Africa: AfDB Recruitment Mission Heads to Japan, China And Korea

Korea: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 1 - 3 December 2010 in Seoul. South Africa: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event on November 25,… Read more »

Africa: Africa Should Reduce Aid Dependency - AfDB President

Africa must reduce aid-dependency and foster new alternative sources of development finance, the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, has said. Read more »

Africa: First Africa Energy Week Highlights Importance of Clean Energy

The first All-Africa Energy Week got underway in Maputo, Mozambique, this week with emphasis on the importance of clean energy for sustainable development. Read more »

Africa: "Financing Africa - Through the Crisis And Beyond" - Consultation Workshop

The impact of the financial crisis and the state of financial sector development in North Africa - these were the topics that Issa Faye of the African Development Bank's research… Read more »

Africa: Second Regional Meeting On Aid Effectiveness to Promote New Vision for Development

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will host the Second Regional Meeting on Aid Effectiveness, South-South Cooperation and Capacity Development, in Tunis from 4-5 November… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference - AfDB Staff Publish Research Results On Human Capital

Can human capital contribute to protecting workers in the event of external shocks? Case study of South Africa during the 2008-2009 crisis. Read more »

Africa: African Economic Conference Ends in Tunis With Calls for Internal Resource Mobilization

The fifth African Economic Conference designed to bring policy-makers, researchers, academics and development experts ended on Friday, October 29, 2010, after intense discussions… Read more »

Africa: AEC 2010 - Interview with Dr. Joseph Okpaku

"I have often said that societies are built and sustained on the strength of their intellectual capacity. If you unplug this capacity, society will die," says Dr. Joseph O. Okpaku,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Must Engage With New Partners On Solid Ground, Says Afdb Chief Economist

The new partnerships in which Africa is currently engaged are expected to enable the continent boost its infrastructure development efforts, strengthen governance, remove obstacles… Read more »

Africa: Wole Soyinka - "Reversing Brain Drain is Key to Africa's Development"

The first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Wole Soyinka, has said that the reversal of Africa's brain drain is key to the continent's development. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$20 Million Private Sector Equity Investment in Africa Forestry Fund

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 in Tunis, a U.S.$20 million equity investment in the Global Environment Fund… Read more »

Africa: Fertilizers, Food Production And Poverty Eradication in Africa

The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama-based International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), Amit Roy, has said that fertilizers are strong factors in efforts at increasing… Read more »

East Africa: Workshop On Domestic Resource Mobilization for Poverty Reduction in East Africa

Robust domestic resource mobilization is the cornerstone for sustainable development. Donor assistance can bridge the fiscal gap for a while but ultimately cannot substitute for… Read more »

Africa: Wole Soyinka - Reinforcing the Role of African Intellectuals in Development

Professor Wole Soyinka, first African Nobel Laureate in literature, will be the next guest of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Program on 25 October 2010 in… Read more »

Africa: ADF VII - Dealing With Africa's Climate Change Financing Needs

"Africa has urgent and enormous climate change financing needs, but existing sources of financing and disbursement are inadequate," said AfDB compliance and safeguards manager,… Read more »

Africa: 7th ADF High Level Leadership Dialogue-Kaberuka, Meles, Stoltenberg, Mogae And Ping On Climate Change

Recalling memories of the devastating impact of climate change on the economies of African countries, African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said climate… Read more »

Africa: AfDB And Partners Launch ClimDev Programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday October 13, 2010 in Addis Ababa,… Read more »

Africa: Seventh ADF - African Ministers Support Africa Green Fund

Several African ministers, speaking for their governments at the Seventh African Development Forum held on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 in Addis Ababa, unanimously supported the… Read more »

Africa: 7th ADF High Level Leadership Dialogue-Kaberuka, Meles, Stoltenberg And Mogae On Climate Change

Recalling memories of the devastating impact of climate change on the economies of African countries, African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said climate… Read more »

Africa: Managing Climate Change - A Critical Governance Issue for Africa

Managing climate change has become a governance issue. Consequent upon African Development Bank's (AfDB's) commitment to both governance and climate change, the institution's… Read more »

Africa: "The Seventh African Development Forum (ADF) Will Ensure Adequate African Approach to the Continent's Concerns And Priorities On Climate Change"

Interview with AfDB Quality and Compliance Manager, Anthony Nyong Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Rwanda's Manufacturing Sector Approves U.S.$ 30 Million Loan to Cement Company

Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 in Tunis, a U.S.$ 30-million loan to finance the construction of… Read more »

Africa: Development Forum to Address Concerns on Climate Change

Interview with AfDB Quality and Compliance Manager, Anthony Nyong Read more »

Africa: Seventh African Development Forum Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development

From: 10/10/2010 Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Investment in Hospitality Sector in Ghana

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a U.S.$ 18 million loan to GCC Resorts Limited Company for the construction of Kempinski Hotel in Accra,… Read more »