March 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB Engages Stakeholders On Suitable Regulatory Environment for Investment in Power Sector
Wale Shonibare, AfDB Director, Energy Solutions, Policy and Regulation (second from left), and Moctar Touré, AFUR Chairperson (second from right), during the power… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Makes a Courtesy Call On the Widow of the First President of the African Development Bank Group
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina made a courtesy call on Suad Sayed Ali Omer Beheiry, widow of the first President and founding father of the… Read more »
March 03, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Renews Partnership MOU With Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Badea)
As part of his three-day official visit to Sudan, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met with the Director General of Arab Bank for Economic… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Engages Sudan's Private Sector, Explores Opportunities for Collaboration On the Implementation of the High 5s
On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, engaged with representatives from Sudan's private sector on available support to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Concludes Three-Day Official Visit to Sudan With a Meeting With the Minister of Finance
On March 1, 2017, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina concluded his three-day official visit to Sudan with a wrap-up meeting with the Minister of Finance and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Announces Appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh As Director for Power Systems Development
The African Development Bank Group has announced the appointment of Henry Paul Batchi Baldeh as the Director for Power Systems Development with effect from May 1, 2017. Read more »
March 02, 2017
Africa: German Government Unveils Marshall Plan With AfDB Leadership
Africa is a continent of opportunity facing many challenges that the Plan can help resolve. Focus on entrepreneurship, private sector, renewable energy and green growth. Read more »
March 20, 2017
Africa: 5th Edition of the Africa CEO Forum in Geneva - AfDB at the African Private Sector Meeting
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, will be among the featured speakers at the 5th edition of the Africa CEO Forum, taking place in Geneva on… Read more »
March 02, 2017
Africa: AfDB President Holds High-Level Meeting With the Diplomatic Community in Sudan
As part of his official visit to Sudan, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, met with the diplomatic community in Sudan. The meeting comprised… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Zimbabwe's State Enterprise Reforms With USD $4.061 Million
On February 28, 2017, Bank Group Director General (DG), Southern Africa Regional Development and Business Delivery Office, Tonia Kandiero, and Zimbabwe's Finance and Economic… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina Meets With Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir
On Monday, February 27, 2017 in Khartoum, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina paid a courtesy call on the President of the Republic of Sudan, Field Marshal Omar… Read more »
March 01, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President Visits Africa's Leading Sugar Factory and the World's Largest Producer of White Sugar
On February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank visited the Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) in Sudan, which is by far Africa's largest sugar-producing… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan: AfDB President Visits Africa's Leading Sugar Factory and the World's Largest Producer of White Sugar
On February 28, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank visited the Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) in Sudan, which is by far Africa’s largest sugar-producing… Read more »
February 28, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President Holds High-Level Discussions With Sector Ministers to Reinforce Support to Sudan and Roll Out Implementation of the High 5s
On Monday, February 27, 2017, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, met the Sector Ministers of the Government of Sudan to reinforce the Bank's support… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Pays a Courtesy Call On Sudan's Minister of Finance and Economic Planning
The three-day official visit of the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, to Sudan kicked off with a courtesy call on the Minister of Finance of Economic… Read more »
Sudan: AfDB President Explores Power Supply Projects in Sudan
On Tuesday, February 27, 2017, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), visited Garri Power Station located in Khartoum and discussed the Government of… Read more »
February 27, 2017
Gambia: Sefa Commits Close to U.S.$1 Million to Energy Access in the Gambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB)-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) approved a US $995,000-grant to the Republic of The Gambia to implement a programme to… Read more »
February 28, 2017
Africa: Association for the Development of Education in Africa 2017 Triennale
The Republic of Senegal - under the high patronage of Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal and Lead Champion for the Committee of Ten Champion African Heads of State on… Read more »
February 27, 2017
Africa: AfDB Builds Capacity On Value for Money in Social Service Delivery in the West African Region
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the World Health Organization-Africa Region and the Collaborative Africa Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI), organized a… Read more »
February 23, 2017
Zimbabwe: AfDB Launches Three Projects Worth U.S..$26 Million in Zimbabwe
The African Development Bank and the Government of Zimbabwe officially launched three projects worth US $26 million that were recently approved by the Bank's Board of Directors.… Read more »
February 24, 2017
Sudan: AfDB President to Make a Three-Day Official Visit to Sudan
The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, will make an official visit to Sudan from February 26 to March 1, 2017. He will meet top Government… Read more »
February 23, 2017
West Africa: AfDB to Open Field Offices in Benin, Guinea and Niger
Benin, Guinea and Niger will benefit significantly from the development support provided by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) following the Board's approval to open offices… Read more »
February 21, 2017
Africa: ADEA 2017 Triennale - Change of Venue From Marrakech to Dakar
The flagship event of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the 2017 Triennale, initially scheduled to take place in Marrakech, the Kingdom of Morocco… Read more »
February 20, 2017
Africa: AfDB Engages Governments and Policy-Makers At Investing in African Mining Indaba
The Investing in African Mining Indaba, one of the world's largest mining conference, wrapped up on 9 February, 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa with the African Development Bank… Read more »
February 17, 2017
Gambia: AfDB Undertakes Mission to the Gambia for Dialogue and Portfolio Review
An African Development Bank mission, in collaboration with the World Bank Group, visited Banjul, the Gambian capital, from February 1-4, 2017 in order to engage with the new… Read more »