March 04, 2013
Africa: Competition and Market Structure in the Zambian Banking Sector
Studies on banking competition in developing countries, and especially in Africa, are sparse. This 2013 study, published by the Chief Economist Complex of the African Development… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and BIDC Sign a US $950,000 Technical Assistance Grant
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Investment and Development Bank of the Economic Community of West African States (EBID) signed today a grant agreement amounting to US… Read more »
March 01, 2013
Africa: Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Renewed Commitment for Greater Cooperation
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), met on February 25 in Washington, DC, the heads of the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and… Read more »
February 28, 2013
Africa: Afdb President On Official Visit to Togo
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, is on mission to Togo from March 1-3, 2013, where he will inaugurate the Bank's new country office in… Read more »
Africa: Consultation With Stakeholders From 11 African Countries Confirm Need for Technical and Vocational Skills Development and Business Incubators
The African Development Bank consulted Governments, development partners, the private sector, civil society, youth, and educational and training institutions on technical… Read more »
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Call for More Coordination On Global Development
Leaders of the African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group… Read more »
February 27, 2013
Africa: AfDB Cites African Countries' Integrated Climate Resilience Solutions in the Water Sector in Cif Global 2012 Annual Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has laid out solutions some African countries are about to apply, with help from the AfDB and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to respond to… Read more »
Africa: Sierra Leone Strengthens Its Commitment to Inclusive Green Growth With Support From the AfDB
An African Development Bank team composed of experts from the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) and the Sierra Leone Field Office (SLFO) completed its second… Read more »
February 18, 2013
Africa: AfDB and OECD Hold Regional Workshop On Green Growth in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) jointly organized the workshop "Green Growth in Africa: Concepts, Tools… Read more »
February 12, 2013
Africa: African Water Facility Promotes Safe Sanitation, Hygiene Education for Urban Poor in Liberia
The African Water Facility (AWF) offers a €1.2 million grant to the Monrovia City Corporation (MCC) to support a project aimed at increasing access to sustainable and… Read more »
February 06, 2013
Africa: Us $1 Million Sefa Grant to Provide Reliable Energy Services
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US $1 million grant to finalize pre-investment activities for a hybrid renewable energy project in Nosy Be Island in… Read more »
February 04, 2013
Africa: Regional Dialogue Meeting to Support the Promotion of Pida Priority Action Plan Flagship Projects in Western Africa
The African Development Bank is hosting on 4-7 February 2013 a conference to promote the conditions for decisive support to the Priority Action Plan of the Programme for… Read more »
February 06, 2013
East Africa: African Development Bank Poised to Boost Geothermal Development in East Africa
Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal… Read more »
January 30, 2013
Africa: AfDB President Visits India to Strengthen Ties, Participate in Development Summit
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, is undertaking an official visit to India from January 30 to February 1, to participate as keynote speaker in… Read more »
January 29, 2013
Africa: President Kaberuka Stresses Investment in Human Capital At World Economic Forum
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, which took place last week in Davos, Switzerland, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka emphasized that building… Read more »
January 25, 2013
East Africa: Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, has an estimated combined population of 210 million people and… Read more »
Africa: The Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program
The priority areas emanating from the study and selected by the Bank for intervention include: (i) Water Resources Infrastructure, (ii) Livestock Infrastructure, (iii) Markets and… Read more »
Africa: Private Sector Needed to Close the Energy Gap in Africa
"Africa needs strong independent energy regulators to attract private investment in its energy sector," said African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka on Wednesday,… Read more »
January 23, 2013
Africa: Afdb Showcases Africa's Opportunities and Challenges At Oslo Conference On Child and Women's Health
On January 22, 2013, Government leaders, health experts and representatives from the private sector met at a high-level seminar in Oslo, Norway. The conference set out to examine… Read more »
January 21, 2013
Africa: AfDB Hosts World Bank Delegation to Discuss Joint Strategy
The African Development Bank is hosting in Tunis a delegation from the World Bank Group in a series of meetings from Monday, January 21 to Wednesday, January 23, 2013 to discuss… Read more »
Africa: Malawi and Kenya Launch AfDB Financed Lilongwe West By-Pass Road Project
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda and Kenyan President Mr. Mwai Kibaki, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, officially launched the construction of the ADF financed… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Prices $1 Billion Fixed Rate Us Dollar Global Benchmark Due March 2018
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, priced a $1 billion fixed rate US Dollar Global benchmark due March 15, 2018. Read more »
January 18, 2013
Africa: 2012 AfDB Evaluation Week a Runaway Success
Evaluation is serious business at the African Development Bank. This is the conclusion that can be drawn from the recently completed AfDB 2012 Evaluation Week (December 3 - 6,… Read more »
Africa: Kenyan University Celebrates Graduation of a New Pool of Science and Technology Students
On December 7, 2012, in a speech to the graduating class of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki thanked the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: Ambassador of India to Tunisia Calls On Afdb
The Ambassador of the Republic of India to Tunisia, Nagma Mallick, on January 16, 2013 called on the African Development Bank Group and held a meeting with President Donald… Read more »
