September 01, 2012
Africa: President Kaberuka Discusses Regional Integration and an African Infrastructure Bond At Parliamentary Speakers Conference
The potential to grow intra-African trade is significant and, while it has more than doubled over the past five years, it remains a disappointing figure, Dr. Donald Kaberuka,… Read more »
July 15, 2012
Africa: South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma Elected As Chairperson of African Union Commission
African leaders elected Mrs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as chairperson of the African Union Commission at the 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 July. Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: AfDB Supports South Africa's Agriculture Sector With 1billion Rand Credit to Land Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, a 1-billion South African rand (ZAR) (About USD 117 million) sovereign guaranteed line of… Read more »
June 14, 2012
Africa: AfDB's Policy Brief Paper on Inclusive Growth in South Africa
Please note that although this brief is dated May 2012, the paper on South Africa has been issued for distribution, effective 13th June 2012, by the Bank's ECON unit, headed… Read more »
April 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Partners With Africa-Wide Think Tank Mandela Institute
The African Development Bank (AfDB) partners with the Mandela Institute for Development Stories (Minds) to launch its dialogue series starting with the first one in Addis Ababa… Read more »
April 13, 2012
Africa: Africa-Wide Consultation On AfDB's New Integrated Safeguards System
First regional consultation shows AfDB's commitment to environmental and social sustainability Read more »
February 22, 2012
Africa: From Durban to Rio, AfDB Amplifies Africa's United Voice
Following the activity of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 17) held in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 10 December 2011, the… Read more »
December 15, 2011
Africa: African Carbon Support Program Looks Back At COP17 and Ahead to 2012 (AfDB)
After extended negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the groundwork for… Read more »
December 09, 2011
Africa: AfDB Discusses Its Energy Strategy for Africa At Cop 17
More than 600 million Africans in sub-Saharan Africa cannot access electricity in their homes from a grid. In order to improve this situation as quickly as possible, the African… Read more »
Africa: Africa's United Front At Cop 17 in Durban (AfDB)
Africa emerged from the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban with a strong united front when it comes to tackling climate change on the continent, and in particular for… Read more »
Africa: Africa Calls for Climate Finance Pledges to Be Met (AfDB)
While Africa has long battled against the poverty that has scarred much of the continent for decades, the combat against climate change is relatively new. But they are not separate… Read more »
December 08, 2011
Africa: Africa Calls for Its Fair Share of Climate Funds (AfDB)
African leaders in Durban today said it was time Africa got is fair share of global climate finance. They strongly reiterated that, while Africa is determined to embark resolutely… Read more »
Africa: Development and Climate Adaptation Go Hand in Hand (AfDB)
Development and climate change are two sides of the same coin in Africa so it makes sense that funding for both should act as a catalyst for progress to benefit local communities. Read more »
Africa: New Pact Promises More Protection for Congo Basin Forests (AfDB)
The battle against deforestation in Africa has taken a step nearer to victory with a new pact aiming at greater protection for the world's second biggest rain forest. Read more »
Africa: AfDB-WWF Partnership - Several Projects Already Underway
The World Wildlife Fund and the African Development Bank announced the progress made in the partnership between them that was signed in July 2011 to promote green growth at the… Read more »
December 07, 2011
Africa: Africa Must Calm Investor Unease Over Backing Costly Low Carbon Projects (AfDB)
Everyone agrees green growth is a good thing. So why isn't the whole world speeding along the low carbon route? Why are there so many red lights along the way? Read more »
Africa: AfDB Mainstreams Climate Change Adaptation Into Development Finance
The African Development AfDB (AfDB) is at the leading edge in putting climate change adaptation into the mainstream of development. The AfDB is also on the forefront in creating… Read more »
Africa: How Africa's Huge Renewable Energy Stores Could Help Bridge Power Gap (AfDB)
Africa as a continent suffers a huge lack of power. Most people in sub-Saharan Africa have little or no access to affordable, easily-available electricity. Even a developed country… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Reiterates Support for African Group of Negotiators
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka,,met the African Group of Negotiators taking part in the UN climate change negotiations in Durban on 7 December, and… Read more »
Africa: New Edition of Atlas of Climate Change Lauded By Many At Cop 17 (AfDB)
When the much-praised guide to climate science The Atlas of Climate Change was first launched, the late Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, wrote in her foreword: "We have… Read more »
Africa: Africa Green Growth Fuelled By Sun, Wind and Water (AfDB)
As a continent of mainly developing economies, Africa can least afford to lose percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to climate change. Where GDP is built on unsustainable… Read more »
Africa: Brazilian Example Could Help Africa Unlock Its Renewable Energy Potential (AfDB)
Cutting the price of energy is one way to fight poverty, the delegates at the climate change conference, or COP 17, heard in Durban. Read more »
Africa: Africa Slow in Seeking Carbon Emission Aid Despite Urgent Needs (AfDB)
Africa is lagging behind the rest of the world in seeking help to cut carbon emissions, despite being the continent that suffers the most from the harmful effects of climate… Read more »
December 05, 2011
Africa: Mali Shows Way in Fighting Hunger Caused By Climate Change (AfDB)
Climate change affects agriculture in Africa more than in the rest of the world and that can cause hunger in various countries there. But it is possible for governments to fight… Read more »
Africa: Hidden Lands - Ensuring Transparency in Acquisition and Allocation (AfDB)
Managing land acquisitions and the interest of local communities Read more »