February 20, 2014
Tunisia: AfDB Suggests Tunisia Could Study Swedish Model
If at first glance it seems that Sweden and Tunisia have little in common, especially when one talks about economic development, a second glance gives a surprising answer. Read more »
Africa: AfDB's Board Retreat in Tunis to Share Perspectives On Issues to Influence Africa's Transformation
The Board of Director of the African Development Bank is holding its retreat on 20-21 February 2014 in Tunis, and will focus on Transformation through the private sector -… Read more »
February 11, 2014
Tunisia: New AfDB Report Underscores Barriers to Competitiveness of Tunisian Economy
A new joint publication prepared by the Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies (ITCEQ), the Centre for Research on Economic Development and International… Read more »
February 06, 2014
Tunisia: AfDB Hails Tunisia's Adoption of a New Constitution
On Friday, February 7, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, will attend an official ceremony in Tunis to launch the new Tunisian Constitution. Read more »
January 10, 2014
Africa: Security, Peace, Stability and Job Creation - The Continent's Priorities for 2014
African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday, January 9, 2014, in Tunis, held talks with the diplomatic community accredited to Tunisia, to look forward… Read more »
January 08, 2014
Morocco: Sefa Grant Provides Key Support for Morocco Wind Project
A US $960,000 Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) grant for the Jbel-Sendoug (Khalladi) Wind Project in Northern Morocco was approved at the end of December 2013 to support… Read more »
December 18, 2013
Morocco: AfDB Approves €115 Million for Inclusive and Universal Health Coverage in Morocco
The Board of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of 115 million euros to finance the third phase of the PARCOUM Program to support key… Read more »
December 19, 2013
Egypt: AfDB Signs U.S.$2 Million Grant for an Industrial Waste Management and SME Entrepreneurship Hub in Egypt
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation on Thursday, December 19 in Cairo, Egypt, signed off on a grant for US $2 million… Read more »
December 11, 2013
North Africa: AfDB Publishes a Comparative Approach on the Search for iInclusive Growth in North Africa
A new economic brief published by the African Development Bank shows that the longstanding relationship between growth and distribution in economics has been revived in recent… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: First African Ministerial Forum On the Integration of ICTs in Education and Training to Take Place in Tunisia
The First Ministerial Forum on the Integration of Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) in Education and Training in Africa will be held in Tunis, December 9-11, 2013. Read more »
December 03, 2013
Algeria: AfDB Ten Year Strategy Presented to Algerian Officials and Members of Civil Society
The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched its Ten Year Strategy for the period 2013-2022 on November 26 in Algiers, Algeria. The document was acknowledged by participants in… Read more »
November 28, 2013
Sudan: The AfDB Brings Together Sudanese and Egyptian Experts to Discuss Regional Food Security
On November 27, 2013 the African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) and the Ministry… Read more »
October 31, 2013
Libya: AfDB and Libya Discuss Ways to Address Healthcare Priorities
The Bank's Human Development Department (OSHD) undertook a mission to Tripoli from September 28- to October 3, 2013 to hold talks with the Ministry of Health on potential technical… Read more »
October 29, 2013
North Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview with Reda El Merini, Director of Economic Affairs, General Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union
Reda El Merini participated in a think-tank networking session at the African Economic Conference in Johannesburg on Sunday, October 27 and shared his perspectives on what he… Read more »
September 24, 2013
Tunisia: Money Transfers From Tunisians Living Abroad - an Untapped Goldmine
According to Chedly Ayari, Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), "Migrants are development stakeholders in their own right." He reiterated this belief time and again at a… Read more »
September 20, 2013
Africa: The Board Reviews 2013 Mid-Term Capacity Building Report
The Mid-Year Review of the Bank Group Capacity Development Strategy approved on 13 January 2010 was submitted to the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB)… Read more »
September 10, 2013
Libya: Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya
In its economic report titled: "From Resource-rich State to a Productive Economy: Development Planning in Post-Civil War Libya", the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group analyzes… Read more »
July 22, 2013
Africa: UN University's Institute for Natural Resources in Africa Sends Mission to AfDB in Tunis
A delegation from the United Nations University's Institute for Natural Resources in Africa arrived at the African Development Bank's temporary relocation agency offices in Tunis… Read more »
July 17, 2013
Africa: La BAD a Dédié 4 Milliards de dollars à la finance climatique en 2011 et 2012
La Tunisienne Hela Cheikhrouhou a été désignée, le 26 juin 2013, première directrice exécutive du nouveau Fonds vert pour le climat (FVC),… Read more »
July 20, 2013
Africa: Africa's Institutions Endorse AfDB's Africa50 Fund to Support Infrastructure Financing
In a joint declaration issued in Tunis, Tunisia, on 19 July 2013, African institutions endorsed the AfDB's Africa50 Fund as Africa's vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization… Read more »
July 11, 2013
North Africa: AfDB Group in North Africa in 2013 - Promoting Resilience and Inclusive Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) encourages North African countries to find ways of building resilience against crises that could threaten economic and social stability. Read more »
July 01, 2013
Africa: AfDB Strengthens Openness Under the International Aid Transparency Initiative
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) launched on 1 July 2013 in Tunis, Tunisia its data in line with the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Sierra Leone in Paving the Way for a Greener Growth
Sierra Leone has made impressive social and economic progress in the ten years since the Civil War ended, and has succeeded in establishing democratic institutions at both central… Read more »
June 27, 2013
Africa: AfDB Supports Energy Access Project in Rwanda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a combined loan and grant amounting to US$ 41 million in support of an energy project in Rwanda.… Read more »
June 26, 2013
Africa: Us-Africa Cooperation - Focus On Sustainable Development Outcomes
In its cooperation with Africa the United Sates focuses on sustainable development outcomes based on economic growth, democratic governance, and sustainable systems for meeting… Read more »
