December 14, 2015
Africa: The Paris Climate Change Agreement - A Window for Africa's Sustainable Development
"The Adoption of the Paris Agreement shows that the world understands that with climate change there are no winners and no losers. Either we all win together, or we all lose… Read more »
December 08, 2015
Africa: Can Africa's Regional Flagship Programmes Change the Continent's Development Narrative?
"If we want Africa to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030, if Africa must transform its agriculture and drive its development priorities to acceptable levels, then we have… Read more »
November 09, 2015
Africa: The SDGs Can Help to Eliminate Intergenerational Poverty and Inequality in Africa
The 10th African Economic Conference (AEC), held in Kinshasa, included a session entitled "Intergenerational Poverty and Inequality in Africa". Read more »
November 04, 2015
Africa: Adopting a Non-Conventional Way of Tackling Poverty and Inequality in the SDGs
The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a critical framing for transforming development like never before, tackling poverty and inequality as well a… Read more »
November 03, 2015
Africa: MDG Report 2015 - Sub-Saharan Africa Lags Behind the Other Developing Regions On Most Targets, Despite Progress
A billion people have been lifted out of poverty since the United Nations established the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 15 years ago, making it the most successful… Read more »
Africa: Experts Call for Better Policies to Promote Income Distribution in Africa
Economists have called for better policies to promote income distribution in Africa at the ongoing the 10th edition of the African Economic Conference, titled Addressing Poverty… Read more »
November 02, 2015
Africa: African Economic Conference 2015 - Tackling Poverty and Inequality to Meet the Sustainable Development Goals
Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by world leaders in September, policy-makers, development practitioners, and researchers are convening to lay… Read more »
October 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB Marks World Statistics Day - "Better Data. Better Lives"
The African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the leading institutions driving statistical development progress in Africa, joined the world in celebrating World Statistics Day on… Read more »
October 22, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Ketta-Djoum Road Development and Yaoundé-Brazzaville Corridor Transport Facilitation, a Regional Transport Project
The Board of Director of the African Development Bank Group met in its ordinary session on October 21, 2015 in Abidjan, and approved the Ketta-Djoum road development and… Read more »
October 12, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: Managing for Development Results Days in Côte d'Ivoire
To: 15/10/2015 Read more »
October 07, 2015
Africa: AfDB Discusses Potential Business Opportunities and Partnerships During the MDB Global Development Fund Project Plaza in Korea
The African Development Bank presented the Bank's procurement framework and several Bank projects at the MDB Global Development Fund Project Plaza in Seoul, Korea, on September… Read more »
October 02, 2015
Africa: African Economic Conference 2015 - "Addressing Poverty and Inequality in the Post 2015 Development Agenda"
To: 04/11/2015 Read more »
September 24, 2015
Africa: President Adesina Assures UN Secretary General of Bank's Strong Commitment to Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Africa
In the lead up to the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, paid a courtesy visit to the… Read more »
September 28, 2015
Africa: After the MDGs, Renewed Commitment and Financing Required to Spur Africa's Development
With advances made in their social indicators, African countries to focus on implementing the next generation of development goals Read more »
Senegal: Senegal Showcased By the AfDB for Sustainability in Rural Water and Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goal Number 6
The African Development Bank and the Senegalese Ministry for Water Resources and Sanitation have fine-tuned their planning of a new US $54-million program to improve access to… Read more »
September 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB President Moves Forward to Implement Sustainable Development Goals
African Development Bank Group President (AfDB) Akinwumi Adesina wasted no time Friday moving forward to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) officially endorsed by… Read more »
September 25, 2015
Africa: The Fortunes of Africa Will Determine the Success of the Sustainable Development Goals
Much of the focus of the UN Summit to chart a way forward on global development will be on Africa. Read more »
September 22, 2015
Africa: From the MDGs to the SDGs - Africa At a Crossroads
To: 28/09/2015 Read more »
September 07, 2015
Africa: United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015
To: 29/09/2015 Read more »
August 27, 2015
Africa: Leadership Matters, the Focus of Premiere Baobab Forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a group of opinion leaders, global thinkers, and innovators, among others, at its headquarters in Abidjan on August 31, 2015 for the… Read more »
July 27, 2015
Africa: Turning Billions to Trillions in Pursuit for Sustainable Development
President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, recently participated in a panel discussion that sought to explore new approaches to help countries harness… Read more »
July 26, 2015
Africa: Africa50 to Hold Constitutive General Assembly in Casablanca
Africa50 – an innovative infrastructure investment platform sponsored by the African Development Bank – will hold its Constitutive General Assembly on 29 July 2015 in… Read more »
July 23, 2015
Africa: Domestic Resource Mobilization Has Potential to Finance Development
"Domestic Revenue Mobilization: Realizing the Potential", a side event during the Third Financing for Development conference discussed key challenges facing domestic revenue… Read more »
Africa: Linkage Between Tax Transparency and Information Critical for Sustainable Development
The link between global tax transparency and domestic resource mobilization was a key issue discussed at the sidelines of the Financing for Development conference. Read more »
Africa: Investing in the SDGs - Strategies and Actions
President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, and the Director for Resource Mobilisation and External Finance at the institution, Desire Vencatachellum, participated… Read more »