December 06, 2012
Africa: Forum On Youth Unemployment Sets Stage for 2012 Launch of the African Economic Outlook
"'Bread, freedom and social justice' is what Egyptian revolutionaries called for in the January 25 revolution; the one issue that touches on all of this is unemployment," Egypt's… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $24.7 Million Project to Support Capacity Building in Economic and Public Finance Management in Zimbabwe
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on December 5, 2012, approved a US $ 24.7 million (UA 16.12 million) grant to finance the Zimbabwe Capacity Building for… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Launches 2012 AfDB Evaluation Week
On Monday, 3 December, 2012, the AfDB Evaluation Week was launched by Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President; His Excellency Tertius Zongo, Former Prime Minster of Burkina Faso; Executive… Read more »
Africa: New AfDB Report Offers Concrete Proposals for African Countries to Benefit From the GCF
A new report by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate… Read more »
East Africa: Board Approves ICT Strategy, Mena Transition Fund and Projects in East Africa
The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution's Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group's… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Build Capacity to Use Green Climate Funds, Says AfDB Vice-President
On the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18), underway from November 26 to December 7, 2012 in Doha, Qatar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: Interview with Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, EBRD
Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and head of the EBRD mission to the African Development Bank, discusses the… Read more »
Africa: The AWF, the Government of Sudan and the AfDB Jointly Launch the First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur
Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »
Africa: Egypt's Government Commits to Creating 750,000 New Jobs
Prime Minister Hisham Kandil Opens a Joint African Development Bank and Social Fund for Development Youth Employment Forum Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$103 Million Project to Support Higher Education, Science and Technology in Uganda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on November 21, approved the Uganda Support to Higher Education, Science and Technology Project, a key Human Development… Read more »
December 04, 2012
Africa: The AfDB's Operations and Evaluation Department Celebrates 25 Years
The Operations Evaluation Department of the African Development Bank, OPEV, celebrated its 25 years of existence within the Bank with a week dedicated to evaluation, under the… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), discusses the potential for collaboration between the EBRD and the African… Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan
On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the African Development Institute (EADI) in collaboration with the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) launched a Project Implementation Workshop in Khartoum,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Hold 2012 Evaluation Week in Celebration of 25 Years of Evaluation
This year the African Development Bank will mark 25 years of evaluation work during Evaluation Week, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, from December 3 to 6, 2012. Read more »
November 30, 2012
Africa: Zeroing in On HIV/Aids in Africa - AfDB Joins Call for Zero New Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Deaths
On December 1st, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will commemorate World AIDS Day at its headquarters in Tunis and field offices in 34 African countries. A resolute… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests $43.7 Million in Kenya's Higher Education Sector
The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing… Read more »
Africa: AfDB At COP18
Efforts from the international community and African countries to improve access to climate finance in Africa have yielded significant results in recent year; however the current… Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: Working With Local Organizations in the Fight Against HIV/Aids in Benin
The African Development Bank Group has led an intervention in Benin, where over 60,000 people are living with HIV, aimed enabling the country to take the helm in the fight against… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Investing in Kenya's Teachers to Fight HIV/Aids
The education of Kenya's youth is being threatened by HIV/AIDS. Children affected by the disease shy away from schools due to social stigmas and lack of funds, while the country is… Read more »
Africa: 8th African Symposium On Statistical Development Convenes in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), African Union Commission (AUC) and Institute of National… Read more »
Africa: Building Human Capital of 1.2 Million in the Lake Chad Region to Fight HIV/Aids
The African Development Bank is investing in the Lake Chad Region to empower particularly women in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDs. The AfDB has been supporting skills… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign a 387.6 Million Euro Loan Agreement to Support the Reforms During Transition Period
The African Development Bank, represented by Vice-President Ndoumbe Lobé and the Tunisian Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Riadh Bettaieb, signed a… Read more »
November 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Seminar Promotes Private Sector Development in Central Africa
The African Development Bank Group's Regional Department for Central Africa (ORCE) and the African Development Institute (ADI), in collaboration with the Economic Community of… Read more »
Africa: 11th ALM and Risk Management MDB Forum
The 2012 ALM and Risk Management forum will be hosted by the African development Bank Group in Marrakech from 28-30 November 2012. The forum will attract several delegates from… Read more »