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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: AfDB Invests Over Usd 1 Billion in African Energy Projects

Investing in Energy Infrastructure to Accelerate Africa's Development Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: World Economic Forum On Africa - "We Must Attract Foreign Investors to Africa," Says AfDB President

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and his delegation are participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which started on Wednesday, 5 May 2010,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Tanzania Sign U.S.$ 233 Million Loan Agreements for Transport Sector

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Tanzania have signed two loan agreements amounting to USD 233.3 million to finance a major rail and road transport project in the… Read more »

Africa: Tanzania's Finance Minister Commends AfDB's General Budget Support Leadership

Tanzanian finance minister, Mustafa Mkulo, attended, during the week from 5 April-9 April 2010, the AfDB's annual stakeholders cocktail hosted by African Development Bank's (AfDB)… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Access Bank of Tanzania Sign 660,000 USD Technical Assistance Grant

Representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Access Bank Tanzania (ABT) gathered today to sign a grant of USD 660,000 from the Fund for African Private Sector… Read more »