December 27, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Says Africa's Development on Track Despite Global Financial Crisis
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said African countries have made great strides in growing their economies despite the global financial crisis during an official… Read more »
December 19, 2012
East Africa: Green and Inclusive Project Usd 125 Million for the Horn of Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Group, approved a project in the amount of USD 125 million for the first phase of the drought resilience project and provision of… Read more »
December 12, 2012
Africa: AfDB Extends U.S$ 300 Million to Firstrand Bank Limited to Support Projects Across Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a seven-year multi-currency line of credit for an amount equivalent to USD 300 million to FirstRand Bank… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: Interview With Frannie Léautier, Executive Secretary, African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
The African Development Bank celebrated 25 years of monitoring and evaluation work in early December. Frannie Léautier, current Executive Secretary of the African Capacity… Read more »
December 10, 2012
Africa: ICA Members Meet to Discuss the Future of Infrastructure Development On the Continent
Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), representing the G8, the African Development Bank, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Development Bank of South… Read more »
December 06, 2012
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $24.7 Million Project to Support Capacity Building in Economic and Public Finance Management in Zimbabwe
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on December 5, 2012, approved a US $ 24.7 million (UA 16.12 million) grant to finance the Zimbabwe Capacity Building for… Read more »
East Africa: Board Approves ICT Strategy, Mena Transition Fund and Projects in East Africa
The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution's Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group's… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: AFCOP to Launch AfriK4R Initiative At Fifth Annual Meeting
The African Community of Practice is organizing its fifth annual meeting to formally launch the Africa Knowledge for Results initiative (AfriK4R), an AfDB-funded project in Tunis,… Read more »
November 28, 2012
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 »
November 09, 2012
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 »
November 07, 2012
Africa: Nine SADC Member States Discuss Good Governance and Youth Employment During Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue On AfDB's New Human Capital Strategy
Africa's strategy for human capital should focus on Africa's youth who do not have basic education and the unemployed being produced at different levels of the education system.… Read more »
October 24, 2012
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 »
October 09, 2012
Africa: AfDB Launches 2012 African Economic Outlook in Malawi
The African Development Bank's Malawi Field Office with the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) and the Development Research Department (EDRE) launched the 2012 African Economic… Read more »
October 05, 2012
Africa: AfDB Signs First Private Sector Loan in Namibia to Improve Access to Finance and Open Doors to Education
Mr. Ebrima Faal, Regional Director at the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), signed on behalf of the AfDB the agreements for a loan of… Read more »
September 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Launches Southern Africa Risp in Malawi
The AfDB's Malawi Field Office (MWFO) disseminated the Bank's Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa at a workshop jointly organized with the Ministry of Industry… Read more »
September 26, 2012
Africa: African Water Facility Supports the Construction of Multi-Purpose Dams in Zambia to Build Resilience to Climate Change, Increase Food Security
The African Development Bank approved on August 29, an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of €950,000 to support a project to help the Government of Zambia develop, test and… Read more »
September 04, 2012
Africa: AfDB Heralds Mozambique's Road Map to Green Economy
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, H.E. Armando Emilio Guebuza, officially launched the country's Green Economy Roadmap on June 21 during a high level side event at the… Read more »
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 »
August 22, 2012
Africa: President Kaberuka At the 32nd Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, in Mozambique
Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), attended the 32nd Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development… Read more »
August 03, 2012
Africa: AfDB, UNECA, and AUC Partner to Improve Statistical Capacity to Prepare Metadata for MDGs Indicators
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is organising a… Read more »
July 30, 2012
Africa: Inflation Rises to 12.1 Percent
Inflation edged up to an annual rate of 12.1 percent in the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in June compared to the annual rate of 11.6… Read more »
July 25, 2012
Africa: Conference Seeks to Develop Regulatory Framework for Derivatives and Commodity Exchanges
From 25-27 July 2012, more than 100 high level experts from across Africa will discuss ways and means to develop the derivatives and commodity exchanges in Africa, through the… Read more »
July 23, 2012
Africa: AfDB Invests U.S. $7m in Private Equity in Southern African SME Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund… Read more »
July 17, 2012
Africa: Southern Region B Director Visits Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro-Power Plant and Transmission Line Project
Southern Region B Director, Chiji Ojukwu, was on a dialogue mission to Zambia from 9 to 14 July 2012 where, along with the Vice President and Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, he was… 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 »
