August 03, 2012
Africa: AfDB, UNECA, and AUC Partner to Improve Statistical Capacity to Prepare Metadata for MDGs Indicators
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is organising a… Read more »
July 17, 2012
Africa: Southern Region B Director Visits Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro-Power Plant and Transmission Line Project
Southern Region B Director, Chiji Ojukwu, was on a dialogue mission to Zambia from 9 to 14 July 2012 where, along with the Vice President and Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, he was… Read more »
July 09, 2012
Africa: AfDB Holds Seminar On Youth Employment in Lusaka
The African Development Bank hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Hold High Level Policy Dialogue On Youth Employment in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and… Read more »
June 19, 2012
Africa: AfDB Boosts Access to Low Cost Sustainable Energy in Zambia
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a USD 35-million senior loan and a USD 3 million standby facility to Itezhi-Tezhi Power Corporation… Read more »
April 23, 2012
Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia Discuss Challenges of Climate Resilience Planning
Zambia hosted the annual pilot countries meeting of the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) on 12 to 13 March 2012. Teams from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia joined… Read more »
March 26, 2012
Africa: 'A Strategic Priority' for Banks, Finds New AfDB Study
A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The… Read more »
February 23, 2012
Africa: Mozambique, Niger and Zambia to Attend PPCR Pilot Country Meeting
On 12 an 13 March 2012, representatives from Mozambique, Niger and Zambia will be in Livingstone, Zambia, to attend the fifth meeting of pilot countries and regions participating… Read more »
October 26, 2011
Africa: AfDB Helps Boost Zimbabwean Fish Production With U.S.$ 8 Million Loan
Fish production in Zimbabwe is set to grow after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a loan of U.S.$ 8 million to help fund a tilapia farming and processing project on… Read more »
September 29, 2011
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 24 Million Budget Support Loan for Zambia
The African Development Bank Board of Directors has approved a U.S.$ 24-million loan to finance Zambia's fourth poverty reduction budget support program. The African Development… Read more »
February 25, 2011
East Africa: AfDB And Comesa Sign Airspace Integration Project Grant Agreement
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) signed in Lusaka on Thursday, 24 February 2011, a protocol agreement for a USD… Read more »
October 21, 2010
Africa: AfDB Private Sector Approves Usd 15 Million Equity Investment in Catalyst Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday 20 October 2010 in Tunis, a U.S.$15-million equity investment in Catalyst Fund, a 10-year… Read more »
September 29, 2010
Africa: AfDB Promotes Regional Integration - U.S.$ 95.6 Million to Zambia for Nacala Corridor
Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Monday, 27 September 2010 in… Read more »
June 30, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $48.89 Million Budget Support for Zambia
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday, 30 June 2010 in Tunis a… Read more »
February 05, 2010
Africa: Finland Ambassador Tours Bank Supported Agriculture Project in Zambia
The AfDB Zambia Country Office Resident Representative, Freddie Kwesiga, joined by the Ambassador of Finland to Zambia, Her Excellency, Mrs. Antila Sinikka and Mr. Abednego Banda,… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Africa: Launch of the African Economic Outlook and Africa Competitiveness Report 2009
Lusaka, 31 July 2009 - Zambia's Finance and National Planning Minister, Honorable Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane has commended the African Development Bank for its continued effort of… Read more »
April 14, 2009
Africa: Bank Group and Zambia's Ministry of Works Discuss Major Multinational Operation
On the sidelines of the North-South conference which recently took place in Lusaka, Zambia, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Vice President for Infrastructure, Mandla… Read more »
Africa: Bank Group and Zambia's Ministry of Works Discuss Major Multinational Operation
On the sidelines of the North-South conference which recently took place in Lusaka, Zambia, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Vice President for Infrastructure, Mandla… Read more »
April 08, 2009
Africa: North-South Corridor Financing Conference Ends in Lusaka With Donors Pledging U.S.$1.2 Billion
A two-day conference on the financing of North-South Corridor activities ended on April 7, 2009, in Lusaka, Zambia, with donors and development partners pledging some US$1.2… Read more »
April 06, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 2 Million Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Djibouti, Mozambique, Togo and Zambia
Djibouti will use the assistance to provide food and other support to 55,000 drought victims in five districts (Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Tadjourah and Obock.) as well as 6,000… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Sees Impact of Financial Crisis in Zambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, who arrived in Zambia on April 4, 2009, to attend a two-day COMESA-EAC-SADC high-level consultative meeting on the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Partners Attend North-South Corridor Financing Conference
AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, attended in Lusaka, Zambia on April 6, 2009 a two-day high-level financing conference on the North-South Corridor. Read more »
December 03, 2008
Africa: Zambia Signs U.S.$24 Million AfDB Budget Support Loan Agreement-Endorses African Legal Support Facility Agreement
Zambia and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Tuesday in Lusaka, signed a US$ 24 million Loan Agreement to finance the country's Second Poverty Reduction Budget Support… Read more »
October 30, 2008
Africa: AfDB Finances Zambia's 2nd Poverty Reduction Budget Support Programme
The African Development Bank, through its soft loan affiliate, the African Development Fund, on Wednesday approved 15 million Units of Account*, approximately US$ 23.4 million, as… Read more »
September 16, 2008
Africa: AfDB and ICGLR Sign Trust Instrument
The Bank Group and the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, signed a trust instrument for the administration and management… Read more »
