April 06, 2010
Africa: Burundi Infrastructure Plan On Track
The Burundi infrastructure action plan was jointly presented by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the country's public works ministry on Friday, 2 April 2010 in… Read more »
April 02, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Participate in First Africa Meteorology Ministers Conference
The African Development Bank will participate in the First Conference of Ministers Responsible for Meteorology in Africa scheduled to take place from 12-16 April in Nairobi, Kenya.… Read more »
Africa: AfDB/Burundi - Launch of Infrastructure Action Plan for Sustainable Development
The Government of Burundi and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will officially launch an "Action Plan for Infrastructure in Burundi" in Bujumbura on 2 April. Read more »
March 24, 2010
Africa: AfDB Ethiopia Field Office Other Stakeholders in Celebrating World Water Day
At the invitation of Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Ethiopia Field Office joined officials of the Government, Parliamentarians and… Read more »
March 22, 2010
Africa: African Leaders Strongly Support Financial Inclusion for Women
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices (NFNV) jointly launched the first "African Women's… Read more »
Africa: The African Development Bank Commits to Support Women's Economic Empowerment Forum
The first African Women EconomicSummit in Nairobi was a real success. On the afternoon of the final day, the high level audience of 160 African and global decision-makers in the… Read more »
March 19, 2010
Africa: World Water Day, 22 March - Clean Water for a Healthy World
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Africa: The African Women to Play an Important Part in Building the African Financial System
Global and African leaders are invited by the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices… Read more »
March 16, 2010
Africa: Message of the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka On the African Women Economic Summit
Women have always played a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of Africa. As farmers, entrepreneurs, traders and innovators, they are key economic actors in the… Read more »
March 15, 2010
Africa: Top African And Global Leaders Together to Think About Investing Differently in Women
Global and African leaders are invited by the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices… Read more »
March 11, 2010
Africa: The AfDB At the African Carbon Forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated actively at the 2nd Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) held in Nairobi, Kenya (3-5 March 2010). Read more »
March 10, 2010
Kenya: African Women Economic Summit: ?Investing Differently in Women? - Graca Machel and AfDB President to Co-host the event
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and Founder of New Faces, New Voices network (NFNV) Graca Machel, will co-host “The African Women Economic… Read more »
March 03, 2010
Africa: Africa Carbon Forum 2010
The Africa Carbon Forum (ACF) is a regional platform established to promote knowledge and information sharing including business facilitation among the main carbon market players… Read more »
February 18, 2010
Africa: AfDB Appoints Chief Economist
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is appointing Professor Mthuli Ncube as the Bank's new Chief Economist, to succeed Louis Kasekende who has returned to his country as Deputy… Read more »
February 12, 2010
Africa: African Women's Economic Summit - Investing Differently in Women
Summit objectives and outcomes: Read more »
February 03, 2010
Africa: African Union Summit - A Call for More Resources for the AfDB
The 14th ordinary Assembly of the African Union's Heads of State, held from 31 January to 2 February 2010 in Addis Ababa, called for a resolution to mobilize additional financial… Read more »
January 28, 2010
Africa: The AfDB President Attends AU Summit On Icts
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have, for more than a decade, driven economic development. Read more »
January 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB And the African Trade Insurance Company Sign Usd 1 Million Technical Assistance Grant
Kenya Resident Representative, Domina Buzingo, and the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the African Trade Insurance Company (ATI), Stewart Kinloch, have signed a grant of USD 1… Read more »
January 19, 2010
Kenya: AfDB and Government of Ethiopia Sign Loan Agreement for Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Project
The African Development Bank (AfDB), on 15 January 2010, signed a Loan Agreement with the Government of Ethiopia to finance the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor Project… Read more »
December 14, 2009
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Share Experience And Knowledge
In view of the forthcoming conference on Peace and State Building in Africa, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 16 to 19 February 2010, the second pre-conference consultation for… Read more »
December 11, 2009
Africa: AfDB and Access Bank of Tanzania Sign 660,000 USD Technical Assistance Grant
Representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Access Bank Tanzania (ABT) gathered today to sign a grant of USD 660,000 from the Fund for African Private Sector… Read more »
December 04, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves USD 245 Million Loan for Tanzania Road Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development bank Group (AfDB) Group, approved on 2 December 2009 in Tunis, a… Read more »
November 30, 2009
Africa: The AfDB Approved a Line of Credit of Usd 30 Million to the African Banking Corporation Holdings Ltd
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a Line of Credit of USD 30 million to the African Banking Corporation Holdings Ltd (ABCH) under AfDB's… Read more »
November 26, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$ 420 Million And Eur 186 Million Budget Support Loan for Mauritius
The entire population of Mauritius will benefit from the loan, particularly users of publicly-provided social services, domestic and foreign entrepreneurs, the Mauritian workforce,… Read more »
November 19, 2009
Africa: The Bank Supports Efforts to Strengthen Domestic Taxation in Africa
The African Tax Administrators Forum (ATAF), an African network of tax commissioners, was officially launched at a ceremony in Kampala, Uganda, opened by the President of Uganda,… Read more »
