October 10, 2014
Africa: African Ministers Hail Climdev Special Fund Calling It Useful and Timely
African Ministers, policy-makers, representatives of development partners and climate scientists on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, hailed the establishment of the ClimDev-Africa… Read more »
October 08, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves €10 Million Equity Investment in Moringa Private Equity Fund
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in Abidjan, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a €10-million equity investment in the African compartment of the… Read more »
October 01, 2014
Africa: Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security
Heavy investments needed in on-farm and off-farm infrastructure along agriculture value chain Read more »
Africa: AfDB, West African Countries Sign U.S. $152 Million Fight Back Ebola Programme
The President of the African Development Bank Group and representatives from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire on October 1, 2014 in Abidjan signed loan and… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2014 to Take Place in Addis Ababa
What: African Economic Conference 2014: "Knowledge and Innovation for Africa's Transformation" Read more »
September 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB Launches Green Growth Framework
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first-ever Green Growth Framework that will function as a foundational reference document for its future work on green growth.… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, Government of Tanzania Launch U.S. $57 Million in Support to Technical Vocational Education and Training Project
On September 18, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the United Republic of Tanzania, launched the Technical Vocational Education and Teacher Education… Read more »
Africa: U.S. $ 2 Trillion in Investments Back Green Bonds to Tap Usd 100 Trillion Bond Market for Climate Solutions
Green Bond commitments announcement for next 12 months by issuers, banks and investors Read more »
Africa: Agricultural Innovations Can Help African Farmers Compete, Boost Food Security, Says New Report
Africa must embrace agricultural innovations to better compete in an evolving global bio-economy, according to findings from a new report issued by the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: Agriculture - The Key to Africa's Development
On the occasion of the African Development Bank's commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security, on Monday, September 29, 2014 in Abidjan, Chiji Ojukwu,… Read more »
September 26, 2014
Africa: Japan Committed to Work Closely With AfDB, Africa50 and Recs to Develop Regional Infrastructure in Africa
New York, September 25, 2014 - On the margins of the Climate Summit in New York, the Japanese government convened the second roundtable with African Regional Economic Communities… Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Poised to Enhance Access to Additional Climate Finance for African Countries
To meet the full scale of the global climate challenge and seize the opportunities at hand, domestic efforts must be scaled up and simultaneously leveraged through an international… Read more »
September 24, 2014
Africa: AfDB and Sister Institutions Committed to Move Forward On the Sustainable Transport Agenda With Us $175 Bn in Financing
The historic one-day UN Climate Summit opened on September 23 in New York City with 125 heads of state in attendance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US President Barack Obama… Read more »
September 23, 2014
Africa: AfDB Supports SMEs With 1 Million Euros to Enhance Inclusive Growth and Job Creation
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window approved on September 18, 2014 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire a EUR 1 million… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Advocates for Stronger Private Sector Engagement in Broadband Development in Africa
New York, September 22, 2014 - On the margins of the UN Climate Summit taking place in New York on September 23, representatives from the African Development Bank were invited to… Read more »
September 19, 2014
West Africa: Sahel Initiative - AfDB President Kaberuka and UN Special Envoy Sellassie Discuss Better Coordination of Actions
The United Nations Special Envoy for the Sahel, Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, on September 19, 2014 in Abidjan, called on the Bank Group and held talks with President Donald Kaberuka… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change - AfDB Continues to Show Strong Leadership in Financing Low Carbon Development in Africa
Six leading Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) provided in 2013 about USD 24 billion worldwide in financing for projects in developing and emerging economies that address the… Read more »
September 18, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves US $144 Million for Projects and Programmes in Mali, Angola and Burkina Faso
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) met in Abidjan on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, and approved five projects worth US… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: Guinea - AfDB Provides $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve Public Finance Management and the Business Climate in Guinea
In Abidjan on September 15, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US $18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 19, 2014
Africa: AfDB Issues Its Debut 7-Year Us Dollar Global Benchmark
Tunis, September 17, 2014 - On Tuesday, September 16, 2014, the African Development Bank ("AfDB") successfully issued a new a 1 billion 7-year US dollar global benchmark due… Read more »
September 18, 2014
Africa: The AfDB Approves a U.S. $25 Million Loan to Support Institutional Capacity Building in the Private Sector
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire - At its meeting on 17 September 2014, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a request for a US $24.85 million… Read more »
September 29, 2014
Africa: Commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security By the African Development Bank
Africa's recent growth has failed to translate into meaningful job creation and the broad-based economic and social development needed to reduce poverty and inequality. Although… Read more »
September 17, 2014
Africa: The AfDB Is Providing $18 Million in Budget Support to Improve the Management of Public Finances
In Abidjan on 15 September 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB) granted Guinea US$ 18 million in budget assistance to support conditions for inclusive growth, through… Read more »
September 12, 2014
Africa: The AfDB and Japan Sign $300-Million Loan Agreement to Support the Private Sector in Africa
Abidjan, September 15, 2014 - On September 12, 2014, The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Japan signed a concessional loan for US $300 million to support the private sector in… Read more »
September 16, 2014
Africa: Japan-AfDB Sign Bilateral Agreement to Promote Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed on September 16, 2014 a bilateral agreement for a loan to the AfDB of 30.69 billion… Read more »