March 11, 2013
East Africa: AfDB's Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program in the Horn of Africa
A team from the African Development Bank Group, led by Abdoulaye Dagamaissa, Manager, Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (OSAN), and comprising Harouna Dosso, Senior… Read more »
Africa: Africa-Wide Consultation On the Post-2015 Development Agenda and Review of Africa's Progress Toward the Mdgs
The 2015 deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals has led to a flurry of activities on what the post-2015 development agenda should look like. Should the MDGs be… Read more »
March 07, 2013
Africa: The African Water Facility Increases Access to Water Supply and Sanitation in Zimbabwe
Funded by the African Water Facility (AWF) to the amount of US $3 million, the project designed to rehabilitate the water supply and sewerage systems in Chitungwiza will be handed… Read more »
Africa: Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf On Women and Gender
Your Excellency President Johnson Sirleaf, as the first woman to be elected leader of an African country in modern history and a Nobel Peace Prize-winning advocate for women's… Read more »
Africa: IWD - AfDB Private Sector Operations Create Opportunities for African Women
Alleviating poverty through entrepreneurship is a key tool for economic empowerment of women in Africa. Women represent over half of Africa's population and have the potential to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Experience in Promoting Gender Equality in Africa
African Development Bank operations have had a profound impact on women's lives in Africa. Several successful examples from various education, employment, microfinance, social… Read more »
Africa: AfDB - Development Must Not Be a Footnote
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka says development is not something to do once the other problems have been solved because it is part of the solution to today's… Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day 2013 - the Gender Agenda - Gaining Momentum
"International Women's Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realizing how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity… Read more »
Africa: Climate for Development in Africa Committee Vows Partners Will Stay the Course
The 4th Session of the Steering Committee Meeting of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative opened in Tunis, Tunisia, on Wednesday, March 6 with a strong… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Call to Support African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
The African Development Bank Group invites Regional Member Countries and donors to support the Africa fertilizer financing mechanism (AFFM) financially to enable the mechanism to… Read more »
Africa: From the President On the Occasion of International Women's Day
International Women's Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realizing how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity… Read more »
March 06, 2013
Africa: Africa Fights Climate Change in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting the fourth meeting of the Board of Program Directors of the Climate for Development in Africa Initiative (Clim-Dev) on March 6 and 7… Read more »
March 11, 2013
Africa: Africa Wide Consultation On the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ministers, parliamentarians, policy-makers, members of the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda, as well as representatives from civil society, youth… Read more »
March 04, 2013
Africa: Bank President On Official Visit
Within the framework of his official visit to Togo, African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, accompanied by his close advisers, was received on Friday, March 1,… Read more »
Africa: Competition and Market Structure in the Zambian Banking Sector
Studies on banking competition in developing countries, and especially in Africa, are sparse. This 2013 study, published by the Chief Economist Complex of the African Development… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and BIDC Sign a US $950,000 Technical Assistance Grant
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Investment and Development Bank of the Economic Community of West African States (EBID) signed today a grant agreement amounting to US… Read more »
March 01, 2013
West Africa: Ouattara and Kaberuka Discuss Regional Integration in the Sahel
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, was received on Thursday, February 28 in Yamoussoukro by Alassane Ouattara, President of Côte D'Ivoire.… Read more »
Africa: Heads of Multilateral Development Banks Renewed Commitment for Greater Cooperation
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), met on February 25 in Washington, DC, the heads of the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and… Read more »
February 28, 2013
Africa: Afdb President On Official Visit to Togo
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, is on mission to Togo from March 1-3, 2013, where he will inaugurate the Bank's new country office in… Read more »
Africa: First Steps of Bank's Return to Abidjan
An improved socio-economic setting A commitment of US $1 billion for Côte d'Ivoire Homage to ECOWAS for ongoing peace initiatives Read more »
Africa: Consultation With Stakeholders From 11 African Countries Confirm Need for Technical and Vocational Skills Development and Business Incubators
The African Development Bank consulted Governments, development partners, the private sector, civil society, youth, and educational and training institutions on technical… Read more »
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Call for More Coordination On Global Development
Leaders of the African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Economic Reforms in Developing Countries Rethinking Budgetary Aid?
This paper, published in January 2013 by the Chief Economist Complex of the African Development Bank, examines donor practices in the use of budgetary aid to promote economic and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S $300-Million Loan to Nigeria
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved Wednesday in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, a loan of US $300 million to finance the Transport Sector and… Read more »
February 27, 2013
Africa: AfDB Cites African Countries' Integrated Climate Resilience Solutions in the Water Sector in Cif Global 2012 Annual Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has laid out solutions some African countries are about to apply, with help from the AfDB and the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), to respond to… Read more »