May 31, 2013
Africa: 2nd Making Finance Work for Africa Advisory Council Meeting
Shapers of Africa's financial sector development gathered this year at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group held in Marrakech, Morocco, from May 27-31. Read more »
Africa: AfDB President's Annual Meetings Blog - The Afro-Optimist, the Afro-Realist
The 48th Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank - and the 39th of the African Development Fund - were officially launched under the high patronage of His Majesty King… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Highlights Africa's Emergence in New Global Economic Climate but Stresses Infrastructure and Skills Gap
AfDB President's Speech at the Opening of the 2013 Annual Meetings "Africa's Hour-Seizing the Moment"Donald Kaberuka, has told delegates at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Marrakesh,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Receives Made in Africa Foundation Award for His Efforts to Transform the Continent
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received on Wednesday evening in Marrakech the "Made in Africa Foundation Special Recognition Award", which took… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, Federal Government of Nigeria Sign Us $300 Million Loan Agreement
May 27th 2013 marked the beginning of yet another important relationship between the African Development Bank and The Federal Government of Nigeria. Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: Stakeholders Laud AfDB's Good Performance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) group has received high commendations from Heads of State, Ministers and Stakeholders attending the Bank's 2013 Annual Meetings in Marrakech,… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Egypt's MSME's
The African Development Bank and the Government of Egypt on 29 May in Marrakech, Morocco, signed a US$2-million grant to help the country develop an enabling environment for micro,… Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: Libya Joins the African Development Fund Group of Donors
Libya's Minister of Finance, Al- Kilani Abdelkarim Al-Kilani Al-Jazi, announced during the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings in Marrakech that his country would join the… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: The AfDB Committed to a Transition to Greener Economies and Growth
On Tuesday, May 28, the African Development Bank organized at its Annual Meetings in Marrakech a high-level side event discussing how African countries could grow green and… Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: AfDB Funds Mozambique's Massingir Dam Emergency Rehabilitation Project
The African Development Bank on May 28 in Marrakech, Morocco, granted a supplementary loan of US $33.213 million to the government of Mozambique for the rehabilitation of the… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: President's AfDB Annual Meetings Blog - "For the Well-Being of a Billion People..."
Discussions continue throughout the night at the Bank's Annual Meetings in Marrakesh: some may be had around the dinner table, but most are round the desk. Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: Natural Resources - Putting the Interests of Africans First
Political leaders, finance experts have expressed the need to give priority to Africa's premier resource, its people through good governance and the use of proceeds from natural… Read more »
Africa: ALSF Backs Gambia's Bid for Greater Banjul Power Project
The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), on 28 May in Marrakech, signed a $US 400,000 agreement with The Gambia to provide legal assistance in the negotiations of independent… Read more »
Africa: ALSF Management Board and Governing Council Strategize On Future Engagements
The Management Board and the Governing Council of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), held two important meetings on Sunday 26 and Monday 27 May 2013 in Marrakech, where… Read more »
May 28, 2013
Africa: President's AfDB Annual Meetings Blog - A Continent Taking Hold of Its Own Destiny
We celebrated Africa's 50th birthday last weekend: the OAU came into being on May 25, 1963. The message was clear: political independence came long ago; and economic independence… Read more »
Africa: Talk With a Bank Agroindustry Expert On Africa's Structural Transformation
As delegates gather in Marrakech for the Bank's 48th Annual Meetings, some Bank experts have shared their perspectives on Africa's structural transformation, which is the key topic… Read more »
Africa: President Kagame Says Agriculture Is Key to Africa's Transformation
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has identified agriculture as a key sector that can enable Africa's economic transformation. Read more »
May 27, 2013
Africa: Natural Resources Can Fuel Africa's Economic Transformation
Africa's agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent's economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African… Read more »
May 28, 2013
Africa: Participants Discuss Tools for Monitoring Inclusive Growth
Economic, social, spatial and political inclusion are the four key parameters that can be used for monitoring inclusive growth, a primary condition for the attainment of Africa's… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Strengthens Partnerships With Csos to Meet Africa's Development
Among the most highly anticipated events on the African Development Bank Annual Meetings agenda was the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) Forum hosted by the Bank on May 28 in… Read more »
Africa: How to Improve Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Grassroots Participation in Africa
Finance Ministers and representatives from various African countries came together on Monday, May 27, Day 1 of the African Development Bank's 48th Annual Meetings, to discuss… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Rely On Self for the Success of Structural Transformation
The policies implemented to develop Africa have not helped the continent surmount its difficulties, poverty, unemployment; the lack of infrastructure ... Read more »
May 27, 2013
Africa: Delegates Converge in Marrakech for 48th AfDB Annual Meetings
All roads lead to Morocco this week as hundreds of delegates converge on Marrakech for the 2013 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), which kicks off today… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Its Partners to Focus On Africa's Future At Annual Meetings in Morocco
The 48th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened on May 27 in Marrakech, Morocco, focusing on the need for Africa to turn economic growth into truly shared… Read more »
May 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB President Commends AU During 50th Anniversary Celebrations
"The sleeping giant is on its way," stated African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka during the opening of the 50th anniversary of the African Union in the Ethiopian… Read more »
