November 07, 2013
West Africa: AfDB Invests U.S. $20 Million in Arm-Harith Infrastructure Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 30 a US $20 million equity investment in ARM-Harith Infrastructure Fund (ARMHIF).… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Increases its Capital in Atlantic Coast Regional Fund to Support Local Private Sector Growth
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 an additional US $10 million equity investment in Atlantic Coast Regional Fund… Read more »
November 06, 2013
East Africa: AfDB Rolls Out the First Capacity Building Program
On average 40-60% of public expenditure goes to education, health and other types of social spending in Africa, which calls for improved governance, voice and accountability in… Read more »
Africa: Transform Africa Summit Ends with the Launch of Rwandapedia
Over 300 guests attended Transform Africa Summit's Cultural Gala where Rwanda last week launched its digital archive of cultural and historical information called Rwandapedia to… Read more »
November 03, 2013
Africa: Water, a Sector of Preference for the AfDB
The problem of water resources in the Sahel is one of the major concerns for the African Development Bank. This challenge threatens agriculture, animal farming and food security… Read more »
Mali: AfDB Plays a Key Role in Donor Coordination in Mali
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been engaged in Mali for nearly 40 years with an active portfolio amounting to 100 billion CFA francs. Read more »
November 01, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 96 Million ADF Loan and Grant for Thwake Multi-Purpose Water Development Program - Phase I
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 30 October 2013 in Tunis, a US$ 94.37 million (UA 61.68 million) ADF loan and US$ 1.85… Read more »
Africa: Governments Cannot Fund U.S.$93 Billion Alone
Public-private partnerships, sustainable development and mutually beneficial frameworks defined the final plenary on the last day of the three-day African Economic Conference (AEC)… Read more »
Nigeria: AfDB Board Approves U.S.$152.50 Million Financing for Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an ADF loan of US$ 152.12 million (UA98.78 million) and an ADF grant of US$ 0.38 million (UA0.25 million) to… Read more »
October 31, 2013
Libya: AfDB and Libya Discuss Ways to Address Healthcare Priorities
The Bank's Human Development Department (OSHD) undertook a mission to Tripoli from September 28- to October 3, 2013 to hold talks with the Ministry of Health on potential technical… Read more »
Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview with Charles Leyeka Lufumpa, Director, Statistics Department, AfDB
Africa's transformational agenda will also build on progress made in terms of statistics. How would you assess statistics within the context of the continent's regional… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Vow to Make Africa a Region of Competitiveness and Increased Well-Being
The eighth annual African Economic Conference concluded today, calling on development and business leaders to turn Africa into a hub of business and development excellence. Read more »
Africa: Fast-Tracking African Regional Integration Agenda Key to Economic Transformation
Africa's quest for deeper integration has to be backed by active support of national governments and strengthening of national administrative capacity to achieve structural… Read more »
October 29, 2013
Africa: Monetary Integration Must Go Hand-in-Hand With Economic Integration in Central Africa, Says Economist
Monetary integration alone is not enough: it needs to be accompanied by economic integration, the Cameroonian economist Simon Yannick Fouda Ekobena declared on Monday, October 28… Read more »
October 30, 2013
Africa: Industrialization a Precondition for Africa's Economic Transformation
Africa will have to step up investment in industrialization and trade facilitation to ensure that the current growth momentum is more resilient to external shocks and translates… Read more »
Africa: Financial Deepening Dynamics and Implications for Financial Policy Coordination in a Monetary Union
To what extent can financial deepening dynamics have implications for financial policy coordination? The case of the West African Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU) was one of the… Read more »
Senegal: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 33.5 Million to Promote Youth and Women Employment
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group) on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 in Tunis, approved a loan amounting to US$ 33.5 for Senegal to help the country… Read more »
Africa: Trade Barriers Are Inimical to Economic Transformation and Regional Integration
Africa's political leaders have taken bold steps to strengthen and promote production and competitiveness that would normally accelerate the momentum for regional integration. Read more »
Africa: Private Sector Can Give a Good Push to Regional Integration, but Legal and Political Will Is Lacking
Reflecting on how the private sector can contribute to enhancing regional integration, panelists attending a session on Wednesday October 29 at the eighth African Economic… Read more »
Africa: Trade Liberalization Has Not Resulted in Export Growth - Panel
There is no significant relationship between trade liberalization and export growth reveals a study on the impact of trade liberalization on export growth and import growth across… Read more »
Africa: Financial Integration in Africa - How to Avoid Others' Mistakes
"Africa has much to learn from Europe about how not to go about financial integration. The experience of the European crisis and the euro is a good lesson to us in Africa about the… Read more »
Africa: Monetary Lessons From Africa's Biggest Economy
The 2013 African Economic Conference (AEC) was the most opportune place to launch "Monetary Policy and the Economy in South Africa", a new book by Prof. Mthuli Ncube,… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Moono Mupotola, Division Manager, Regional Integration and Trade At AfDB
There is a lot to tell about the African Development Bank's (AfDB) role in Africa's regional integration. Moono Mupotola, who, for the past four years, has pulled out all stops to… Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration, the Solution for Boosting Industrial Production in Africa
Regional integration remains one of the solutions for boosting production by the manufacturing industry in Africa. Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Gap, Non-Tariff Barriers Impediments to Regional Trade in Africa
A group of researchers on Tuesday, October 29 at the ongoing Africa Economic Conference in Johannesburg reaffirmed the need to step up investment in physical infrastructure and… Read more »