October 30, 2013
Africa: Interview With Moono Mupotola, Division Manager, Regional Integration and Trade At AfDB
There is a lot to tell about the African Development Bank's (AfDB) role in Africa's regional integration. Moono Mupotola, who, for the past four years, has pulled out all stops to… Read more »
Africa: Infrastructure Gap, Non-Tariff Barriers Impediments to Regional Trade in Africa
A group of researchers on Tuesday, October 29 at the ongoing Africa Economic Conference in Johannesburg reaffirmed the need to step up investment in physical infrastructure and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Trading Less and Less With Africa, Research Finds
Africa has the lowest internal trade volume compared to other trading blocs in Europe, Asia and Latin America according to findings of four different research studies. Read more »
October 29, 2013
Africa: AEC 2013 - Interview With Janvier Litse, Director, Nepad Regional Integration and Trade, AfDB
Janvier Litse is a veteran of the African Development Bank, having climbed through the ranks and having served in various senior management operational positions, including Acting… Read more »
October 21, 2013
Africa: Border Posts, Checkpoints and Intra-African Trade - Challenges and Solutions
Regional integration has been part of the African continent's overarching strategy for economic transformation for over five decades. As the African Union commemorates 50 years of… Read more »
October 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB and Sister Organizations Are Committed to Supporting World Trade Facilitation
Heads of seven institutions issued the following statement on trade facilitation assistance at the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting, October 13, 2013, Washington DC Read more »
October 09, 2013
Africa: First Call for Proposals of Africa Trade Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the first call for proposals of the Africa Trade Fund (AfTra). Award amounts shall range from 50,000 USD to… Read more »
October 08, 2013
Africa: Implementation of Agreed Policies Will Result in Deeper Market and Trade Integration
African policy-makers, government officials and development experts recognize the crucial role of regional integration in the development of African economies. They add that this… Read more »
October 02, 2013
Africa: AfDB Invests U.S.$70 Million in PTA Bank to Boost Trade and Economic Growth in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, October 2, a financial package consisting of US $20 million in additional equity and a US… Read more »
July 25, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves a Us $50-Million Risk Participation Agreement With Citibank Na to Boost Trade Finance in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved today an unfunded US $50-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between the AfDB and Citibank NA (Citi)… Read more »
July 11, 2013
Africa: At WTO Meeting On Aid for Trade in Geneva, AfDB President Presents the Africa50 Infrastructure Fund
At the invitation of the World Trade Organization, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka participated in the opening day of the 4th WTO Global Review of Aid for… Read more »
June 07, 2013
Africa: AfDB Signs a Usd 100 Million Risk Participation Agreement With Commerzbank Ag to Support Trade Finance in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) formally signed on May 29th in Marrakech, Morocco, in the prelude of the 48th AfDB Annual Meetings, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Africa: Visa Requirements in Africa Hamper Trade and Job Creation, Concludes Panel At the AfDB Annual Meetings
"Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements. Visa restrictions imply missed economic opportunities for intra-regional trade and for the local… Read more »
Africa: Transforming Africa's Trade Finance Industry - What Next?
On the margins of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) 48th Annual Meetings, in a side event gathered on May 29th 2013, Trade Finance (TF) leaders and practitioners met to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Signs U.S.$ 400m Risk Participation Facility With Standard Chartered to Support Trade in Africa
The African Development Bank ("AfDB") and Standard Chartered Bank ("Standard Chartered") today signed a US$400 million Risk Participation Agreement that will provide significant… Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: AfDB Loans U.S.$ 600 Million to Standard Chartered Bank and Commerzbank to Finance Trade in Africa
Supporting commercial banks to finance trade in Africa, in a bid to transform the continent, was a commitment that the African Development Bank concretized on 29 May 2013 in… Read more »
May 23, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves a Usd 100 Million Risk Participation Agreement With Commerzbank Ag to Boost Trade Finance in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Tuesday, May 22, a USD 100 million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) between the AfDB and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves a Usd 20 Million Trade Finance Line of Credit for Ut Bank Ghana to Support SMEs and Local Corporates
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Tuesday, May 22 a USD 20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for UT Bank Ghana (UT Bank) to support the… Read more »
May 13, 2013
Africa: AfDB Concludes First Pan-African Training for Regulators of Derivatives and Commodities Exchanges
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 10, 2013 concluded a one-week, pan-African training workshop for African regulators of derivatives and commodities exchanges. The… Read more »
March 26, 2013
Africa: Trade Integration Key to Macroeconomic Convergence, Says New AfDB Report
A new policy paper by the African Development Bank carries the importance of trade integration to macroeconomic convergence. Published in March 2013, the report titled "Supporting… Read more »
February 26, 2013
Africa: Us-Africa Trade Up More Than 500 Percent but Many African Countries Losing Out
Africa's trade with the United States grew by more than 500 per cent between 2001 and 2011, but many African countries missed out on that five-fold growth, a leading Washington… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves a U.S $200-Million Facility to Reinforce Ecobank's Trade Finance Capacities
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, February 20 a Trade Finance package of US $200 million comprising an unfunded risk-sharing… Read more »
December 20, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Calls On African Economies to Tap Into Global Trade and Capital Markets
AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, was a guest speaker at the Meeting of the Board of Governors of PTA Bank in Lusaka, Zambia on 19 December, 2012. He was invited to provide his… Read more »
November 01, 2012
Africa: Expanding Trade for Inclusive Growth - African Continent's Future Prosperity Will Be Built On Trade
Key challenges and opportunities for effective expansion of trade for inclusive development were discussed in depth in a plenary session of the seventh African Economic Conference… Read more »
September 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Launches Southern Africa Risp in Malawi
The AfDB's Malawi Field Office (MWFO) disseminated the Bank's Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa at a workshop jointly organized with the Ministry of Industry… Read more »
