May 30, 2012
Africa: AfDB Records 36 Per Cent Increase in Loan and Grant Commitments
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group made approvals of almost USD 8.5 billion in 2011, which represented a 36-percent increase on 2010 approvals which totalled approximately… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Stresses Importance of Remittances and Microfinance for Financial Inclusion
The role played by remittances and microfinance in the empowerment of the less privileged in society came under scrutiny on 29 May in Arusha, Tanzania, during a high-level panel… Read more »
Africa: Emerging Economies Celebrate South-South Convergence
Emerging economies of South East Asia and African developing economies on Tuesday celebrated the convergence of South-South fruitful development initiative at the on-going African… Read more »
Africa: Credit Rating Can Help African Countries Access International Financial Markets
As the Governors of the African Development Bank Group meet in Arusha, Tanzania, from 31 May to 1 June 2012, the annual rating of AfDB by Standard and Poor's, Moody's and Fitch,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB On Course to Build African Class of Entrepreneurs
Though the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hasn't allocated a specific amount for promoting the African private sector, it is determined to build a class of entrepreneurs… Read more »
Africa: Regional Integration Can Boost Job Creation and Foster Economic Growth
Accelerated regional integration can generate greater benefits including job creation given the high unemployment levels and the youthful demographic profile of the East African… Read more »
May 29, 2012
Africa: 'Our Partnership With AfDB Is Relevant in Shaping the Continent's Needs to Emerge As a Viable Growth Pole,' ACBF Executive Secretary
What is the link between the Africa Capacity Building Foundation's activities and the theme of the 2012 Annual Meetings: Africa and the Emerging Global Landscape - challenges and… Read more »
Africa: Good Financial Governance, an Indicator of Democracy, Says Donald Kaberuka
Un gouvernement propre, qui travaille pour son peuple et oeuvre au bien-être de sa population, telles sont les trois critères qui, selon le président de la… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Turns a Corner in Its Relations With Civil Society
The African Development Bank will be hosting a Forum for Civil Society engagement in conjunction with its 2012 Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. About 60 civil society… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Seminar Participants Concerned By Africa's Inability to Tackle Emerging Challenges
Africans need to recognise the legitimacy of self-interest and stop blaming everybody under the sun for the failure of their economies to be competitive with the rest of the world,… Read more »
May 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Still Strongly Committed to General Capital Increase Pledges
Government representatives, heads and senior officials of financial and multilateral development banks (MDBs), civil society organizations, private sector and academics are meeting… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Grants 3.3 Million Euros to Sudan to Support Water Sector in Darfur
The African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a €3.3 million grant protocol agreement on 24 May with the Republic of Sudan for a water project that will support conflict… Read more »
May 24, 2012
Africa: Africa's Top Business, Political and Academic Names to Flock to AfDB's Annual Meetings in Arusha
A dazzling array of Africa's most successful people, including a sitting president, a former president and a multibillionaire businessman, will gather at the Annual Meetings of the… Read more »
Africa: African Water Facility Helps Boost Socio-Economic Development in Ethiopia and South-Sudan
Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin… Read more »
May 16, 2012
East Africa: AfDB Prepares Regional Program On Drought Resilience in Greater Horn of Africa
An African Development Bank (AfDB) mission is currently in Khartoum, Sudan, working with Government authorities and other stakeholders to develop a program intended to build… Read more »
May 15, 2012
Africa: AFBD Co-Sponsors Innovative E-Health Event in Nairobi
Some 200 participants from more than 15 countries gathered in Nairobi on 18 and 19 April for the e-Health Africa Conference - Integrating m-Health into e-Health Strategy… Read more »
May 11, 2012
Africa: The Africa Economy Should Become a Transformation Economy
"The African economy which largely depends on the exploitation of natural resources should move on to become a transformation economy." This was one of the key messages of… Read more »
May 10, 2012
Africa: Lions@frica Partnership to Promote African Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the… Read more »
May 08, 2012
Africa: Inland Lakes Integrated Development and Management Support Project in Rwanda
Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia, Nigeria Get Financial Boost for Clean Energy
Ethiopia's efforts to increase energy efficiency and diversify its hydro-dependent energy mix through renewable energy got a USD 50 million boost from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »
May 07, 2012
Africa: Seventh African Economic Conference - Call for Papers
This year's African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 October to 2 November and the organizers are now calling for papers to be presented and… Read more »
May 04, 2012
Africa: Akintomide and Ncube Host 2012 Annual Meetings Press Conference in Tunis
The AfDB vice-president/secretary general Cecilia Akintomide and vice-president/chief Economist Mthuli Ncube on Thursday 3 May 2012 jointly hosted a press conference on major… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Issue Bonds On Uganda Capital Market
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has received approval from the Government of Uganda to issue bonds denominated in Uganda Shillings on the Ugandan capital market. Read more »
May 02, 2012
Africa: AfDB Supports Tulear Fishery Project
Traditional fishing in Madagascar is practiced at national level by around 59,000 fishermen mainly along the coast and within coral reefs, especially in the south-western province… Read more »
May 09, 2012
Africa: Kaberuka Will Co-Chair 2012 World Economic Forum On Africa
AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka, will co-chair the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9 to11 May. Ethiopia is the second most populous… Read more »