July 17, 2012
Africa: Afdb's Usd 33m Harar Water and Sanitation Project Comes On Stream
The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8… Read more »
Africa: Southern Region B Director Visits Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro-Power Plant and Transmission Line Project
Southern Region B Director, Chiji Ojukwu, was on a dialogue mission to Zambia from 9 to 14 July 2012 where, along with the Vice President and Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, he was… Read more »
July 15, 2012
Africa: South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma Elected As Chairperson of African Union Commission
African leaders elected Mrs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as chairperson of the African Union Commission at the 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 July. Read more »
July 16, 2012
Africa: AWES Delegates Mull Solution to Women's Financial Exclusion
Delegates at the just concluded African Women Economic Summit (AWES) held in Lagos have proposed way out for financial exclusion of women in the continent. Read more »
Africa: African Women Pledge to Fight for Inclusive Growth
The Second African Women Economic summit wound up in Lagos on Saturday, with a unanimous commitment by hundreds of entrepreneurs and professional women to campaign vigorously for… Read more »
Africa: MDB Heads of Procurement Meeting in London
During the week of 18-22 June 2012, the Heads of Procurement (HoP) from a number of Multilateral Development Banks* met in the EBRD Headquarters in London to discuss selected… Read more »
West Africa: PROGEBE - For a Productive Trypanotolerant Livestock
The Regional Project on Sustainable Management of Endemic Ruminant Livestock (PROGEBE) resulted from the will of The Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Senegal to implement preservation… Read more »
July 15, 2012
Africa: AfDB Reiterates Continued Support for Women Empowerment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has pledged its continued support for women empowerment in the continent. The President of the AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, made the pledge in a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Reiterates Commitment to Gender Equality
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is committed to the promotion of gender equality across the continent according to the head, gender unit of the Bank, Ginette Yoman. She… Read more »
July 12, 2012
Africa: Female Entrepreneurs Gather in Lagos for African Women's Economic Summit
The Second African Women's Economic Summit, currently under way in Lagos, is a "summit of action", said the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, when… Read more »
Africa: Private Equity Investment in Africa More than Triples to U.S. $3 Billion in 2011
Private equity investment into Africa more than tripled in 2011 to reach USD 3 billion, and that figure is set to rise further as investors move into consumer products and services… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Grants U.S. $40 Million for Budget Support to Malawi
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis a budget support… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Finances Local Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal
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Africa: AfDB Supports Economic Reforms in Burundi With U.S. $18 Million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 18 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi's Fifth Economic Reform… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Co-Hosts Second African Women Economic Summit
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, will speak at the Second African Women Economic Summit, which opens in Lagos, Nigeria, on 12 July. Read more »
July 10, 2012
Africa: Visit of President Yayi Boni to the AfDB
Three days from the African Union (AU) Summit scheduled to take place from July 14-16, 2012, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU Chairperson, Dr. Yayi Boni, who is also Benin's… Read more »
July 11, 2012
North Africa: African Economic Outlook Launches in North Africa Alongside Youth Jobs Debate
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will undertake the regional launch in Tunis of the 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) report on 16 July, under the high… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Delegation Takes Part in First Workshop On Long-Term Finance On Climate Change
The first workshop on long-term finance related to climate change in a series initiated at the COP 17 conference in Durban in 2011 took place in Bonn, Germany, from 9 to 11 July… Read more »
July 10, 2012
Africa: Parliamentarians Key to Institutionalisation of Value for Money, Accountability in Health Sector
African Finance and Health Ministers as well as parliamentarians, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners gathered in Tunis, and agreed to intensify multisectoral… Read more »
Africa: 40 African Ministers Pledge for Enhanced Voice and Accountability in Health
Times are changing. Increasingly, health professionals are accountable for the way they use the resources, the services they avail to people and more generally, the results they… Read more »
Africa: Fertility Decline Key to Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Africa
High-profile speakers like Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, Executive Director for UNFPA and Hans Rosling, Chairman of Gapminder Foundation spoke at length about the importance of family… Read more »
Africa: Rapid Child Mortality Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed unprecedented declines in child mortality over the past two decades. The average child mortality rate decreased from 174 per 1,000 in 1990 to 121 per… Read more »
Africa: Using Public-Private Partnership to Finance National Hospitals - the Case of Lesotho
Many African countries are facing increasing demands for health financing with fewer limited resources available and dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels African… Read more »
Africa: A Dynamic and Skilled Health Workforce Is Key to Universal Health Coverage
Achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals (WHO) in Africa will require substantial investments in training a dynamic and skilled health workforce. Most countries in Africa… Read more »
Africa: Capturing the ICT Dividend - AfDB Supports the Rise of E-Health in Africa
Spurred by technological innovations, a revolution in ehealth is taking place in Africa. A large part of this revolution is due to the phenomenal growth in mobile phone usage in… Read more »