Africa: Interview With Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), discusses the potential for collaboration between the EBRD and the African… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo

On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Seminar Promotes Private Sector Development in Central Africa

The African Development Bank Group's Regional Department for Central Africa (ORCE) and the African Development Institute (ADI), in collaboration with the Economic Community of… Read more »

Africa: Working With Local Organizations in the Fight Against HIV/Aids in Benin

The African Development Bank Group has led an intervention in Benin, where over 60,000 people are living with HIV, aimed enabling the country to take the helm in the fight against… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Investing in Kenya's Teachers to Fight HIV/Aids

The education of Kenya's youth is being threatened by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by the disease shy away from schools due to social stigmas and lack of funds, while the country is… Read more »

Africa: 8th African Symposium On Statistical Development Convenes in Côte d'Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission (AUC) and Institute of National… Read more »

Africa: Building Human Capital of 1.2 Million in the Lake Chad Region to Fight HIV/Aids

The African Development Bank is investing in the Lake Chad Region to empower particularly women in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDs. The AfDB has been supporting skills… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign a 387.6 Million Euro Loan Agreement to Support the Reforms During Transition Period

The African Development Bank, represented by Vice-President Ndoumbe Lobé and the Tunisian Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Riadh Bettaieb, signed a… Read more »

Africa: 11th ALM and Risk Management MDB Forum

The 2012 ALM and Risk Management forum will be hosted by the African development Bank Group in Marrakech from 28-30 November 2012. The forum will attract several delegates from… Read more »

Africa: Bank-Hosted Seminar Aims to Increase Private Sector Partnerships

The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS) in Tunis from November 13-14, 2012. The BOS was well attended with over 100 participants from the… Read more »

North Africa: The Political Economy of Food Security in North Africa

The recent global food price shock, combined with the political upheaval in North Africa, provides an opportune moment for the North African countries, along with the international… Read more »

West Africa: Senegal Hosts AfDB-OECD Conference On Youth Employment in West Africa

The Government of Senegal hosted the West Africa Regional Conference on Youth Employment on Saturday, November 10 in Dakar. The one-day conference, co-organized by the African… Read more »

Africa: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) Members Meeting 2012

The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa Members Meeting 2012, cohosted by the United States Government and the African Development Bank, will take place from November 28-29 in… Read more »

Africa: Burkina Faso, Ghana Advance Plans for Sustainably Managing Forests and Building Climate Resilience

At meetings of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Istanbul, Burkina Faso and Ghana received endorsement of their far-reaching plans for sustainably managing their forest sectors… Read more »

Africa: International Partners Pledge Continued Support in Recognition of Burundi's Achievements and Commitments

At today's meeting of the Burundi Configuration of the UN Peace Building Commission in New York, the African Development Bank, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund,… Read more »

Africa: Africa CEO Forum 2012 - The First Meeting for Leaders of Top African Companies

Some 300 CEOs from all over Africa, together with 100 bankers and investors, and numerous decision-makers from Africa’s public sector will be gathering in Geneva for two… Read more »

Africa: Could Oil Shine Like Diamonds - How Botswana Avoided the Resource Curse and Its Implications for a New Libya

At the heart of the socio-economic grievances that led to Libya's revolution was the rentier economy of the regime. Though oil resources had permitted Libya to accumulate wealth,… Read more »

Africa: Comparative Study On Export Policies - Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and South Korea

A robust structural transformation is critical to shape a country's ability to generate a faster and more inclusive growth that is required to tackle social challenges, such as… Read more »

Africa: Africa - Shared Benefits Require Bold Economic Reforms

Participants at the closing session of the seventh African Economic Conference, on November 2, 2012 in Kigali, Rwanda, urged African leaders to put in place bold economic reforms,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Study Examines the Role of Wind Energy in Africa's Economic Growth

The installation of wind power stations represents "an original approach" for African countries seeking to ensure sustainable economic growth. This was the message behind a study… Read more »

Africa: Stronger Institutions Needed to Eliminate Exclusion

Leaders who pursue exclusionary policies have themselves to blame for their countries' stagnation and may, after all, be stoking fires that eventually consume them, economists… Read more »

Africa: Liberia and Tanzania Scope Out Cif-Funded Renewable Energy Transformation Potential

In September, the Governments of Liberia and Tanzania opened their doors to officials of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and its implementing partners, including the AfDB, to… Read more »

Africa: Recipes for Overturning Africa's Resource Curse to Blessing

The African agenda on governing and harnessing natural resources for development would have been unthinkable 10 years ago when many considered natural resources as curse, says… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Climate Resilience Plans in Niger and Mozambique

In September 2012, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved three path-breaking projects for climate resilience funded by the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Partners Seek Egypt's Experience in Managing Wind Energy Effects On Birds and Bats

African Development Bank (AfDB) staff joined the Government of Egypt and development partners, including other Climate Investment Funds (CIF) partner development banks, at Egypt's… Read more »