December 10, 2012
Africa: ICA Members Meet to Discuss the Future of Infrastructure Development On the Continent
Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), representing the G8, the African Development Bank, World Bank, European Investment Bank, Development Bank of South… Read more »
Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Climate Change in Drought Prone Areas
An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »
Africa: 3rd Call for Proposal of the AfDB Migration and Development Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 3rd call for proposals of the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). Award amounts will range from 350,000 EUR… Read more »
December 07, 2012
Africa: Doha Discussion Centres On Managing Shared Watersheds in Africa in a Changing Climate
A group of high-level experts led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) gathered for a panel discussion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) on December 5 in Doha to… Read more »
Africa: Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Track Climate Financing
The African Development Bank led a team of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to develop a new joint approach to track climate financing including Adaptation and Mitigation… Read more »
December 06, 2012
Africa: AfDB and Kenya Sign Multi-Million Dollar Loan Agreement to Finance Hydroelectric Power Project
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday signed two loan agreements with the Government of Kenya amounting to millions of dollars to finance a major regional hydroelectric… Read more »
Africa: Forum On Youth Unemployment Sets Stage for 2012 Launch of the African Economic Outlook
"'Bread, freedom and social justice' is what Egyptian revolutionaries called for in the January 25 revolution; the one issue that touches on all of this is unemployment," Egypt's… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $24.7 Million Project to Support Capacity Building in Economic and Public Finance Management in Zimbabwe
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on December 5, 2012, approved a US $ 24.7 million (UA 16.12 million) grant to finance the Zimbabwe Capacity Building for… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Launches 2012 AfDB Evaluation Week
On Monday, 3 December, 2012, the AfDB Evaluation Week was launched by Donald Kaberuka, AfDB President; His Excellency Tertius Zongo, Former Prime Minster of Burkina Faso; Executive… Read more »
Africa: New AfDB Report Offers Concrete Proposals for African Countries to Benefit From the GCF
A new report by the African Development Bank, in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate… Read more »
East Africa: Board Approves ICT Strategy, Mena Transition Fund and Projects in East Africa
The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution's Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group's… Read more »
Africa: Africa Should Build Capacity to Use Green Climate Funds, Says AfDB Vice-President
On the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP18), underway from November 26 to December 7, 2012 in Doha, Qatar, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said… Read more »
December 04, 2012
Africa: The AfDB's Operations and Evaluation Department Celebrates 25 Years
The Operations Evaluation Department of the African Development Bank, OPEV, celebrated its 25 years of existence within the Bank with a week dedicated to evaluation, under the… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: Egypt's Government Commits to Creating 750,000 New Jobs
Prime Minister Hisham Kandil Opens a Joint African Development Bank and Social Fund for Development Youth Employment Forum Read more »
Africa: Interview with Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, EBRD
Mr. Joachim Schwarzer, Director for Germany, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and head of the EBRD mission to the African Development Bank, discusses the… Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: AFCOP to Launch AfriK4R Initiative At Fifth Annual Meeting
The African Community of Practice is organizing its fifth annual meeting to formally launch the Africa Knowledge for Results initiative (AfriK4R), an AfDB-funded project in Tunis,… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$103 Million Project to Support Higher Education, Science and Technology in Uganda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, on November 21, approved the Uganda Support to Higher Education, Science and Technology Project, a key Human Development… Read more »
Africa: The AWF, the Government of Sudan and the AfDB Jointly Launch the First Peace-Building Water Project in Darfur
Over 750,000 people from three Darfur states will have improved access to water supply and sanitation through a €3.3 million African Water Facility (AWF) grant. The project… Read more »
December 04, 2012
Africa: Interview With Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Mr. Enzo Quattrociocche, Secretary General, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), discusses the potential for collaboration between the EBRD and the African… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan
On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the African Development Institute (EADI) in collaboration with the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) launched a Project Implementation Workshop in Khartoum,… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Africa: Zeroing in On HIV/Aids in Africa - AfDB Joins Call for Zero New Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero Deaths
On December 1st, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will commemorate World AIDS Day at its headquarters in Tunis and field offices in 34 African countries. A resolute… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests $43.7 Million in Kenya's Higher Education Sector
The African Development Bank has approved a US $43.7 Million loan to the Kenyan Government to enhance education and training institutions and develop skills needed in the changing… Read more »
Africa: AfDB At COP18
Efforts from the international community and African countries to improve access to climate finance in Africa have yielded significant results in recent year; however the current… Read more »
November 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Seminar Promotes Private Sector Development in Central Africa
The African Development Bank Group's Regional Department for Central Africa (ORCE) and the African Development Institute (ADI), in collaboration with the Economic Community of… Read more »