December 17, 2013
Africa: AfDB Gathers Partners in Tunis to Advance Sustainable Energy for All in Africa
The African Development Bank as host of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Africa Hub organized a two-day workshop in Tunis with representatives of partner institutions. The… Read more »
Africa: Japan Supports AfDB in Entrepreneurship
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Japan signed on 16 December, 2013 a bilateral Exchange of Notes for a loan to the AfDB of 9.48 billion Japanese yen (about… Read more »
December 16, 2013
Africa: AfDB and China to Engage On Environmental and Social Sustainability
An AfDB delegation, led by its Compliance and Safeguard Experts, will be travelling to Beijing from December 17-19 to exchange with Chinese authorities on policies and guidelines… Read more »
December 13, 2013
Africa: Gender Equality has Strong Influence on Growth, Employment, Food Security and Poverty Reduction Efforts Benefiting the Entire Economy
The Executive Director for Canada, Kuwait, South Korea, China and Turkey, and Chair of the African Development Bank Group's Board Committee on Operations and Development… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Allocates U.S.$184.79 Million to Multinational Trans-Sahara Highway Project
Prospects for the construction of a 9,022-kilometre strategic Trans-Sahara Highway (TSH) linking several African countries was concretised on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 in Tunis… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Will Mobilize a Full Range of Financing Instruments to Advance Sustainable Energy for All Initiative - Kaberuka
The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, Kandeh Yumkella, held talks with African Development Bank President… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Holds Consultation Day On Its New Governance Strategy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is organizing final technical consultations with representatives from across Africa on its new Governance Strategy for 2014-2018. Read more »
Africa: Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Meets in Abuja
The first Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Coordination Committee took place in in Abuja, Nigeria on 5 December 2013. The meeting aimed to facilitate coordination at… Read more »
Africa: "We Need to Mobilize the Right Level of Resources to Push the Gender Agenda," AfDB Gender Retreat Heard
"Working in synergy and speaking in the same voice for harmonized implementation of the strategy to mainstream gender in Bank operations," was the centrepiece of discussions among… Read more »
Africa: Service for the Memorial of President Nelson Mandela - Remarks by the AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
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December 12, 2013
Africa: AfDB to Play a Greater Role in Natural Resources Stewardship on the Continent
"The current commodity super-cycle being enjoyed by resource-driven economies could simply disappear without lasting benefits if it is not harnessed into durable development… Read more »
December 11, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for Shelter Afrique
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, December 11 a US $20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for the Company for Habitat and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches Information Center for the Extractive Sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, December 11 in Nairobi, Kenya, launched the Information Center for the Extractive Sector (ICES), a platform that promotes… Read more »
North Africa: AfDB Publishes a Comparative Approach on the Search for iInclusive Growth in North Africa
A new economic brief published by the African Development Bank shows that the longstanding relationship between growth and distribution in economics has been revived in recent… Read more »
Africa: AMCOW Receives 2 million Euros in AWF Funding for Water Sector Reporting
The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) a €2 million grant to establish a monitoring and reporting system for the water… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: Report On "A Future Partnership Between France and Africa" Pays Tribute to Work of the AfDB
Thirty-two times. Indeed, the initials "AfDB", for African Development Bank, appear 32 times in the report entitled "Un partenariat pour l'avenir: 15 propositions pour une nouvelle… Read more »
December 10, 2013
Africa: Financial Inclusion for a Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Africa
A new publication, Financial Inclusion in Africa, released on Monday, December 9 by the Complex of the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) finds that for… Read more »
December 15, 2013
Africa: AfDB President Joins World Leaders to Mark Late "Madiba" Nelson Mandela Rites
AfDB President Donald Kaberuka is among the world leaders and dignitaries who are in Johannesburg to pay final respects to Nelson Mandela, who will finally be laid to rest on… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: The Republic of Turkey Joins African Development Bank Group
The Republic of Turkey participated in the African Development Bank Group's Board Meetings for the first time last week in Tunis, following the country's admission as the 26th… Read more »
Africa: First African Ministerial Forum On the Integration of ICTs in Education and Training to Take Place in Tunisia
The First Ministerial Forum on the Integration of Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) in Education and Training in Africa will be held in Tunis, December 9-11, 2013. Read more »
Africa: AFMI Announces Launch of Revamped Website
The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), on Monday, December 9 announced the official launch of the redesigned AFMI website:… Read more »
Africa: International Anti-Corruption Day - Statement by Donald Kaberuka
Corruption is a global threat. It is a serious roadblock to economic development and is viewed as sand in the wheels of prosperity. In our globalized and highly interconnected… Read more »
December 04, 2013
Africa: With Strong Infrastructure, Africa Could Achieve a Seven Per Cent Growth Rate, Says Kaberuka
Africa is capable of winning additional points in its growth rate with improved infrastructure, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, said on December 4 in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Boards approve U.S. $4.89 billion for 2014 Borrowing Program
The Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, December 4 approved a cumulative US $4.89 billion (UA 3.188 billion) for the 2014 Borrowing Program of the AfDB… Read more »
December 05, 2013
Africa: Board of AfDB Approves Strategic Framework and Operational Guidelines
On Wednesday, December 4, the Board of the African Development Bank Group approved the Strategic Framework and Operational Guidelines for the African Development Fund Partial… Read more »