May 27, 2016
Africa: United States Urges More African Countries to Join 'Partnership Against Illicit Finance'
More African countries should sign-up to the 'Partnership on Illicit Finance' (PIF), an initiative formed in July 2014 during the US-Africa leaders' summit. That was the call made… Read more »
Africa: African Legal Support Facility Launch Energy Project Financing Resource Handbook
Sixtus Vusi, Chairman of the African Legal Support Facility, launches the handbook Understanding Power Project Financing. Read more »
Africa: Partnership On Illicit Finance Launch Event
Members of the Partnership on Illicit Finance (PIF) met alongside the African Development Bank at the Bank's Annual Meetings in Lusaka, Zambia, to publish national action plans to… Read more »
May 28, 2016
Africa: AfDB Reaffirms Supporting Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Development in Africa
The African Development Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to mobilize resources to help African countries adopt and mitigate climate change. Read more »
Africa: AfDB's High 5s Agenda Gets Backing From African Civil Society Organizations At Closure of 2016 Annual Meetings
African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have announced, in a joint statement, that they will closely work with and support the African Development Bank in delivering the 'High… Read more »
May 27, 2016
Africa: African Risk Capacity and AfDB Sign MOU to Enable African Countries to Respond to Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters
The African Risk Capacity has taken major steps towards its goal of providing US $2 billion worth of annual climate disaster coverage to Africa's most vulnerable populations. Read more »
May 26, 2016
Africa: Is It What They Need? Experts Debate AfDB's New Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa
Three women each with a large basket full of fresh fruits, sat under the shade of a wide signpost just outside the main gate of Mulungushi International Conference Centre where the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Plans to Expand Its Trade Finance Portfolio Across the Continent
The African Development Bank is planning to expand its trade finance products across the continent in the coming years as it seeks to bridge the existing funding gap to support… Read more »
Africa: World Leaders, Private Sector Endorse AfDB's "New Deal On Energy"
Influential world leaders and senior business executives have endorsed President Akinwumi Adesina's "New Deal on Energy", a vehicle through which the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: African Governments and the Private Sector Have Critical Roles to Play in the Energy Market
African governments and the private sector have important roles to play in the energy sector, especially in terms of investment resources and providing the appropriate regulatory… Read more »
Africa: Q&a Moono Mupotola, Director of Nepad, Regional Integration and Trade At the AfDB
1. What is the status of the New Deal on Energy for Africa and how can it serve Africa's regional integration purpose? Read more »
Africa: AfDB Embarks On Ambitious Plan to Ramp Up Agriculture, Create Jobs and Feed Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to improve the agriculture sector in Africa by embarking on an ambitious seven-point plan which aims at transforming the sector and be… Read more »
Africa: Bank Aims to Boost High 5 Results By Striking New Pact With Civil Society At Cso Forum
During perhaps the most ambitious year for making plans to ramp up green and inclusive growth on the continent, the African Development Bank's Annual Civil Society (CSO) Forum… Read more »
Africa: A Resounding Africa Day At the AfDB's Annual Meetings in Lusaka
Africa Day takes place on May 25 every year, commemorating the signature of the founding agreements of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was formed in Addis Ababa on… Read more »
May 25, 2016
Africa: AfDB and Millennium Challenge Corporation Sign MOU On Future Collaboration
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Nancy Lee, signed a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and the African Risk Capacity Agency to Work Together On Response to Extreme Weather Events and Natural Disasters
Climate change is particularly threatening to the future of African agriculture; it has an impact on global food security and the economic livelihoods of hundreds of millions of… Read more »
Africa: Launch of Special Panel On Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank's Ten Year Strategy
On Monday, May 23, 2016, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina launched the Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank's Ten Year Strategy. The… Read more »
Africa: Africa-India Partnership Day - India Dishes Out Us $10 Bn for Africa's Healthcare
The Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM) has announced a US $10-billion health facility for Africa at the ongoing 51st African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Lusaka. Read more »
Africa: Transitioning to Green Growth - Where Are We?
A high-level panel of experts will review progress in and constraints to green growth in Africa during a knowledge event at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Water and Agriculture Improvement Projects in Egypt
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of Egypt on the sidelines of the AfDB's Annual Meetings in Lusaka on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 signed two grant… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Signs a New Partnership Agreement With Big Win Philanthropy and the Dangote Foundation to Generate Economic Growth Through Improved Child Nutrition
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, May 23, signed a new partnership agreement on promoting nutrition in Africa with Jamie Cooper, Chair of… Read more »
May 26, 2016
Africa: African Economies on High Grounds as AfDB Readies to Leverage Resources for Accelerated Growth and Transformation
Despite the difficult and challenging global economic situation, African countries achieved considerable economic progress in 2015, registering a 3.6% average GDP growth during the… Read more »
May 25, 2016
Africa: Leaders Underscore Urgent Need to Create Jobs for African Youth through Agriculture, ICT, Industry
Africa needs to step up investments in skills development and promotion of entrepreneurship to create jobs for young people, African leaders and businesses executives have… Read more »
May 24, 2016
Africa: President Adesina Shares AfDB's New Transformation Agenda As Annual Meetings Open in Lusaka
"Africa must think big, act big and deliver big. We must never show low ambitions for Africa," African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday, May 24,… Read more »
May 23, 2016
Africa: Highlights of Day 1 At the AfDB Annual Meetings
Over 3,000 delegates have converged in Lusaka for the 51st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) taking place in the Zambian capital from May 23 to 27, 2016. Read more »
