Africa: AfDB Approves Additional US$ 32.5 Million for Kenya

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a supplementary loan of UA 22.05 million* (USD 32.5 million) to Kenya under the African Development… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Effectiveness Assessment Committee Meets in Tunis

On 18 June 2010, the African Water Facility (AWF)'s Effectiveness Assessment Committee will meet to review and discuss the report of an AWF Effectiveness Assessment that started… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Marks "World Day to Combat Desertification And Drought" With Positive Balance Sheet in Water Initiatives

With current developments re-increasing food insecurity in the Sahel, greater assistance to poorer countries merits attention at this particular time - Vice President A. Ordu Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Hosts the 4th Rural Water Supply And Sanitation Initiative

Tunis, June, 11th, 2010 - On 14 June 2010 the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosts the fourth Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSSI) Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting. Read more »

Africa: Margaret Kilo -"The African Diaspora Does Not Have to Relocate to the Continent in Order to Contribute to Its Development"

"The African Diaspora does not have to relocate to the continent in order to contribute to its development". Read more »

Africa: Sustainable Oil And Gas for the Future

The Society of Petroleum Engineers' Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition is a first for the Middle East and North Africa. This is the first conference in the region… Read more »

Africa: AWF - AfDB Approves a Grant to Finance the Songwe River Basin Development Programme Project

On 25 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of 3.549 million Euros to the Governments of Malawi and the United Republic of… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change And Food Crisis - The Imperative of Modernizing Agricultural Techniques

Sub-Saharan Africa is said to be the most vulnerable region to the effects of climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions. Read more »

Africa: "The AfDB is Implementing a Proactive Policy for Mitigating Climate Change", Says VP Pittman

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has adopted an aggressive climate change policy not because the resources are available, but because clients need it, the AfDB vice… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change Dominates AfDB Annual Meetings Seminars

Climate Change and its impact on Africa's social and economic development is on the front burner of this year's African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Annual Meetings High Level… Read more »

Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations

USD 39.40 million ADF Grant for Liberia Water and Sanitation Read more »

Africa: Liberia - AfDB Approves Urban Water And Sanitation Project to Benefit More Than Half a Million People

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 19 May 2010 in Tunis, a grant of UA… Read more »

Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Contributing to Improving Access to Education

Costing 53 million units of account (equivalent to CFAF 39 billion), the project was approved for African Development Fund (ADF) financing on 24 September 1992 and was completed on… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Announces Senior Women Appointments

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the following appointment Read more »

Africa: Bank Group Launches African Climate Institutions Support Project

The African Development Bank Group launched on Monday, 3 May 2010 in Tunis, an African climate institutions support project which will run from 2010-2012. The project is estimated… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Applauds Cape Verde's Graduation to Middle Income Country And Mdg Achievements Despite Hostile Initial Conditions

Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of "policy induced graduation" on the continent, as opposed to natural… Read more »

Africa: Interview with Climate Change Specialist, Uzoamaka Nwamarah On "Prospects for an Africa Carbon Facility"

The Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (OSUS) Unit recently hosted a roundtable on the economics of adaptation. The unit will, from April 29-30, 2010, host a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Host Roundtable On Adaptation Economics for Africa in Tunis

From: 27/04/2010 Read more »

Africa: ADEA: Educating for Sustainable Development

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), organized in Tunis, 19-21 April 2010, a seminar on the preparation of its Triennale on education in Africa, a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Records Notable Achievements in Climate Change and Clean Energy

Over the past one year, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has registered tremendous achievements in the area of climate change. Read more »

Africa: AfDB: The Role of Law in Development for the African Continent

The African Development Bank (AfDB) legal counsel, Kalidou Gadio, was in the U.S. where he participated in the 2010 Harvard African Law and Development Conference from 16-18 April… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Green Growth Strategy to Usher New Green Deal for Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is undertaking a study to produce an "Africa Green Growth Strategy". Read more »

Africa: AfDB Joins Its Development Partners to Mark the 40th Earth Day

Forty years after, the Earth is still in the throes of climate change Read more »

Africa: "Thanks to AfDB Facilities, We Have Been Able to Expand Access to Water And Sanitation in Mali "

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 14 April 2010, in Tunis received a Malian delegation led by the country's energy and water minister, Igor Diarra. The delegation… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Group Approves an AWF Grant to the Gambia

The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, approved an African Water Facility grant of 1,988,582 Euros to The Gambia to support a National Water Sector Reform… Read more »