Africa: Two Day Meeting of the African Legal Support Facility Management Board Concludes

Management Board of the ALSF (from left to right) Stephen Karangizi, Director of the ALSF; Eve Sinare, Tanzania; Sixtus Vusi, Chairman of the Management Board, Cameroon; Seward… Read more »

Africa: AfDB in the Top 10 Organisations On Transparency

Publish What You Fund, a British-based think tank, has ranked the African Development Bank in its highest category on transparency. Read more »

Africa: Ending Malnutrition to Boost the Brainpower and Spur Economic Growth in Africa

"The greatest contributor to economic growth is not physical infrastructure, but brainpower, or 'gray matter infrastructure'", says Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African… Read more »

Africa: The Future of Africa Lies Inside Africa

"If we don't fix Africa's infrastructure financing gap - which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year - we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa's annual growth… Read more »

Africa: Unprecedented Collaboration Among Development Partners to Improve Infrastructure Implementation

The inaugural Global Infrastructure Forum 2016 convening here today brings together for the first time the leaders of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) -- African… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Issues 1.000 Percent Us $1.0 Billion Benchmark Due 15 May 2019

On Thursday, April 14, 2016, the African Development Bank ("AfDB"), rated Aaa (Moody's) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new USD 1 billion 3-year Global… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Pushes African Agenda At World Bank-IMF Meetings in Washington

"People who enjoy meetings shouldn't be in charge of anything", said US economist Thomas Sowell, but he may not have had the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in mind. Leaders manage… Read more »

Africa: "You Can Count On the AfDB As Partner in Delivering Education for Africa", Says Adesina

Partnership - between the public, the private and the 'third' sector of NGOs and Foundations - was the theme of an event hosted by the Global Business Coalition for Education on… Read more »

Africa: Strategy Review Workshop Lauds AfDB for Development Efforts, Challenges It to Do More

A workshop to validate findings of a Medium Term Review (MTR) of Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) was conducted on April 12, 2016. The meeting saw the various stakeholders… Read more »

Africa: Remarks At Global Business Coalition for Education Event By Akinwumi A. Adesina President African Development Bank Group, Washington, DC April 14, 2016

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Africa: High-Level AfDB Delegation Participates in World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

To: 17/04/2016 Read more »

Africa: The Future of Food

"We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business", said African Development Bank Acting Vice-President… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Lita Invite Africa to 'Think Big' for Youth and Agriculture in Two-Day Design Workshop On Enable Youth Program

To: 22/04/2016 Read more »

Africa: High-Level AfDB Delegation to Participate in World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

To: 17/04/2016 Read more »

Africa: "Africa Feeding Africa" - New Mega Initiative to Transform Agriculture in Africa Is Focus of International Meeting

To: 14/04/2016 Read more »

Africa: 6 Months Into Office, President Adesina Shares His Vision for the Bank and for Africa

Six months into office, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina looks back on his accomplishments and shares his vision for the Bank and for Africa over the next… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Nominated for Continental Infrastructure Awards

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been shortlisted for the Africa investor (Ai) Infrastructure Project Developer Awards 2016. It has been nominated in the category of Ai… Read more »

Africa: Africa50 Announces the Appointment of Alain Ebobissé As Chief Executive Officer

The Board of Directors of Africa50 is pleased to announce the appointment of Alain Ebobissé as Chief Executive Officer of Africa50, the Pan-African infrastructure investment… Read more »

East Africa: East Africa Leads the Way in Regional Integration, Says Index

The Africa Regional Integration Index (ARII) Report - Africa's first effort to measure progress on regional integration - was launched Saturday, April 2 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Pledged to Increase Financial Support to Mozambique

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, April 5, 2016 had a one-day visit in Maputo, Mozambique, where he reaffirmed the commitment… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Group President to Visit Malawi

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, will visit Mozambique and Malawi on April 4-5, 2016. While in Malawi, he will hold high-level discussions… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Workshop On Independent Review Mechanism Outlines Complaints Procedures for Bank-Financed Projects

The Compliance Review and Mediation Unit (CRMU) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is organizing an information workshop on "Handling complaints from people affected by… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Us $228-Million Loan to Rehabilitate Strategic Road Linking Kenya and Tanzania

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved on Wednesday, March 30, a US $228-million loan to the Government of Kenya to rehabilitate 172-kilometre road,… Read more »

Africa: Pinging Not Poking - Making Online Spaces Safer for Women in Africa and Beyond

This year marks the 60th anniversary for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an annual, global forum that takes place in March. The 2016 theme is "Planet 50-50: Step it up… Read more »

Africa: Chase Bank Secures Kshs 5-Billion AfDB Lending Facility

Latest round of financing to spur Chase Bank's credit expansion to SMEs as it plans KShs60 billion for sector in the next three years. Read more »