 20,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Mozambique Sign U.S.$ 90 Million Budget Support Loan

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the government of Mozambique have signed a US$90 million budget support loan agreement to finance the country's second Absolute… Read more »

Africa: Develop a "New Multilateralism"

Speaking yesterday on a Panel at the European Development Day in Strasbourg (France), from November 15-17th, 2008, the President discussed the current financial crisis and its… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Participates in Forum on Key International Development Issues in Strasbourg

The African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, participated in the third edition of the 'European Development Days' from November 15-17, 2008, in Strasbourg,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Response to the Food Crisis - First Batch of Projects

The financial crisis is an additional burden to African leaders already saddled with a food crisis hurting Africans. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is at the forefront of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Investment Climate Facility

Bank Group Management and experts, on Monday, 17 November 2008, in Tunis launched a meeting with the Investment Climate Facility's representatives. The purpose of the meeting is to… Read more »

Africa: Bank Group President Attends Third European Development Days-November 15-17, 2008

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has been invited to attend the Third European Development Days in Strasburg where he is expected to… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference Ends As Economic Challenges Mount

The 2008 African Economic Conference (AEC) wound up on Friday, November 14, 2008, in Tunis after vast intellectual exchanges dominated by the prevailing global financial crisis,… Read more »

Africa: Researchers Focus on Policy and Institutions During the African Economic Conference

As part of the African Economic Conference taking place from November 12-14, 2008, in Tunis, a two-part workshop was held on Wednesday on Policy and Institutions. The first part… Read more »

Africa: Weathering the Storm - Sustaining Africa's Economy in a Global Financial Crisis

The African Economic Conference (AEC) went into the second day on Thursday, November 13, 2008, in Tunis, where the prevailing global economic crisis continued to dominate… Read more »

Africa: The African Economic Conference Opens in Tunis, Alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis

The African Economic Conference opened on November 12, 2008, in Tunis alongside the Ministerial Conference on Financial Crisis. Read more »

Africa: African Countries Endorse Measures to Mitigate Impact of Global Financial Crisis

African finance ministers and central bank governors rose from a day-long meeting on Wednesday in Tunis after the adoption of a communiqué on what their countries would do… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Calls for Global and Inclusive Solution to Financial Crisis African GDP Growth Revised Downwards

Although African countries have, so far, not witnessed huge losses occasioned by the prevailing global financial crisis, the phenomenon is likely to diminish the considerable… Read more »

Africa: Africa Confronts the Financial Crisis in Tunis

The African ministerial conference on the global financial crisis opened on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, with some 300 participants in attendance. Read more »

Africa: Tanzania - U.S.$ 42 Million for Zanzibar Water And Sanitation Project

Efforts to improve water supply and sanitation in Zanzibar have received strong support from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group which on Tuesday in Tunis, approved a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Hosts High-Level Forum on Africa and Global Financial Crisis

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will host a high-level forum of African Finance Ministers and African Central Bank Governors on the global financial crisis in Tunis,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 18.7 Million for Electricity Project in Guinea

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Wednesday in Tunis approved a 12 million… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Health System Development in Equatorial Guinea

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of 15 million Units of Account (UA*), about US$ 23.35 million, to finance a health system development project in Equatorial… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 156 Million Budget Support for Tanzania

Efforts by the Government of Tanzania to enhance accountability and transparency in the allocation of its public resources received strong support on Wednesday in Tunis where the… Read more »