Africa: Fast And Inclusive - That's the Goal for Climate Change Investment Plans (AfDB)

Speed versus consultation was the main debating point during the in-country partnerships session at the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Presents 2011 CNN/Multichoice Award to Lamia Hassan

Egyptian journalist Lamia Hassan has been awarded the 2011 CNN/MultiChoice African Journalist Environment Award. Hassan, who works for Business Today Egypt, won the award for her… Read more »

Africa: Clean Energy Development - Opportunity for Local Spinoffs in Africa (AfDB)

How to increase local content and create additional jobs in clean energy projects in Africa Read more »

Africa: African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB)

Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa Read more »

Africa: Information Session for the Media On Climate Change (AfDB)

The media has a fundamental role to play in sensitizing policy makers and the peoples of Africa about the challenge of climate change, according to journalists at an information… Read more »

Africa: 2011 Cif Partnership Forum - African Countries Are Ready for Cif Investments (AfDB)

African delegations from Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia will attend the CIF (Climate Investment Funds) Partnership Forum on 24-25 June… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Avoid Water And Sanitation Crisis in Africa (AfDB)

It is shown that one third of the causes hampering achievement of the MDGs are water-related. Already, water poses a number of challenges for Africa like it does nowhere else in… Read more »

Africa: Inga - A Key to African Development And a Central Solution to Climate Change (AfDB)

Inga Hydroelectric Development, DRC Read more »

Africa: Africa Governments Urged to Improve Business Environment for Private Sector (AfDB)

African governments need to create a better business environment for the private sector so that companies can generate domestic revenue to help alleviate poverty and boost… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Pleads for an African Green Fund

Africa could do much more to tackle climate change through the establishment of a continent-specific green fund, says Aly Abou-Sabaa, chairman of the Climate Change Coordination… Read more »

Africa: Fifteen African Nations Embarking On Climate-Smart Development (AfDB)

More than 400 stakeholders from 45 nations, including 15 African countries, will gather in Cape Town, South Africa on 24-25 June for the 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF)… Read more »

Africa: Development Experts Call for Greener Development Finance At AfDB Annual Meetings

Development finance experts convened at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) to discuss more environmentally and socially responsible ways of funding… Read more »

Africa: Accelerating Resource Mobilization for Water And Sanitation (AfDB)

The African Development Bank Group continues to place high priority on the water sector as a way of assisting Regional Member Countries (RMCs) to realize poverty reduction and… Read more »

Africa: Designing Targeted Financing to Build Africa's Carbon Market (AfDB)

While global carbon markets are taking off, Africa lags far behind with only 7% of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) global market share. The African Development Bank (AfDB) is… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Hosts Events to Promote Climate-Smart Development

During the month of June, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will host two major development forums with an eye to expanding support for green growth in Africa. Read more »

Africa: Climate Change High On AfDB's 2011 Annual Meetings Agenda

Delegates attending the 6-10 June Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will devote considerable time and energy in discussions about climate change and… Read more »

North Africa: AfDB Emphasizes Inclusive Growth in North Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has published an annual report for North Africa which highlights the importance of inclusive growth following recent changes in the… Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank Strengthens Biodiversity Preservation

Conservation experts from the African Development Bank, development agencies, civil society, and regional governments met in Tunis, Tunisia on May 17-18, 2011 to identify and share… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Annual Meetings to Focus On Shared And Inclusive Growth

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group holds it 2011 Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal from 9-10 June 2011, with the participation of finance ministers, central bank governors… Read more »

Africa: Tunis Consensus - Africa's Common Vision for Its Development Agenda

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency and the African Union Commission (AUC) are pleased to release the Tunis Consensus: Targeting… Read more »

Africa: AfDB At the Wef 2011-Bridging Borders - Fostering Regional Integration

AfDB at the WEF 2011-These are the African Development Bank (AfDB) comments on the session entitled "Bridging Borders: Fostering Regional Integration" at the World Economic Forum… Read more »

Africa: AfDB At the Wef 2011-the Africa Green Fund

Climate change is a prominent issue at 2011 session of the World Economic Forum for Africa . Due to Africa's vulnerability to the impact of climate change, it is certainly one of… Read more »

Africa: "One Region - Africa - Three Challenges. From Insights to Action"

On 4 May 2011 at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, the African Development Bank (AfDB) participated in a session entitled "One Region: Africa - Three Challenges.… Read more »

Africa: Global Monitoring Report 2011 - "Improving the Odds of Achieving the Mdgs"

This year's Global Monitoring Report 2011 entitled "Improving the Odds of Achieving the MDGs Heterogeneity, Gaps and Challenges", reviewed the evolution of the Millennium… Read more »

Africa: Regional Integration And Inclusive Growth High On AfDB Agenda At WEFA

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will participate in the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA), in Cape Town from 4-6 May, and will bring to bear its unique knowledge and… Read more »