September 29, 2011
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 24 Million Budget Support Loan for Zambia
The African Development Bank Board of Directors has approved a U.S.$ 24-million loan to finance Zambia's fourth poverty reduction budget support program. The African Development… Read more »
September 28, 2011
Africa: AfDB Reinforces Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund
The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 in Tunis an eight-and-a-half-year USD 45 million senior loan to the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, AUC and UNECA to Discuss Land Investment in Nairobi
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will on 4 and 5 October 2011 in Nairobi (Kenya),… Read more »
September 26, 2011
Africa: AfDB, Eskom Sign U.S.$ 365m Renewable Energy Loans
Investments underline African response to climate change challenge Read more »
Africa: The Achievement of the 2011 MFW4A Partnership Forum (AfDB)
The Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) held its 2011 Partnership Forum from the 15th to the 16th of September in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 2011 MFW4A Partnership Forum was… Read more »
September 25, 2011
Africa: AfDB, South Sudan Sign General Cooperation Agreement
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of South Sudan today signed a general cooperation agreement that will make it possible for the AfDB to extend financial and… Read more »
Africa: Development Partners Stand With Côte d'Ivoire (AfDB)
Second roundtable for Côte d'Ivoire reaffirms strong support of international community Read more »
September 22, 2011
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 258 Million Loans and Grants to Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Niger
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 20 September 2011 in Tunis approved loans and grants amounting to 160 million Units of Account* (U.S.$ 257.6… Read more »
September 20, 2011
Africa: New AfDB Study Takes in-Depth Look At China-Africa Partnership
China's trade with Africa has increased dramatically over recent years. By 2008, it surpassed the USD 100 billion mark to reach USD 114 billion. Despite the 2008 global financial… Read more »
Africa: China-Africa Relations Scrutinized in AfDB's New Book
The African Development Bank today released a book titled "China and Africa, An Emerging Partnership for Development?" In recent years, China has been the prominent emerging… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 15.7 Million Grant in Sierra Leone
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 14 September 2011 approved a grant of USD 15.7 million to Sierra Leone to finance the second Economic… Read more »
September 19, 2011
Africa: Regional Programme to Enhance Pastoralism Endorsed (AfDB)
At the end of a two-day regional workshop on livestock development and drought preparedness held in Djibouti, technical experts and development partners have endorsed a programme… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign 340 Million Dinars Loan Agreements
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Tunisian government, on 19 September 2011, signed two loan agreements totaling 340 million dinars. Both loans will finances… Read more »
September 16, 2011
Africa: Five New Countries Join Deauville Partnership (AfDB)
U.S.$ 38 billion available to aid change in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan Read more »
September 15, 2011
Africa: Launch of "Financing Africa - Through the Crisis and Beyond" (AfDB)
On 15 September 2011, the Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) will officially launch a new flagship publication, "Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and… Read more »
September 14, 2011
Africa: Djibouti Hosts Regional Workshop On Livestock Development (AfDB)
Following a regional study on sustainable livestock development in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) that was commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in October 2008, a… Read more »
September 12, 2011
Africa: Fragile Countries Must Lead in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (AfDB)
In closing intensive discussions on peacebuilding and statebuilding in Africa, African leaders and assembled experts called for new peace- and statebuilding goals to guide global… Read more »
September 09, 2011
Africa: U.S.$ 22.5m African Development Fund Loan for Bamako (AfDB)
Upscaling ICT & Entrepreneurship Skills in Mali and West Africa Read more »
North Africa: AfDB, Largest Investor of Private Equity Investment Fund in the Maghreb
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced on 6 September the first closing of the multi-sector private equity fund Maghreb Private Equity Fund III LLC ('MPEF III'), with a size… Read more »
September 08, 2011
Africa: Leaders Call for New Approach to Development in Fragile States (AfDB)
African leaders from fragile and conflict-affected countries called for a reassessment of the Millennium Development Goals and new approaches to development in Africa during a… Read more »
August 26, 2011
Africa: Boosting Rwanda's Energy Sector
The African Development Bank and other lenders have committed U.S.$91.25 million to the development of the Kivuwatt power project in Rwanda, under a loan agreement signed with… Read more »
August 25, 2011
East Africa: Kaberuka Attends AU Pledging Conference On Drought And Famine (AfDB)
"Time has come to address the root causes of the famines in the Horn." Read more »
September 07, 2011
Africa: Africa Regional Consultation On Peace-Building And State-Building
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and its international partners are jointly organizing an Africa regional consultation on peace-building and state-building in Addis Ababa,… Read more »
August 25, 2011
Africa: Africa Regional Consultation On Peace-Building And State-Building (AfDB)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and its international partners are jointly organizing an Africa regional consultations on peace-building and state-building in Addis Ababa,… Read more »
August 15, 2011
Africa: AfDB and Liberia Sign U.S. $56 Million Budget Support and Public Works Grant Agreements
As Bank Establishes Field Office in Monrovia Read more »