Africa: AfDB Grants U.S. $40 Million for Budget Support to Malawi

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis a budget support… Read more »

Africa: Using Public-Private Partnership to Finance National Hospitals - the Case of Lesotho

Many African countries are facing increasing demands for health financing with fewer limited resources available and dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels African… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds Seminar On Youth Employment in Lusaka

The African Development Bank hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Hold High Level Policy Dialogue On Youth Employment in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and… Read more »

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 »

Africa: AfDB Boosts Access to Low Cost Sustainable Energy in Zambia

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 35-million senior loan and a USD 3 million standby facility to Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation… Read more »

Africa: Niger and Mozambique Plans for Climate Resilience Backed By the Cif

The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have approved projects in Niger and Mozambique that aim to strengthen their populations' resilience to climate change by improving… Read more »

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 »

Africa: Public Spending On Aids Could Boost Southern African Economies

Southern African governments could use public spending in their battle against the extremely high rates of HIV/AIDS in their countries and still achieve a positive economic impact,… Read more »

Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia Discuss Challenges of Climate Resilience Planning

Zambia hosted the annual pilot countries meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on 12 to 13 March 2012. Teams from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia joined… Read more »

East Africa: AfDB and Comesa Review Role of SMEs in Easing Young Jobless Rate

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) resident representative in Zimbabwe, Freddie Kwesiga, and the secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA),… Read more »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Donald Kaberuka Paid a Courtesy Call On President Mwai Kibaki

"I am fully satisfied with the African Development Bank support to Kenya" said President Kibaki. Discussions between the two leaders focused on regional integration and economic… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Country Office in Malawi Holds AfDB Long Term Strategy Consultation Meeting

On 3rd April 2012, the African Development Bank's (AfDB) country office in Malawi held a consultative meeting with stakeholders drawn from several sectors in Malawi on the Bank's… Read more »

Africa: 'A Strategic Priority' for Banks, Finds New AfDB Study

A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable in Tunis

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable, to discuss economic and political developments in the country on 23 March. The meeting will also… Read more »

Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia to Attend PPCR Pilot Country Meeting

On 12 an 13 March 2012, representatives from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia will be in Livingstone, Zambia, to attend the fifth meeting of pilot countries and regions participating… Read more »

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 »

Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 41m Funding to Boost Graduate Employment in Malawi

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved funding of USD 41 million to improve the employment prospects of graduates and students in Mali through training and skills… Read more »

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 »

Africa: AfDB Lends U.S.$ 8 Million to Help Open Doors to Education and Jobs in Namibia

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 7 December a corporate loan of South African rand (ZAR) 65 million equivalent to USD 8 million to… Read more »

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 »