Africa: African Development Bank Hosts the Multilateral Development Banks' Meeting On "Quality Assurance and Development Effectiveness - Emerging Practices and Perspectives"

"Quality Assurance helps us move from a transactional approach to development delivery, forcing us to think about what we plan to achieve and how". Read more »

Africa: The Board of Directors Approves a Mutual Reliance for Procurement in Joint Co-Financed Public Sector Operations Between African Development Bank and European Investment Bank

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has affirmed cognizance of the strategic role of sustainable procurement and governance and has approved the Policy… Read more »

Africa: Cairo to Cape Town Road Boosts Cross-Border Economies, Links Tanzania to Rest of Africa

Rehema Tukai grew up in Kondoa and works in Dodoma, Tanzania's capital city. Until now, visiting her family in Kondoa involved a five-hour journey along a bumpy and dusty road.… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches "Say No to Famine" Project in Somalia

Food security and healthy food for all Africans Read more »

Somalia: African Development Bank Launches "Say No to Famine" Project in Somalia Food Security and Healthy Food for All Africans

The African Development Bank's Deputy Director General for East Africa, Nnenna Nwabufo, represented the institution at the launch of the Say No to Famine - Short-Term Regional… Read more »

Africa: At 54th Union Day Celebration, Tanzanian President Praises African Development Bank for Transformative Projects

"I see the African Development Bank as the best partner for our development," says President Magufuli Read more »

Africa: 5th Annual Sustainable Energy for All Africa Workshop At the Seforall Forum

More than 750 leaders from government, business, civil society and international organizations will gather from 2nd to 4th to May 2018 in Lisbon for the 4TH SEforALL Forum with the… Read more »

Cameroon: 25th Member State to Ratify the African Legal Support Facility Treaty

The President of the Republic of Cameroon, Paul Biya, signs a bill ratifying the Agreement for the Establishment of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). Read more »

Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Present Study On Technology's Impact On Jobs

The Future of Work: Regional Perspectives discusses the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on labour markets across the globe Read more »

Africa: African Legal Support Facility Meets With Industry Experts At the 2018 International Petroleum Summit

The substantial oil and gas resources on the African continent have the potential to catalyze and accelerate economic growth, if used strategically. In light of changing… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Calls for Local Manufacture of Anti-Malaria Drugs

On the occasion of World Malaria Day 2018, April 25, the African Development Bank has released Money and Mosquitoes: The Economics of Malaria in an Age of declining Aid. Authors… Read more »

Tanzania: President Adesina to Speak At Tanzania's Union Day Celebration, Commission Dodoma-Babati Regional Road

- Bank President to participate in Ibrahim Governance Forum Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Organizes Workshop On Strengthening Role of Parliament in Combating Illicit Financial Flows From Africa

The African Development Bank will hold a Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Parliament in Combating Illicit Financial Flows from Africa (IFFs) from 24 to 26 April 2018 in Abuja. Read more »

Africa: MDBs Launch New Platform to Coordinate Support for Economic Migration and Forced Displacement

Seven Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) launched a new platform to enhance their collaboration on economic migration and forced displacement today on the margins of the… Read more »

Africa: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and African Development Bank Sign MOU to Promote Cooperation

Joachim von Amsberg, AIIB Vice-President for Policy and Strategy, and Charles Boamah, African Development Bank Senior Vice-President, at the MoU signing ceremony in Washington, DC. Read more »

Africa: EIB and African Development Bank to Support Private Sector Investment in Nigeria With Development Bank of Nigeria Backing

The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and… Read more »

Africa: Successful Completion of Third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing in Abidjan

The third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing (WAFCCEF-3) was held on Thursday, April 12 in the Babacar Ndiaye Auditorium at the African Development Bank in… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank, African Institute of Mathematics and Science to Transform Industry-Led Research in Africa

The African Development Bank and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) have initiated a landmark relationship aimed at building an industry-led research… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Launches the Africa Investment Forum

The African Development Bank will officially launch the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) ‒Africa's premier investment marketplace - on April 19, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more »

West Africa: African Natural Resources Centre to Host West Africa Gas Competence Seminar

The African Natural Resources Centre of the African Development Bank will host a high-level West Africa gas competence seminar in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, on April 17-18,… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Releases First-Ever Highlights of 2018 African Economic Outlook in Arabic, Hausa and Kiswahili

For the first time ever, the African Development Bank has released summaries of the <a target="_blank"… Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank Supports Nigeria's Healthcare Sector

Lagos State, Nigeria's largest healthcare market, lacks an adequate supply of quality secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities with only about 700 to 1,000 quality beds for a… Read more »

Africa: Three Leading Development Finance Institutions Sign Loan Agreement to Support Capital Markets and High Impact Sectors in Africa

US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the African Development Bank, and KfW support to African Local Currency Bond (ALCB) Fund to focus on housing, microlending, and… Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank and Portuguese Government Plan to Unlock Growth Opportunities in Africa's Lusophone Countries

Portugal to provide Portuguese-language training to Bank staff Read more »

Africa: African Development Bank Expresses Its Most Sincere Condolences to Government and Families Following Algerian Military Plane Crash

The African Development Bank Group expressed its most sincere condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the Algerian authorities following the crash of a military… Read more »