May 30, 2012
Africa: AfDB On Course to Build African Class of Entrepreneurs
Though the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hasn't allocated a specific amount for promoting the African private sector, it is determined to build a class of entrepreneurs… Read more »
May 29, 2012
Africa: 'Our Partnership With AfDB Is Relevant in Shaping the Continent's Needs to Emerge As a Viable Growth Pole,' ACBF Executive Secretary
What is the link between the Africa Capacity Building Foundation's activities and the theme of the 2012 Annual Meetings: Africa and the Emerging Global Landscape - challenges and… Read more »
Africa: Good Financial Governance, an Indicator of Democracy, Says Donald Kaberuka
Un gouvernement propre, qui travaille pour son peuple et oeuvre au bien-être de sa population, telles sont les trois critères qui, selon le président de la… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Turns a Corner in Its Relations With Civil Society
The African Development Bank will be hosting a Forum for Civil Society engagement in conjunction with its 2012 Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. About 60 civil society… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Seminar Participants Concerned By Africa's Inability to Tackle Emerging Challenges
Africans need to recognise the legitimacy of self-interest and stop blaming everybody under the sun for the failure of their economies to be competitive with the rest of the world,… Read more »
May 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Still Strongly Committed to General Capital Increase Pledges
Government representatives, heads and senior officials of financial and multilateral development banks (MDBs), civil society organizations, private sector and academics are meeting… Read more »
May 24, 2012
Africa: Africa's Top Business, Political and Academic Names to Flock to AfDB's Annual Meetings in Arusha
A dazzling array of Africa's most successful people, including a sitting president, a former president and a multibillionaire businessman, will gather at the Annual Meetings of the… Read more »
May 04, 2012
Africa: Akintomide and Ncube Host 2012 Annual Meetings Press Conference in Tunis
The AfDB vice-president/secretary general Cecilia Akintomide and vice-president/chief Economist Mthuli Ncube on Thursday 3 May 2012 jointly hosted a press conference on major… Read more »
April 23, 2012
Africa: Africa Shares Lessons Learned (so Far) in Renewable Energy
Teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, and Tanzania joined counterparts from around the world at the annual pilot countries meeting for the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program… Read more »
April 17, 2012
Africa: Kandiero, Reviews the Bank's History and Current Operations in Tanzania
"The Tanzania Country Office is very excited to be a part of this very important event and we look forward to having everyone in Arusha." Read more »
Africa: Arusha Is Taking the Necessary Measures for Maximum Display
Can you take stock of the preparatory mission to Arusha for the 2012 Annual Meetings? Read more »
April 05, 2012
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 251 Million Funding for Roads in Tanzania
The African Development Bank Group has approved USD 250.95 million (UA 162 million) for road construction projects in Tanzania and Sierra Leone. Read more »
March 29, 2012
Africa: AfDB Annual Meetings Will Debate Africa's Growth Economy
This year's theme for the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June is 'Africa and the Emerging Global Landscape:… Read more »
March 13, 2012
Africa: Annual Meetings Takes Theme of Africa's Role in Emerging Global Landscape
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will hold its Annual Meetings this year in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June. Read more »
February 23, 2012
Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali to Attend Srep Pilot Country Meeting
Between 5 and March 2012, teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Liberia and Tanzania will be in Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the third meeting of pilot countries participating in the… Read more »
February 16, 2012
Africa: AfDB Board Briefed On Good Progress for Annual Meetings in Arusha
Tanzania's finance minister and chairman of the Board of Governors, Mustafa H. Mkulo, visited AfDB this week and briefed an informal Board meeting on the state of readiness for the… Read more »
December 20, 2011
Africa: AfDB Group's African Development Fund Makes U.S.$ 155 Million Loan to Support Private Sector Reform and Economic Governance
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of USD 155.2 million to the United Republic of Tanzania on 16… Read more »
November 29, 2011
Africa: Tanzania Report Wins Top Prize At AfDB's Evaluation Week
The Dar es Salaam water supply and sanitation project completion report (PCR) has won the Operations Evaluation Award for Best Project Completion Report from the African… Read more »
June 30, 2011
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$64 Million for Agriculture Marketing Infrastructure Programme in Tanzania
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the AfDB Group, on 29 June, approved a USD 64 million (40 million Units of Account) loan to… Read more »
June 29, 2011
Africa: Tanzania - U.S.$23.4 Million Loan for Alternative Learning and Skills Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) today approved a USD 23.4 million (Unit of Account 15 million) loan to finance The Alternative Learning and Skills… Read more »
April 14, 2011
Africa: Leveraging Transport Infrastructure for Trade And Economic Integration
One only needs take the Nairobi-Arusha shuttle to realise the importance of the Arusha-Namanga-Ati River road project as a strategic road transportation hub in East Africa. It had… Read more »
December 21, 2010
Africa: AfDB Invests Over Usd 1 Billion in African Energy Projects
Investing in Energy Infrastructure to Accelerate Africa's Development Read more »
November 04, 2010
Africa: Workshop On AfDB Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Eastern Africa in Nairobi
An African Development Bank (AfDB) Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for Eastern Africa will be validated at a workshop scheduled to take place on 11 November in Nairobi,… Read more »
June 04, 2010
Africa: AWF - AfDB Approves a Grant to Finance the Songwe River Basin Development Programme Project
On 25 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of 3.549 million Euros to the Governments of Malawi and the United Republic of… Read more »
May 07, 2010
Africa: WEF - African Countries With Access to Capital Markets Should Tap Them for the Development of Infrastructure, Says Donald Kaberuka
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa ended on Friday, 7 May 2010, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, after three days of deliberations on how leaders and policy-makers should deal… Read more »
