May 25, 2010
Africa: Interview With Sibry Tapsoba - Building Capacities for Africa
What is African Development Institute; and what is its mission? Read more »
Africa: Interview With Hervé Assah - Decentralization Brings More Efficiency to Projects
As a resident representative, how do you assess the Bank's ongoing decentralization and how do you position yourself in this process? Read more »
Africa: AfDB's Prompt Interventions Helped African Countries Contain Global Crises
Africa's real GDP is projected to pick up to 4.5% in 2010, higher than the 3.9% global forecast during the year Read more »
Africa: AfDB Group Committed Usd 6 Billion to Infrastructure in Africa in 2009
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved USD 6 billion (UA 3.9 billion) for the provision of modern and affordable infrastructure in regional member countries in 2009. Read more »
May 24, 2010
Africa: Launch of the Making Finance Work for Africa Web Site
The Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership Secretariat (MFW4A) on Monday, 24 May 2010, launched its web site: www.mfw4a.org in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
Africa: AfDB - 80 Percent of African Countries Register Growth in 2009
The African Economic Outlook (AEO) says that 80 percent of the 50 African countries covered by its annual report of 2009 registered positive growth. Read more »
Africa: AfDB - African Economic Outlook 2010 Launched in Abidjan
Africa's future progress would depend on: Read more »
May 21, 2010
Africa: Delegates Arrive in Abidjan for AfDB's 2010 Annual Meeting
Many participants to the 2010 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have arrived in Abidjan for the 27-28 May landmark meetings.… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Africa: Abidjan Hosts CoDA 4th Board of Directors Meeting
The Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), an initiative supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: Cape Verde: Senior Loan of EUR 15 Million to Cabeólica Wind Power Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a senior loan of EUR 15 million… Read more »
May 18, 2010
Africa: AfDB Private Sector Hosts the 3adi Facility Task Force Meeting
On 18 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the first meeting designed to start up the Equity and Guarantee Fund for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa (EGFAA),… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations
USD 39.40 million ADF Grant for Liberia Water and Sanitation Read more »
Africa: Main One Cable Completes Fibre Cable Lay From Portugal Through to Ghana And Nigeria
The celebration of the final splice of the Main One submarine cable, a project financed in part by the African Development Bank (AfDB) through its private sector window, was held… Read more »
May 19, 2010
Africa: Liberia - AfDB Approves Urban Water And Sanitation Project to Benefit More Than Half a Million People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 19 May 2010 in Tunis, a grant of UA… Read more »
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Contributing to Improving Access to Education
Costing 53 million units of account (equivalent to CFAF 39 billion), the project was approved for African Development Fund (ADF) financing on 24 September 1992 and was completed on… Read more »
May 18, 2010
Africa: Enhancing Ghana's Transport Sector
Since the Bank Group commenced operations in Ghana in 1973, it has invested over USD 1.6 billion on concessionary terms in all sectors of the country's economy. In the transport… Read more »
May 13, 2010
Africa: The GCI Will Ensure Financing for Low and Middle Income Countries
The next stage in the final adoption of the AfDB General Capital Increase will take place in Abidjan during the institutions' Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May… Read more »
Africa: General Capital Increase - AfDB Braces to Meet Commitments
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, in Tunis held a meeting with managers on the eve of the Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in Abidjan from May… Read more »
April 30, 2010
Cape Verde: AfDB President Applauds Country's Graduation to Middle Income Country and MDG Achievement Despite Hostile Initial Conditions
Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of "policy induced graduation" on the continent, as opposed to natural… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Applauds Cape Verde's Graduation to Middle Income Country And Mdg Achievements Despite Hostile Initial Conditions
Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of "policy induced graduation" on the continent, as opposed to natural… Read more »
April 28, 2010
Africa: AfBD President Reaffirms Support for Cape Verde on First Official Visit
On his first official visit to Cape Verde from 27-30 April 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, commended the country on being "the first… Read more »
April 23, 2010
Africa: African Development Bank President on Official Visit to Cape Verde
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will be on official visit to Cape Verde from 27-30 April 2010. The mission builds on the strong partnership… Read more »
April 22, 2010
Africa: Minister Wade - "With AfDB Support, Senegal is in the Process of Catching Up in Infrastructure '
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 in Tunis, received Senegal's international cooperation and infrastructure minister, Karim Wade. Discussions between… Read more »
April 14, 2010
Africa: "Thanks to AfDB Facilities, We Have Been Able to Expand Access to Water And Sanitation in Mali "
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 14 April 2010, in Tunis received a Malian delegation led by the country's energy and water minister, Igor Diarra. The delegation… Read more »
April 15, 2010
Africa: The AfDB Group Approves an AWF Grant to the Gambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, approved an African Water Facility grant of 1,988,582 Euros to The Gambia to support a National Water Sector Reform… Read more »