October 20, 2007
Africa: Germany, World Bank And AfDB Launch Partnership for Making Finance Work
A new partnership to support stronger financial systems in Africa was launched today, by Germany, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. Read more »
September 21, 2007
Africa: AFDB, ECA, WTO And World Bank Organize Conference On Aid for Trade in Dar es Salaam
"Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Africa", is the central theme of a high-level conference scheduled to take place on October 1-2, 2007, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,… Read more »
September 16, 2007
Africa: Development Bank Helps to Boost Infrastructure
The African Development Bank has supported the preparation of more than 15 regional projects as part of its assistance in upgrading infrastructure in Africa, Dr. Ini Urua, NEPAD… Read more »
August 08, 2007
Sierra Leone: Bank Group's Resident Representative Presents Letters of Appointment
The African Development Bank Group's Resident Representative in Sierra Leone, Mrs. Margaret Kilo on Tuesday in Freetown, presented her Letters of Appointment to the Minister of… Read more »
July 18, 2007
Rwanda: U.S. $ 50 Million ADF Grant for Poverty Reduction Strategy Support Programme
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a grant of UA 33 million (US$ 50 million) to help finance the… Read more »
July 24, 2007
Africa: AfDB Approves Communications Satellite Funds
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) on Tuesday in Tunis approved a US $ 50-million senior loan under its private sector window in support of a Regional… Read more »
July 18, 2007
Liberia: Country Joins Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
Liberia has become the 14th African country to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a global coalition of governments, companies, civil society groups and… Read more »
July 17, 2007
Africa: Tackling Rural Poverty - Learning the Lessons Together
The African Development Bank (AfDB) today signed an agreement with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to conduct a joint review of their work in supporting… Read more »
July 16, 2007
Libya: African Development Bank to Cooperate With Country
Libya is a prominent African development Bank member country. With 3.651 % of the institution's voting powers, it ranks as a leading African shareholder of the ADB, confirming… Read more »
July 05, 2007
Cameroon: Fund Approves U.S. $165 Million for Douala-Bangui and N'djamena Corridors
The African Development Fund (ADF) the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan and a grant amounting to US$ 164.89 million to finance a… Read more »
June 22, 2007
Africa: Countries Should Address Barriers to Competitiveness - AfDB Economist
The Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Louis Kasekende, has emphasized the need to address those barriers that hold down business development in Africa… Read more »
June 15, 2007
Africa: G8 Applauds Work On Post-Conflict and Fragile States by the African Development Bank
The Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations have welcomed the current work of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on post-conflict and fragile states. In a statement on Friday… Read more »
Central African Republic: AfDB Group Supports Economic Reform
Efforts by the government of the Central African Republic to improve the country's economic performance and reduce poverty received major support on Friday, 15 June 2007 in… Read more »
June 06, 2007
Africa: Sweden Makes Supplementary Contribution to the African Development Fund
The government of Sweden has announced the release of a UA 20 million (approximately USD 30 million dollars) supplementary contribution to the African Development Fund (ADF) . The… Read more »
February 01, 2007
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Publish Joint Performance Report
The African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank are making… Read more »
May 15, 2007
Africa: AfDB Group Annual Meetings in Shanghai Calls for Wider Sino-African Cooperation
The 42nd Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the 33rd Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Fund… Read more »
Africa: Chinese PM Says Aid to Continent has 'No Conditions'
The Prime Minister of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao on Tuesday in Shanghai received the President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka. The AfDB President is in China… Read more »
May 14, 2007
Africa: Shanghai Hosts AfDB Annual Meetings
The Shanghai International Convention Center has been a bee-hive of activity as China's business hub and economic capital prepares to host the Annual Meetings of the African… Read more »
Africa: Continent Records Highest Growth in Two Decades
Africa has experienced its highest economic growth in the last two decades, with the GDP growth rate, which averaged about 5 percent annually in the past six years, rising to 5.5… Read more »
March 07, 2007
Sudan: $14 Million ADF Grant for Institutional Capacity Building And Poverty Reduction
The African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will support a capacity building and poverty reduction programme in Sudan… Read more »
February 21, 2007
Niger: U.S. $20.86 Million for Rural Water And Sanitation Project
The government of Niger's efforts to improve the living conditions of the people have received a big boost from the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, following the approval of… Read more »
December 14, 2006
Africa: AFDB/ICA Hosts Conference On Electricity Funding
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) held on Wednesday 12th in Tunis a conference on the theme "Financing… Read more »
June 05, 2006
Africa: Governance Leadership In Africa
Statement by Donald Kaberuka, President African Development Bank at The Montreal Conference on Governance Leadership In Africa Read more »
Africa: Seizing the Opportunity in Partnership and Global Prosperity
Statement by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group at the Conference de Montreal, 5-8 June, 2006 on Seizing the Opportunity in Partnership and Global… Read more »
May 02, 2006
Africa: Time to Invest in Africa - African Development Bank President
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, has urged Korean businesses to take advantage of the vast improvements in Africa's investment climate and… Read more »