December 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Invests in Kenya's Young Innovators
Last month's conclusion of the Appstar Challenge demonstrated that Kenyan youth are the driving force of the country's revolution in innovation and entrepreneurship. The African… Read more »
December 13, 2012
Africa: Integrity Matters - The AfDB Strengthens Its Anti-Corruption Control Systems
«The AfDB is a leading institution in the fight against corruption. The control system set up is on the move and the results achieved plausible » as stated on 11… Read more »
Africa: Fifth Afcop Annual Meetings Focuses On Delivering Development Results
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the African Community of Practice on Managing for Development Results (AfCoP) opened on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 in Tunis with emphasis on the need to… Read more »
Africa: Towards a New Growth Model for Tunisia
The Ministry of Regional Development and Planning and the African Development Bank jointly organized a seminar on 12-13 June 2012 on the theme: "Towards a New Growth Model in… Read more »
Africa: Board Approves 2013 Borrowing Program, Us $300 Million Loc to Firstrand Bank and Us $150 Million for Gabon's Fertilizer Plant
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, December 12, in Tunis approved UA 3.76 billion (about US $5.76 billion) for the Bank's 2013 borrowing… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: Common Position On Africa's Post-2015 Development Agenda Set to Take Shape in Senegal
Representatives from governments, parliaments, CSOs, private sector; youth, and NGOs from the Central, West and North Africa are gathering on December 10-11, 2012 in Dakar,… Read more »
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 »
Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas
An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »
Africa: 3rd Call for Proposal of the AfDB Migration and Development Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 3rd call for proposals of the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). Award amounts will range from 350,000 EUR… Read more »
December 07, 2012
Africa: Doha Discussion Centres On Managing Shared Watersheds in Africa in a Changing Climate
A group of high-level experts led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) gathered for a panel discussion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) on December 5 in Doha to… Read more »
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Track Climate Financing
The African Development Bank led a team of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to develop a new joint approach to track climate financing including Adaptation and Mitigation… 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 »
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Launches 2012 AfDB Evaluation Week
On Monday, 3 December, 2012, the AfDB Evaluation Week was launched by Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President; His Excellency Tertius Zongo, Former Prime Minster of Burkina Faso; Executive… 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 »
December 04, 2012
Africa: Interview With Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), discusses the potential for collaboration between the EBRD and the African… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan
On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the African Development Institute (EADI) in collaboration with the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) launched a Project Implementation Workshop in Khartoum,… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Africa: Zeroing in On HIV/Aids in Africa - AfDB Joins Call for Zero New Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Deaths
On December 1st, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will commemorate World AIDS Day at its headquarters in Tunis and field offices in 34 African countries. A resolute… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests $43.7 Million in Kenya's Higher Education Sector
The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing… Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: 8th African Symposium On Statistical Development Convenes in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission (AUC) and Institute of National… Read more »
November 27, 2012
Africa: Africa CEO Forum - What Development Strategies Lie Ahead for African Leaders?
African Enterprise at the Heart of Discussions Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Discusses Job Creation At ILO Headquarters in Geneva
On the occasion of his visit to the International Labour Organization in Geneva on Thursday, November 22, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka discussed job creation,… Read more »
November 14, 2012
Africa: Launch of the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Improvement Project in Oyo and Taraba States
The Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, on October 24, and the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Alake Adeyemo, on November 1, launched the Urban Water and Sanitation… Read more »
November 13, 2012
Africa: Putting Theory Into Practice - Africa-Asia Knowledge Sharing Session On Health Insurance in Beijing
More than 50 policy-makers, implementers, students, experts and civil society representatives from Asia and Africa met on October 31 in Beijing, China, to share and discuss ideas… Read more »
