June 25, 2015
Africa: United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Annual Session - Statement By AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Mr. Chairman, Ambassador Skoog; Read more »
June 02, 2015
East Africa: AfDB Supports Addressing Fragility Through Arms Reduction in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa Regions
Many countries in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa regions have for long shared the global concern that the proliferation of small arms and light weapons escalates violent… Read more »
May 28, 2015
Africa: African Countries Asked to Address Security Threats By Investing in Holistic Development
In the face of growing threats to peace and security on the continent, African countries have been called upon to invest in development in a holistic way. Read more »
January 21, 2015
Africa: AfDB Is Updating Its Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Strategy - Official
"Africa's abundance of natural resources (forestry, agriculture, minerals, oil and gas), offer a major opportunity to close the development gap," said African Development Bank's… Read more »
May 23, 2014
South Sudan: Ministers Call for an International Commitment to Peace and Development in South Sudan
Only three years after independence, the world's youngest country was still celebrating its newly acquired freedom before it was plunged into violent conflict. On December 15,… Read more »
Africa: Security Is Biggest Challenge to Africa's Development - Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon
Without security, all progress in Africa is not sustainable, the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, said on Thursday, May 22, during the Annual Meetings of the African… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Call for Harmonized Approach to Conflict Prevention, Management
A high-level panel comprised of former African leaders including Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo and South Africa's Thabo Mbeki has recommended the need for African countries to… Read more »
May 19, 2014
Africa: Global Value Chains Offer African Countries Potential for Structural Transformation
Global value chains hold the promise of boosting employment and structural transformation in Africa the 2014 African Economic Outlook (AEO) shows. In particular, global value… Read more »
May 07, 2014
Nigeria: AfDB in Solidarity With the Nigerian Community On the Case of the Chibok Girls
"To be educated means... I will not only be able to help myself, but also my family, my country, my people. The benefits will be many." - Meda Wagtole, schoolgirl, Ethiopia Read more »
April 10, 2014
Africa: "Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa - A Call to Action" Fragile States Report Discussed in Washington, DC
President Donald Kaberuka of the African Development Bank Group will present the final report of the High Level Panel on Fragile States titled "Ending conflict and building peace… Read more »
January 31, 2014
Africa: AfDB to Play a Greater Role in Issues of Conflict and Fragility On the Continent, Report Recommends
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, officially launched on Thursday, January 30 in Addis… Read more »
January 30, 2014
Africa: Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa
Event: Launching of the High Level Panel on Fragile States Report at the 22nd African Union Summit Read more »
January 10, 2014
Africa: Security, Peace, Stability and Job Creation - The Continent's Priorities for 2014
African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday, January 9, 2014, in Tunis, held talks with the diplomatic community accredited to Tunisia, to look forward… Read more »
November 06, 2013
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 »
October 10, 2013
Africa: Financing Africa's Development in the 21st Century
Good Morning. It is a pleasure to be back at Brookings to speak on African development issues. Thank you, Khomi Kharas and Mwangi Kimenyi for the invitation. My appreciation to all… Read more »
September 02, 2013
Africa: Ending Fragility in Africa - Challenges and Opportunities - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: Launching of the High Level Panel on Fragile States Read more »
Africa: President of Liberia and President of AfDB Set New Course for Prosperity in Africa's Fragile States
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, launched a special high-level panel on fragile states in Monrovia… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Africa: AfDB President Receives Made in Africa Foundation Award for His Efforts to Transform the Continent
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received on Wednesday evening in Marrakech the "Made in Africa Foundation Special Recognition Award", which took… Read more »
May 15, 2013
Africa: The AfDB Provides 240 Million Euros for the Crisis Exit in Mali
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its President, Donald Kaberuka, declared in Brussels the Institution's support to the crisis exit efforts and revival of Malian… Read more »
May 08, 2013
Africa: The AfDB Supports Economic Recovery in Mali With a Loan of More Than 30 Billion CFA Francs
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 8 in Tunis, a loan of 30 billion CFA francs to the Republic of Mali. This amount will be drawn from the… Read more »
April 16, 2013
West Africa: Romano Prodi and Kaberuka Meet to Discuss the Crisis in the Sahel Region
The UN Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, met with the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, on April 15, 2013 in Tunis, to discuss security,… Read more »
January 25, 2013
East Africa: Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, has an estimated combined population of 210 million people and… Read more »
Africa: The Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program
The priority areas emanating from the study and selected by the Bank for intervention include: (i) Water Resources Infrastructure, (ii) Livestock Infrastructure, (iii) Markets and… Read more »
December 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB's Souk At-Tanmia Pilot Project Filmed for 12.12.12 - One Day On Earth
For the first time, on December 12, 2012, the African Development Bank Group participated in the global film event One Day on Earth, showcasing its Souk At-Tanmia Pilot Project,… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: The AWF, the Government of Sudan and the AfDB Jointly Launch the First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur
Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project… Read more »
