Africa: AfDB Board Approves U.S.$ 64.8 Million for Uganda Agricultural Infrastructure Programme

The African Development Fund Board has approved a U.S.$ 64.8 million loan to Uganda to finance the country third Community Agricultural Infrastructure Improvement Programme… Read more »

North Africa: Brics Build North Africa's Economy

North Africa's economies are profiting from fast-growing trade and investment from the BRIC countries, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »

Africa: AfDB And World Bank Jointly Pledge U.S.$ 1 Billion to Support Tunisia

The African Development Bank and the World Bank pledged $1 billion to support Tunisia after the presidents of both institutions met in Tunis on 3 May 2011. In this joint action,… Read more »

Africa: Evaluation of Public Financial Management Reform in Africa

High level Public Financial Management (PFM) experts from across Africa will arrive in Tunis this week to discuss how to evaluate public financial management reform in Africa. The… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Urban Development Strategy for African Cities

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved the Bank's Urban Development Strategy. The strategy is designed to transform African cities and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Adopts Strategy for Regional Integration in Central Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved its 2011-2015 Regional Strategy for Central Africa. The strategy is designed to reduce poverty through… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Places Emphasis On Agriculture Portfolio Quality

The Bank's agriculture portfolio task managers and coordinators from central and southern African Regional Member Countries (RMCs) converged on Tunis from 18-19 April 2011, for a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Incorporate Biomass And Bio Energy Into New Energy Strategy

The African Development Bank [AfDB] hosted a one day seminar on "Biomass and Bio energy Development in Africa" on Tuesday in Tunis, to seek inputs on the subject to feed into its… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Governors Consider Situation in Abidjan, Tunis

The Governors' Consultative Committee of the African Development Bank met in Washington, DC this week to consider the implications of recent events in Abidjan and Tunis for the… Read more »

Africa: Improving Operations Results in Fragile States

"3C coherent, coordinated and complementary" was the theme of a workshop organized by the Fragile States Unit on Tuesday, April 13, 2011, in Tunis, with a view to improving… Read more »

Africa: AfDB, Gef Workshop On Resource Mobilisation

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) have organized a two-day workshop in Tunis aimed at familiarizing AfDB staff with cost-effective ways… Read more »

Africa: Tunisian Revolution - AfDB Brief On Economic Outlook

Tunisia is a longstanding partner of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and, as the Bank's client, ranks second after Morocco. The Bank's North Africa Operations department, has… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Reaffirms Support for Tunisia

Tunisian Interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi today received President Donald Kaberuka in audience at his office in Tunis. Prime Minister Caid Essebsi expressed Tunisia's… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Reviews Youth Employment in Fragile States

Youth unemployment situation in Africa in general and the challenges it poses in fragile states in particular was the subject of a brainstorming session organized by the… Read more »

Africa: Board Approves Roadmap for Aid Effectiveness and Performance Improvement

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has unanimously approved a new framework for boosting the effectiveness of the Bank's lending. Adopted at a time… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Regional Integration Strategy for Southern Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB)  today approved the 2011-2012 Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa. Regional integration is… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB, Tunisia and Red Cross Sign U.S.$ 1 Million for Humanitarian Assistance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, the Tunisian Government and the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC), on Monday March 14, 2011 in Tunis, signed a USD 1 million… Read more »

Africa: AfDB At the Forefront in Promoting Women's Empowerment

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been at the forefront in promoting women's empowerment and gender equality, both in African countries and inside the institution. "Equality… Read more »

Africa: Governance Trust Fund Oversight Committee Holds First Meeting

Allocates USD2.5 Million for activities in eight countries Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Environmental & Social Procedures Basics Brochure

A two-day AfDB/GIZ workshop on strategic environmental and social assessment ended on March 22, 2011 in Tunis with the presentation of an AfDB brochure on "Environmental and Social… Read more »

Africa: Interview with African Leadership Institute Fellows Spokesperson, Aidan Eyakuze

"The talent represented by the AfDB's Young Professionals we met was inspiring; the searching questions we were asked by the Strategy Team highlighted the courage with which they… Read more »

Africa: Interview with African Leadership Institute Fellow, Jacqueline Chimhanzi

"The Bank has demonstrated agility and resilience in dealing with the challenges of being in a temporary relocation agency, having to be all things to all people, managing a… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Institutional Investor Host Inaugural Africa Sovereign Funds Roundtable

The inaugural Africa Sovereign Funds Roundtable held on 15 and 16 March 2011 in Casablanca, Morocco, was organized by Institutional Investor's Sovereign Investor Institute in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Hosts African Leadership Institute Fellows

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting a group of African Leadership Institute Fellows (AfLI Fellows), who began a three-day visit on Thursday, 24 March 2011, at the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Institutional Investors Host Inaugural Africa Sovereign Funds Roundtable

The inaugural Africa Sovereign Funds Roundtable held on 15 and 16 March 2011 in Casablanca, Morocco, was organized by Institutional Investor's Sovereign Investor Institute in… Read more »