November 11, 2013
Namibia: AfDB and Namibia Sign ZAR 2.9 Billion Loan agreement
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and Namibia on Friday, November 8, 2013 signed a ZAR 2.9 billion (US $338 million) sovereign guaranteed loan to Nambia Ports Authority… Read more »
November 07, 2013
Southern Africa: The Oldest Customs Union in the World Hails From Africa
The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is 103 years old. Established on June 29, 1910 in Southern Africa the Customs Union Agreement (CUA) brought together the South African… Read more »
October 24, 2013
Lesotho: ADF Loan for Greater Transparency and Accountability of Public Sector Spending in Lesotho
The African Development Fund (ADF) - the soft loan arm of the African Development Bank Group - approved a grant of USD 3.99 million for an institutional support project for the… Read more »
October 27, 2013
Africa: Gathering for the African Economic Conference in Johannesburg
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October 11, 2013
Africa: AEC 2013 to debate the continent's development effectiveness through Regional Integration
"Regional Integration in Africa", is the theme of the African Economic Conference (AEC) 2013 which will be jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB Supports COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Capacity Building Programme
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, October 9, 2013, approved a grant of US $7.5 million to finance the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Capacity… Read more »
October 10, 2013
Malawi: AfDB Supports Public Finance Management Reforms in Malawi
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 9 October 2013,a grant amounting to… Read more »
October 08, 2013
Southern Africa: Integration Represents Significant Opportunities for Landlocked and Small Island Countries
"Regional integration offers southern African countries substantial potential from competition and scale effects, but the gains are not automatic; careful design and sustained… Read more »
October 04, 2013
Zambia: AfDB Approves U.S. $150-Million Loan to Support Access to Reliable Electricity Supply
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 2 a senior loan of up to US $150 million to finance a 300MW coal-fired power plant as… Read more »
September 27, 2013
Zambia: Zambia Gets $38 Million Green Light to Increase Climate-Resilient Growth in the Kafue Sub-Basin
With African Development Bank (AfDB) support, Zambia has received approval for a $38 million infusion of support from the Climate Investment Funds' (CIF) Pilot Programme for… Read more »
September 24, 2013
Africa: African Leaders, Top Scholars Look at Regional Integration as Key to Africa's Continuing Growth
The eighth African Economic Conference will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from October 28-30, 2013 under the theme "Regional Integration in Africa". The conference is… Read more »
September 16, 2013
Southern Africa: AfDB Strengthens Cooperation With Nordic Development Fund in Climate Change Initiatives
The Nordic Development Fund Manager for Southern Africa, Johanna Palmberg, visited the African Development Bank's Zambia Field Office (ZMFO) on September 13, 2013 to discuss the… Read more »
August 27, 2013
Tanzania: AfDB Launches Pilot Business Development Initiative in the Industries and Services Sectors
The Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a three-month pilot business development initiative in the industries and services sectors in… Read more »
August 14, 2013
Southern Africa: Kazungula Bridge - Bridging the Regional Divide
A key road and rail bridge crossing over the Zambezi River along the North - South Corridor, a key trade route linking the port of Durban in South Africa to the inland countries of… Read more »
Mozambique: Nacala Road Corridor Phase-III - Knowledge Generation and Infrastructure
The Mozambique's Nacala Road Corridor Phase III project, approved in 2012, is one of the strategic regional corridors in the Southern Africa region. It is part of the Spatial… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Lake Harvest Fish Farm - Enhancing Sustainable Food Security in Zimbabwe
The Lake Harvest Aquaculture project on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe, financed by the AfDB Group, is the largest sustainable Tilapia fish farming in Africa. It creates jobs in Zimbabwe,… Read more »
August 01, 2013
Africa: Malawi - AfDB Launches Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road Rehabilitation Project
The African Development Fund-financed Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road Rehabilitation Project in Malawi was launched on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Read more »
June 28, 2013
Africa: The AfDB Ten-Year Strategy Disseminated in Angola
The Angola Country Office (AOFO) on 21 June held a press conference in Luanda to disseminate the Bank's Long Term Strategy and the outcomes of the 2013 annual meetings that took… Read more »
June 20, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves Us$ 18 Million for Livestock Infrastructure in Zambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on 19 June 2013, a US$ 18 million (UA 12 million) African Development fund (ADF) concessional loan to Zambia to finance the… Read more »
June 18, 2013
Africa: African Economic Conference 2013 - Call for Papers
The African Economic Conference 2013 is jointly organized by the African Development Bank, the Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations Development Programme. Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: AfDB Funds Mozambique's Massingir Dam Emergency Rehabilitation Project
The African Development Bank on May 28 in Marrakech, Morocco, granted a supplementary loan of US $33.213 million to the government of Mozambique for the rehabilitation of the… Read more »
May 23, 2013
Africa: AfDB and Malawi Sign Budget Support and Hydroelectric Feasibility Study Grants
The African Development Bank and the Government of Malawi (GoM) signed two grants amounting to UA 6 million (about US $9 million) on May 23, for budgetary support and a… Read more »
May 16, 2013
East Africa: Regional Community of Practice to Strengthen Results Management in COMESA Region
To overcome challenges in achieving regional integration results, 150 delegates from eighteen countries met in Lusaka, Zambia, from May 14-17, 2013, and established the Regional… Read more »
May 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB Renews Support of Climate Change Resilience With Additional Resources From Least Developed Countries Fund
The African Development Bank, renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola in accessing US $17.8 million of adaptation finance in the form of… Read more »
May 09, 2013
Africa: African Continent Can Transform Within a Generation, Says Kaberuka
Speaking at the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday, May 9 in Cape Town, South Africa, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said "Africa has to find its… Read more »
