November 15, 2013
Africa: AfDB Excels As Premiere Institution Financing Low Carbon Development in Africa
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) provided almost US $27 billion worldwide, in financing to address the challenges of climate change in 2012, according to the second joint MDB… Read more »
November 11, 2013
Africa: AfDB to Support Africa's Green Growth Agenda at COP 19
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will promote Africa's green growth agenda at the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on… Read more »
November 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB Invests U.S. $25 Million and Mobilizes U.S. $39.5 Million in Africa Renewable Energy Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, November 13, a US $25-million equity investment in the Africa Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) and… Read more »
Africa: Burkina Faso Receives $11.5 Million to Increase Forest Carbon Sequestration and Reduce Rural Poverty
With African Development Bank (AfDB) support, Burkina Faso has received an $11.5 million grant from the Climate Investment Funds' (CIF) Forest Investment Program (FIP) to undertake… Read more »
November 12, 2013
Africa: AfDB, Government of Rwanda and Development Partners Discuss Role of Natural Resources
The African Development Bank, the Government of Rwanda and development partners launched the 2013 African Economic Outlook (AEO) on November 6 in Kigali, underscoring the role of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches E-Consultation On Its New Governance Strategy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a Web consultation on its new Governance Strategy for 2014-2018 aimed at receiving feedback from all its stakeholders on their… Read more »
November 05, 2013
West Africa: The Sahel - Towards a Region of Stability, Prosperity and Growth - Afdb President Donald Kaberuka
Event: Regional Ministerial Meeting on the Sahel Read more »
November 12, 2013
Liberia: Liberia Set to Transform Its Renewables Sector With $50 Million Climate Fund Endorsement
With African Development Bank (AfDB) backing, Liberia has garnered support for a far-reaching renewable energy investment plan with $50 million from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »
November 11, 2013
Liberia: Program to Support Trade Institutions Launched in Liberia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Liberia, represented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), on November 5, 2013 in Monrovia, launched the… Read more »
Namibia: AfDB and Namibia Sign ZAR 2.9 Billion Loan agreement
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Namibia on Friday, November 8, 2013 signed a ZAR 2.9 billion (US $338 million) sovereign guaranteed loan to Nambia Ports Authority… Read more »
November 08, 2013
West Africa: Kaberuka Promises the AfDB Will Pursue Consolidation of Development Achievements in the Sahel
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), completed on Thursday, November 7, in N'Djamena, Chad, the last leg of a tour that took him to four countries in… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB Signs Two Trade-Related Programs Worth $8.5 Million With Comesa
A delegation from the African Development Bank led by Moono Mupotola, Division Manager, Regional Integration and Trade (ONRI), and Freddie Kwesiga, Resident Representative in… Read more »
Africa: Meeting of Ministers of Health and Finance on Domestic Financing for Health
The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the African Development Bank (AfDB) will convene a high-level political… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Named 2013 African of the Year
African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka has been named 2013 African of the Year in recognition of his role in spearheading the Africa50 Fund to mobilize the… Read more »
November 05, 2013
West Africa: The AfDB to Grant $4 Billion to the Sahel for Stability and Economic Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will grant $4 billion to the Sahel to make it a region of stability of economic growth. Read more »
November 06, 2013
Togo: Togolese Delegations in Rwanda to Discuss Teaching and Microfinance
With the assistance of the African Development Bank (AfDB), a high-level 13-person delegation from Togo visited Kigali, from October 20-27, 2013. Read more »
Nigeria: Interview With Patrick Agboma, On Phase One of Nigeria's Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program
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West Africa: "The Complex Nature of the Crisis in the Sahel Calls for Coordinated Action," States President Kaberuka
At a press conference on November 5, 2013 in Bamako, Mali, during his tour to the Sahel, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, said the joint… Read more »
November 05, 2013
West Africa: Donald Kaberuka Reaffirms AfDB's Commitment to Supporting Efforts to Stabilize the Sahel
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, arrived in Bamako, Mali, on Monday, November 4 as part of an official tour of the Sahel region, with visits… Read more »
November 08, 2013
Ghana: African Water Facility Turns Waste Into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy
The African Water Facility (AWF) signed a €1 million grant in favour of the Ghanaian NGO Training, Research and Networking for Development (TREND) to support an innovative… Read more »
Liberia: African Water Facility Liberia Sanitation Project Selected By Unfccc
The United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) announced Wednesday the selection of the Monrovia Fostering Innovative Sanitation and Hygiene (FISH) project as one of the… Read more »
November 07, 2013
Cameroon: Enugu-Bamenda Road, Tool of regional Integration and an AfDB Success Story
Barely six years after Nigeria and Cameroon signed a Memorandum of Understanding that was to put their socio-political differences behind them, the Enugu-Bamenda Road Project… Read more »
West Africa: Attaining the Demographic Dividend in the Sahel Region
According to the United Nations, the current population size of 100 million in the Sahel region is expected to increase six-fold to 600 million by 2100. The high levels of… Read more »
Southern Africa: The Oldest Customs Union in the World Hails From Africa
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is 103 years old. Established on June 29, 1910 in Southern Africa the Customs Union Agreement (CUA) brought together the South African… Read more »
Africa: Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications From African Agri-Business Operators
The Agriculture Fast Track Fund, a new multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), designed to boost investment in Africa's agricultural sector, is now… Read more »