Africa: Improving Business Environment Key to Attracting FDI (AfDB)

African countries should continue focusing on improving business climate to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to views expressed by experts at the Sixth African… Read more »

Africa: Winds of Change in Morocco's Energy Market (AfDB)

On 28 October 2011, the governing bodies of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) approved updates to Morocco's investment plan under the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and an associated… Read more »

Africa: AfDB urges investment in africa's energy sector

"The multi-billion dollar financing gap in Africa's energy sector, coupled with the continent's abundant untapped natural resources, creates an opportunity to attract private… Read more »

Africa: Overcoming Barriers to Private Sector Investment in Clean Technology (AfDB)

Smart renewable energy policy could be used to overcome barriers to private sector investment in clean energy in order to secure additional sources of financing. Read more »

Africa: Human Capital Critical to Africa's Structural Transformation (AfDB)

African governments must step up investments in education to build capable human resources that will contribute to sustainable structural transformation of their economies, experts… Read more »

Africa: Nairobi Action Plan to Promote Land-Based Investments (AfDB)

Participants at a two-day High-Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investments in Land in Africa resolved to promote land-based investment models that increase agricultural productivity… Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Institutions - Towards an Action Plan On Land (AfDB)

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice-President for Sector Operations, Kamal Elkeshen, is leading a large Bank Group delegation to an International High-Level Forum on Foreign… Read more »

Africa: High Level Forum On Land-Based Foreign Direct Investments in Africa (AfDB)

AfDB, AUC and UNECA to Discuss Land Investment in Nairobi Read more »

Africa: AfDB, AUC and UNECA to Discuss Land Investment in Nairobi

The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will on 4 and 5 October 2011 in Nairobi (Kenya),… Read more »

North Africa: AfDB, Largest Investor of Private Equity Investment Fund in the Maghreb

The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced on 6 September the first closing of the multi-sector private equity fund Maghreb Private Equity Fund III LLC ('MPEF III'), with a size… Read more »

Africa: Conference On Land Policy in Africa (AfDB)

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Consortium comprises the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »

East Africa: AfDB, Others Commit U.S. $165 Million to Railway Infrastructure in East Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed USD40 million to support a five-year capital investment programme for Rift Valley Railways, a consortium established to manage the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$25 Million Investment Support to African Businesses

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 25-million equity investment in Vantage Capital Fund II (VCF II). This second-generation… Read more »

North Africa: AfDB Approves 20 Million Euros Private Equity Investments in the Maghreb

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a 20-million euros equity investment in the Maghreb Private Equity Fund III (MPEF III). This… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves an Equity Investment of Up to U.S $10.4 Million to Africa Re

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window approved an equity investment of up to USD10.4 million in Africa Re through… Read more »

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: African Efforts On Climate Action Get Boost (AfDB)

Climate Investment Funds Partnership Forum Opens in Cape Town, South Africa 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: AfDB 2011 Annual Meetings Are Carbon-Free

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has officially made this year's Annual Meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, carbon friendly. 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: Powering Africa Trough Clean Energy - It's Possible (AfDB)

The shift to clean energy solutions will enable Africa to take advantage of concessional resources available, which reduce costs and risks of such investments while at the same… Read more »

Africa: 2010 Annual Report-Investing in Infrastructure (AfDB)

With more of 70% of its total approvals targeting the infrastructure sector in 2010, the African Development Bank has confirmed its leadership in this area. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Financial Authorities Welcome Planned New AfDB Funding Initiative

Representatives from Africa's financial authorities have welcomed a planned new financial initiative from the African Development Bank (AfDB) which aims to boost inward financial… Read more »

Africa: Relevant Investment Laws And Well-Designed Social Security Are Key to Inclusive Growth (AfDB)

The majority of Africa's poor have not been positively impacted by the over flogged economic growth on the continent. Have they benefited from improvement of the so-called… 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 »