November 30, 2020
Africa: Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector - Future of Mining
What: Webinar on Africa's COVID-19 Response within the Extractives Sector: The Future of Mining in Africa. Read more »
November 11, 2020
Africa: Financial Modelling in the Extractive Sector - Harness Africa's Natural Resources for Sustainable Development - African Development Bank
Africa should harness its natural resources to accelerate sustainable development, the African Development Bank's Chief Economist and Vice President for Economic Governance and… Read more »
October 14, 2020
Africa: Webinar On Africa's Covid-19 Response Within the Extractives Sector
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May 26, 2020
Africa: African Natural Resources Centre Unveils Publication to Advance Critical Land Policy Reforms
In response to challenges across Africa around land ownership and use, the African Natural Resources Centre (ANRC) of the African Development Bank is launching a series of articles… Read more »
January 15, 2020
Africa: African Development Bank Allocates €1.2 Million to Train Policymakers in Boosting Mining Revenues
First beneficiaries: Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Mali, Madagascar, South Sudan, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe Read more »
February 13, 2018
Africa: Equality in the Extractives Industry - Alsf, International Women in Mining, and Adam Smith International Launch High-Level Event At Mining Indaba 2018
With the aim of focusing the extractive industry's attention on gender diversity, the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), Adam Smith International, and International Women in… Read more »
December 11, 2017
Africa: Politicians Must No Longer Manage Africa's Natural Resources Unilaterally, Say Experts
On Day 1 of the 12th African Economic Conference, which began on December 4, 2017 in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), experts from Africa called for the inclusive management of the… Read more »
November 22, 2017
Africa: Alsf and Connex Support Initiative Capacity Building to Strengthen Corporate Governance in the Extractives Sector
The extractives sector has witnessed sustained increase in equity participation by governments throughout the African region in recent times. As the prevalence of National Mining… Read more »
October 19, 2017
Africa: AfDB and Openoil Launch Report On How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage… Read more »
September 27, 2017
Africa: African Development Bank Sells Industrialize Africa Theme Bond for AUD 50 Million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has sold its first "Industrialize Africa" theme Bond to Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company, the sole investor in the transaction, for AUD 50… Read more »
September 15, 2017
Africa: 11 West African Ministries Explore Practical Policy Tools to Turn Extractives Into Development Outcomes
Natural resources make significant contributions to economic growth in most African countries. But how can countries turn extractives-driven growth into development outcomes? Read more »
September 05, 2017
Africa: Bringing Policymakers Together to Turn Extractives Into Development Outcomes
Turning extractive resources (mining, oil and gas) into development outcomes has proven to be a challenge for African governments and developing countries in general. The channels… Read more »
Africa: ALSF, Uneca, and African Union Cooperate to Develop a Modeling Mining Laws
For more than a decade, Africa has enjoyed a mineral boom, producing more than 10% of the world's minerals by value, from over 30% of its global mineral reserves. And yet, despite… Read more »
May 05, 2017
Africa: AfDB and UN Environment Launch the "Atlas of Africa Energy Resources" at the World Economic Forum for Africa in Durban, South Africa
On 4 May 2017, at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban South Africa, the African Development Bank's Vice-President Power for Energy, Climate and Green Growth, Amadou Hott… Read more »
February 20, 2017
Africa: AfDB Engages Governments and Policy-Makers At Investing in African Mining Indaba
The Investing in African Mining Indaba, one of the world's largest mining conference, wrapped up on 9 February, 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa with the African Development Bank… Read more »
February 06, 2017
Africa: AfDB At Mining Indaba - Helping African Countries Get a Better Deal
The African Development Bank is playing a key role in Mining Indaba, the world's largest mining investment conference, which takes place from February 6-9, 2017 in Cape Town, South… Read more »
January 24, 2017
Africa: Eminent Speaker Seminar / Optimizing Royalties On Mining - Reforming Public Finance
The African Development Bank's Knowledge Management and Economic Governance Complex is hosting on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, the Eminent Speaker Series Session with Professor E.… Read more »
December 15, 2016
Africa: The African Legal Support Facility Hosts Workshop On Mining Contract Negotiations for Malawi Government Officials
A five-day training workshop on the negotiation of mining contracts commenced on December 13 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Convened by the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), in… Read more »
August 30, 2016
Africa: Guinea Becomes First African Nation to Contribute to the ALSF
The Republic of Guinea has become the first African nation to make a voluntary financial contribution to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). Read more »
August 29, 2016
Africa: ANRC Publishes Five Case Studies On Maximizing Human Development Outcomes From Extractive Industries
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) has published five case studies that look at the different ways in which countries are designing… Read more »
September 05, 2016
Africa: Workshop On Local Content in the Extractives Sector
An abundance of resources creates several opportunities and challenges on the continent. When well managed, natural resources wealth, including extractives, can accelerate Africa's… Read more »
July 22, 2016
Africa: Capacity Building Workshop On Negotiating Natural Resources Contracts
Negotiations require preparation and there should be a structured process on how to approach negotiations, emphasized the African Natural Resources Center (ANRC) Director, Sheila… Read more »
April 15, 2016
Africa: From Rocks to Industries - How Can the Extractive Industries Be a Platform for African Industrialisation?
Industrialisation is back. After decades when policy efforts were mostly focused on macroeconomic stability and opening up markets, the success of industrial policies in emerging… Read more »
February 02, 2016
Africa: African Development Bank to Help Attract Investment for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth At the 2016 Mining Indaba in Cape Town
To: 11/02/2016 Read more »
January 18, 2016
Benin: The African Legal Support Facility Partners With Benin to Promote Its Mining Sector
To: 29/01/2016 Read more »
