March 14, 2012
Africa: 'There Is Strong Commitment to Customs Modernization in Africa'
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) have recently signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening the efforts of both… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Co-Hosts High-Level Debate On Water Security in Africa
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, will make the opening speech at a high-level event at the Sixth World Water Forum today, 14 March 2012, in… Read more »
March 13, 2012
Africa: African Parliamentarians Promote Private Sector Development
The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with the Rwandan government and parliament is holding a special Parliamentary… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Calls for Contributions to the Preparation of the Long Term Strategy
This is a time of profound change for Africa and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Africa has seen an unparalleled and sustained improvement in growth with an increasing number… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 200M Line of Credit to AFC for Infrastructure Support
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on February 15, 2012 a USD 200 million line of credit (LOC) in favour of the Africa Finance Corporation… Read more »
Africa: Annual Meetings Takes Theme of Africa's Role in Emerging Global Landscape
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will hold its Annual Meetings this year in Arusha, Tanzania, from 28 May to 1 June. Read more »
Africa: ALSF-PALU: Partnering to build a foundation for better commercial contracts
As lawyers from central and west Africa meet in Cameroon this week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions, the African Legal Services… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Organises the First Africa Forum on STI, for Youth Employment
The African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural… Read more »
March 12, 2012
Africa: Strengthening Water Security in Africa
The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB in Talks With East and Southern African Civil Society
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs) in east and southern Africa are holding partnership talks in Nairobi, Kenya, aimed at… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Co-Host Conference On Future of Private Sector in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-hosting a major conference on the development of the private sector in Africa and its crucial role for economic growth, job creation and… Read more »
March 09, 2012
Africa: Strengthening Africa's Negotiating Voice At Rio+20
African Development Bank (AfDB) experts will, join partners on 15 March 2012 in New York City, to provide a training session for African negotiators in support of preparations for… Read more »
March 12, 2012
Africa: Legal Experts Plan Talks to Boost Legal Support for Commerce in West and Central Africa
Lawyers from central and west Africa are to meet in Cameroon next week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions. Read more »
March 08, 2012
Africa: Drawing Up the AfDB's Long Term Strategy. Have Your Say!
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is in the process of formulating a Long Term Strategy (LTS) to guide its operation in Africa for the ten-year period between 2013 and… Read more »
Africa: The President of Liberia, On the Occasion of the International Women's Day
Madame President, you remain Africa's first and only female president. Could you please tell the women of Africa how you manage to balance family life and the responsibilities of… Read more »
Africa: Japanese Official Affirms Support for Growth-Oriented Africa On Visit to AfDB
Japan's vice-minister of finance for international affairs, Mr Takehiko Nakao, visited the African Development Bank (AfDB) on 8 March 2012, and held talks with the AfDB president,… Read more »
March 07, 2012
Africa: New AfDB Study On Energy Reform in Africa Uses Nigeria As Case Study
The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal… Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day 2012 - Connecting Girls - Inspiring Futures
The African Development Bank will be celebrating International Women's Day on Thursday, 8 March. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests in First Private Sector Project in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a €58 million loan (equivalent to FCFA 38 billion) towards the financing of the construction, operation… Read more »
March 29, 2012
Africa: AfDB and Yes Bank to Hold an Indo-African Knowledge Exchange Workshop
Workshop to focus on Cross-Border Mobile Payments and Regional Financial Integration Read more »
March 06, 2012
Africa: Africa's Progress to Better Water and Sanitation 'Slow' , Says AfDB
More Africans have access to safe, clean water, but progress has been slow and mixed across the continent, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »
March 02, 2012
Africa: AfDB Joins the Center for Learning On Evaluation and Results (CLEAR)
To host global forum in September 2012 in Tunis Two regional centers in Africa: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Centre Africain d'Etudes Supérieures… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Urges YPS to Be Bold and Innovative
AfDB president Donald Kaberuka gave a pep talk this week to a group of more than sixty of the Bank's Young Professionals, discussing their role in the institution's overall… Read more »
Africa: First ICA Water Platform Meeting
The Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) will hold its first ICA Water Platform Meeting on 8 and 9 March 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany. The purpose of the event is to identify… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Has Talks With IFC On Local Currency Project Financing
AfDB president Donald Kaberuka had talks this week in Tunis with the Vice President of the International Finance Corporation, Mr Jingdong Hua, on joint projects in Africa between… Read more »