Africa: ADF Approves US$15 Million Supplementary Loan to Fund Nouakchott Water Supply Project

Tunis, 29 May 2008 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis, a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB-IFAD Consultations End in Tunis

High-level consultations on increased cooperation between the African Development Bank and the International Fund for Agricultural Development closed in Tunis Friday. Read more »

Africa: Bank Group Education Experts Meet With Burkinabe Education Minister

Burkina Faso's Education Minister, Marie Odile Bonkoungou, on Friday in Tunis paid a courtesy call on the AfDB Vice President in charge of operations, Zeinab El-Bakri, and her… Read more »

Africa: Turkey Joins African Development Bank Group

Maputo, Mozambique, 14 May 2008 - The Republic of Turkey has become the 25th Non-Regional Member of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group following the approval of its… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Signs Loan Agreement With PTA Bank

AfDB continues to support Regional Development Finance Institutions with comprehensive financial support to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) Read more »

Africa: AfDB And Export-Import Bank of China Sign Partnership Agreement

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation between the two… Read more »

Africa: AfDB 2008 Annual Meetings End in Maputo

The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group ended on Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Maputo, Mozambique, after two days of exhaustive deliberations and approval of… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Signs Financing Agreements With Its Regional Member Countries

Maputo, Mozambique, 15 May 2008 - Highlights of the 2008 meetings include the admission of Turkey as the 26th Non-regional member of the Bank Group, the signing of an agreement… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Annual Meetings Open in Maputo, Mozambique

The 2008 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group opened on Wednesday in Maputo, Mozambique, with more than 1,000 participants, including Presidents Denis… Read more »

Africa: AfDB 2008 Annual Meetings Round Table and Seminars

Tackling Urban Growth and Poverty Read more »

Africa: Promoting Accountability and Transparency in Development Projects

Maputo, Mozambique – 12 May 2008 - Promoting accountability in the implementation of the projects financed by the African Development Bank (ADB) Group has become a priority… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Group Commits US$ 1 Billion More to Tackle Food Crisis, Raises Agriculture Portfolio to US$ 4.8 Billion

Tunis, 2 May 2008 – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, announced on Friday, 2 May 2008, in Tunis that the Bank Group would add US$1… Read more »

Africa: African States Prepare for Global High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2008 – Some 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness on… Read more »

Africa: AfDB-Gabon: Libreville Hosts Oil and Gas Seminar

A three-day seminar on the management of proceeds from extractive industries in Africa, especially oil a and gas, organized by the African Development Bank Group in conjunction… Read more »

Africa: Accra HLF Africa Region Preparatory Consultation Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda, 28-30 April 2008

The Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 2-4 September 2008. The African Development is a lead sponsor of the Accra Forum which will… Read more »

Africa: Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for SAIs in Africa

President Donald Kaberuka on Monday in Tunis opened a three-day workshop on "Challenges and Opportunities for Supreme Audit Institutions in Africa" with more than 50… Read more »

Africa: President Kaberuka Signs AfDB Algeria Field Office Agreement

The President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB), Mr. Donald Kaberuka, on Sunday 27 April, signed the agreement establishing the ADB field office in Algeria alongside Mr.… Read more »

Africa: Wolfensohn: Africa Should Integrate its Development Programmes

Africa must reduce the multiplicity of decision centres, 53 states, 53 ministers of finance…, and interlocutors and integrate its development programmes for the continent to… Read more »

Africa: Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Tunis

The former World Bank President, Mr. Wolfensohn, gave a lecture on Friday in Tunis on the theme "Africa in a Global World: Partnerships for Success", as part of the Bank… Read more »

Africa: President Kaberuka Supports SADC Poverty Reduction Efforts at Conference in Mauritius

* Donald Kaberuka Keynote address Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank Hosts International Meetings on Evaluation

ABOUT THE EVENTS Read more »

Africa: James Wolfensohn, Eminent Speaker at the African Development Bank

Tunis, April 18, 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce the coming of James Wolfensohn, previous President of the World Bank Group, as a guest… Read more »

Africa: Leveraging Resources for SMEs in Africa

Small and Medium Enterprises are critical to the developed world and even more so to emerging economies. Empirical evidence has shown that SMEs are the backbone of the developed… Read more »

Africa: Canada and AfDB Group Launch New Technical Cooperation Fund to Finance Development Projects in Africa

The Government of Canada and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announce a new Technical Cooperation Arrangement under which Canada is providing Can.$5 million to a… Read more »

Africa: Joint AfDB-World Bank Project Appraisal Mission in CAR

A joint AfDB-World Bank mission is currently in the Central African Republic (CAR) conducting a Country Program Appraisal. The mission's objective is to take stock of current… Read more »