May 27, 2015
Africa: AfDB - A Focus On Africa's Economic Transformation to Inclusive Sustainable Growth
For a continent which has consistently posted robust economic growth in the past decade, recent reports that the continent is the bastion of inequality recording 42.6 on the Gini… Read more »
Africa: Domestic Resources Needed to Fund Africa's Sustainable Development, Panel Hears
Domestic resource mobilization is key for Africa's growth. That was the consensus reached Tuesday at the "Financing Africa's Transformation: Billions to Trillions" seminar during… Read more »
Africa: African Economies to Rebound in 2015, Despite Uncertain Global Conditions
African economies are expected to register robust growth in 2015 expanding by 4.5 per cent in 2015, and may reach 5 per cent in 2016, compared to 3.9 per cent registered in 2014… Read more »
Africa: Kaberuka Pays Glowing Tribute to Founding Fathers and Staff
In a moving speech, which sums up his 10 years service to the African Development Bank (AfDB), as President, Donald Kaberuka gave glowing tributes to the founding fathers and staff… Read more »
May 26, 2015
Africa: Official Opening Ceremony of 50th Annual Meetings
"It is not money that delivers development, it is the policies that do," said African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka. That powerful message came Tuesday… Read more »
Africa: Past Presidents Task AfDB With Facilitating Integration At 50th Anniversary Forum
Some of the most distinguished actors in the 50 years of the African Development Bank's existence reflected on the past, took stock of the present and made tentative projections… Read more »
Africa: African Media Urged to Promote Coverage of Development Issues
African media and its support agencies must act to narrow the gap between media content and national development agendas, journalists heard Monday. Read more »
Africa: Participants At AfDB Seminar Say Open Borders Necessary for Integration
Saddled with 54 national markets and tight migration policies, the idea of an integrated and prosperous Africa would remain a pipe dream if African countries fail to open their… Read more »
Africa: The African Legal Support Facility's Governing Bodies Meet in Abidjan
Governing Council and the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (from left to right): Christian Fougner, Norway; Abdenor Brahmi, France; Nimatou Dramane, West… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Asked to Pay Attention to Domestic Resource Mobilization
African countries have been asked to look within themselves to mobilize resources for development because the resources are available. Read more »
May 25, 2015
Africa: India Signs Replenishment of Technical Cooperation Agreement With African Development Bank Group
Dinesh Sharma, Temporary Governor for India, and Charles Boamah, African Development (AfDB) Vice-President in charge of Finance, on May 25, 2015 in Abidjan, inked a protocol… Read more »
Africa: Where Are Africa's Young Leaders? At the AfDB Annual Meetings
On Monday, May 25 in Abidjan, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), convened African leaders past and present to provoke debate on a vision for the… Read more »
Africa: Let's Learn From Each Other, Kaberuka Tells African Youth
African youth have been told to exchange ideas with the elderly on the continent towards advancing the continent's growth and development. Read more »
May 26, 2015
Africa: Women's Empowerment At Top of Agenda As AfDB Launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
Are women and men on a level playing field? That was the question of debate on Monday, May 25 as the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its first-ever Gender Equality Index… Read more »
May 25, 2015
Africa: Mind the Gap - African Development Bank Launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
The African Development Bank's Gender Equality Index shows how to make gender equality a reality Read more »
May 22, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson in Abidjan for Talks On Fixing Africa's Primary Healthcare
What is the value of economic growth in Africa if thousands of people still die from preventable diseases? The Ebola epidemic was a wakeup call of the fragility of health systems… Read more »
May 25, 2015
Africa: Tedx Abidjan - Voices of Hope Set Tone for 2015 AfDB Annual Meetings
On the eve of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Abidjan, an independent Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference kicked off week on Sunday, May 24 at the… Read more »
May 24, 2015
Africa: The 2015 Annual Meetings - 'The Bank's Window On the World'
"For one intense week every year, the Bank's Annual Meetings are what its website is for 52 weeks in the year: its window on the world", says Joel Kibazo, Director of… Read more »
May 25, 2015
Africa: Making Growth More Inclusive Hinges On Unlocking Potential of Local Economies, Says the African Economic Outlook 2015
Continent should capitalise on youth, develop rural-urban trade corridors Read more »
May 22, 2015
Africa: Delegates Gather in Abidjan for AfDB's 2015 Annual Meetings and Golden Jubilee
Election of Bank Group's new President, commemoration of 50th Anniversary, formal admission of South Sudan as the Bank Group's 80th member country Read more »
Africa: Sefa Calls for Proposals to Support Green Mini-Grid Development
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has called for proposals to support the creation of an enabling policy and market environment for green mini-grids (GMGs) in an effort… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Reach Tipping Point As Pilots for Renewable Energy, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Forests
At its governing body meetings last week, the $8.1 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed 9 African nations to serve as pilot countries for critical aspects of… Read more »
May 21, 2015
Tanzania: AfDB Approves U.S.$70.5 Million Budget Support Operation for Tanzania Energy Sector
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, a loan of US $70.5 million to finance the Tanzania Power Sector Reform and… Read more »
May 20, 2015
Africa: Se4all Action Agendas Set Stage for Mobilizing Investment in Sustainable Energy in Africa
African countries are one step closer to realizing the goals of universal energy access through following a coordinated approach to energy sector development at the country level… Read more »
May 19, 2015
Africa: Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2015
To: 25/05/2015 Read more »