May 29, 2013
Africa: The AfDB Finances the Harnessing of Drainage Basins in Burundi
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) undertook on May 28, 2013, to provide financing for the harnessing of drainage basins and improved climate resilience in Burundi. The… Read more »
May 31, 2013
Africa: Transforming Africa's Trade Finance Industry - What Next?
On the margins of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) 48th Annual Meetings, in a side event gathered on May 29th 2013, Trade Finance (TF) leaders and practitioners met to… Read more »
Africa: International Award Recognizes Innovative Use of Development Aid in Africa
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF), which was established as part of the Danish Africa Commission in 2008, was last night awarded the African Banker Awards 2013 in the category of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Signs U.S.$ 400m Risk Participation Facility With Standard Chartered to Support Trade in Africa
The African Development Bank ("AfDB") and Standard Chartered Bank ("Standard Chartered") today signed a US$400 million Risk Participation Agreement that will provide significant… Read more »
Africa: Enforcing Reform Is Key for Economic Growth
Making Africa a better place to do business was at the centre of discussion during a workshop titled "Improving Africa's Investment Climate" at the African Development Bank's… Read more »
Africa: 2nd Making Finance Work for Africa Advisory Council Meeting
Shapers of Africa's financial sector development gathered this year at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group held in Marrakech, Morocco, from May 27-31. Read more »
Africa: AfDB President's Annual Meetings Blog - The Afro-Optimist, the Afro-Realist
The 48th Annual Meeting of the African Development Bank - and the 39th of the African Development Fund - were officially launched under the high patronage of His Majesty King… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Highlights Africa's Emergence in New Global Economic Climate but Stresses Infrastructure and Skills Gap
AfDB President's Speech at the Opening of the 2013 Annual Meetings "Africa's Hour-Seizing the Moment"Donald Kaberuka, has told delegates at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Marrakesh,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Receives Made in Africa Foundation Award for His Efforts to Transform the Continent
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received on Wednesday evening in Marrakech the "Made in Africa Foundation Special Recognition Award", which took… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, Federal Government of Nigeria Sign Us $300 Million Loan Agreement
May 27th 2013 marked the beginning of yet another important relationship between the African Development Bank and The Federal Government of Nigeria. Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: Stakeholders Laud AfDB's Good Performance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) group has received high commendations from Heads of State, Ministers and Stakeholders attending the Bank's 2013 Annual Meetings in Marrakech,… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Committed to Continent's Economic Rebirth
African leaders are firmly committed to lead new policies based on a strong growth, rocketing demography and huge natural resource potential, to create the conditions of Africa's… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Supports Egypt's MSME's
The African Development Bank and the Government of Egypt on 29 May in Marrakech, Morocco, signed a US$2-million grant to help the country develop an enabling environment for micro,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, USAID, and Government of Sweden Launch Agriculture Fast Track Fund to Spur Investment in African Agricultural Infrastructure
Donald Kaberuka, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB); Rajiv Shah, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and Gunilla Carlsson,… Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: Libya Joins the African Development Fund Group of Donors
Libya's Minister of Finance, Al- Kilani Abdelkarim Al-Kilani Al-Jazi, announced during the African Development Bank's Annual Meetings in Marrakech that his country would join the… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: AfDB and WWF Call for Urgent Action to Combat Wildlife Crime
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and WWF will launch today a joint global call for action and commitment from governments and other institutions to combat the rampant illicit… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Committed to a Transition to Greener Economies and Growth
On Tuesday, May 28, the African Development Bank organized at its Annual Meetings in Marrakech a high-level side event discussing how African countries could grow green and… Read more »
East Africa: AfDBSupports Drought Resilience Programmes in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel
Discussions on how to build drought resilience in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel were held on 28 May 2013 in Marrakech on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the African… Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: AfDB Funds Mozambique's Massingir Dam Emergency Rehabilitation Project
The African Development Bank on May 28 in Marrakech, Morocco, granted a supplementary loan of US $33.213 million to the government of Mozambique for the rehabilitation of the… Read more »
May 30, 2013
Africa: President's AfDB Annual Meetings Blog - "For the Well-Being of a Billion People..."
Discussions continue throughout the night at the Bank's Annual Meetings in Marrakesh: some may be had around the dinner table, but most are round the desk. Read more »
May 29, 2013
Africa: Natural Resources - Putting the Interests of Africans First
Political leaders, finance experts have expressed the need to give priority to Africa's premier resource, its people through good governance and the use of proceeds from natural… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Posts Strong 2012 Operations Results, Launches New Strategic Focus On Inclusive Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group posted good operational results in 2012, the Bank's Treasurer, Pierre Van Peteghen, said in Marrakech on Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Read more »
Africa: Developing African Agriculture for the Continent's Inclusive Growth
Africa is now the world's second fastest-growing continent. Despite a decade of seismic shifts in the global economy, the continent has continued to accelerate its economic growth,… Read more »
Africa: Liberia and Rwanda Praised for Efforts to Meet Mdg Targets
With only 1,000 days to go before the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline, participants at a high-level seminar organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) have… Read more »
Africa: Project Financiers Gather in Marrakesh to Discuss Finance of Small and Medium-Sized Projects in Africa
A side event entitled Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA): Reaching out to Project Financiers in Africa was held during the African Development Bank's (AfDB) 2013 Annual… Read more »