May 28, 2015
Africa: Panelists Call for Strong Paris Agreement, Climate Finance Justice for Africa
Panelists at high-level event on climate change on Tuesday have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds, sufficient to… Read more »
May 27, 2015
Africa: African Ecological Futures - 2015 Report Now Available
The 2015 African Ecological Futures report, launched Tuesday, May 26 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, during the 50th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and… Read more »
May 22, 2015
Africa: Sefa Calls for Proposals to Support Green Mini-Grid Development
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has called for proposals to support the creation of an enabling policy and market environment for green mini-grids (GMGs) in an effort… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Reach Tipping Point As Pilots for Renewable Energy, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Forests
At its governing body meetings last week, the $8.1 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed 9 African nations to serve as pilot countries for critical aspects of… Read more »
May 08, 2015
Africa: AfDB's New Fund Paves the Way for Climate Finance Readiness in Africa
Launched in April 2014 with a EUR 4.725 million contribution from Germany for an initial three-year period, the African Development Bank-sponsored Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF)… Read more »
May 06, 2015
Africa: AfDB Showcases Initiatives for Addressing Climate Change At Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit
The first Africa Climate Resilient Infrastructure Summit (ACRIS I), which concluded on April 29, 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, offered an opportunity for the African Development… Read more »
May 04, 2015
Africa: AfDB Now Supports 30 Countries to Advance On Environment-Smart Projects With Gef - Annual Report
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is an implementing agency for the Global Environment Facility since 2008. The relatively young portfolio has 28 projects over 30 countries on… Read more »
April 20, 2015
Africa: African Ministers Unite in Calling for Strong Universal Climate Agreement and Sufficient Finance to Unlock Africa's Potential
Private and public sectors join in quest for market and finance opportunities at 7th Africa Carbon Forum Read more »
April 16, 2015
Africa: AfDB Fast Tracks to Join Green Climate Fund's Newly Accredited Agencies to Channel More Climate Finance to the Continent
The African Development Bank is working diligently to join the Green Climate Fund's (GCF) seven newly accredited agencies in order to become a key multilateral implementing agency… Read more »
April 12, 2015
Africa: AfDB Promotes Water for the Future At 2015 World Water Forum in Korea
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Africa: AfDB to Promote Water for the Future At 2015 World Water Forum in Korea
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April 13, 2015
Sudan: AfDB Jointly Supervises the Darfur Water Project With Unamid
Photo (left to right): Yousif Eltahir (Senior Economist, AfDB Sudan Field Office), Hisham Elamir (DWP Project Manager), Dr. Abdul Kamara (UNAMID Deputy Joint Special… Read more »
March 26, 2015
Africa: Assessing National Capacity On Environmental and Social Safeguards in Africa
Development partners have a key role to play in supporting Africa's endeavours in the areas of environmental capacity and good governance, in line with the requirement of the… Read more »
March 20, 2015
Africa: World Water Day - Every Drop Counts, Thus the Need to Protect Africans Against Water-Related Disasters
Ivorian Government officials and Members of Parliament, representatives of the private sector, international development partners as well as African Development Bank's (AfDB) water… Read more »
Africa: World Water Day 2015 - "Water and Sustainable Development"
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March 16, 2015
Africa: Technology Transfer to Boost Sustainability of Water Supply and Sewerage Services
As part of the African Development Bank's efforts to increase the transfer of technologies and skills to the African continent, Malinne Blomberg, Chief Financial Analyst in AfDB's… Read more »
March 05, 2015
Africa: AfDB Pledges Support to Sustainable Natural Resources Management At Environment Conference in Cairo
The 15th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) kicked off this week in Cairo, Egypt, where participants underscored the importance of… Read more »
Uganda: Global Environment Facility (GEF) Supports Climate Resilience in Uganda
The African Development Bank Board approved an additional financing of US $8.37 million (on March 4, 2015 from the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Least Developed Countries… Read more »
March 03, 2015
Africa: World Wildlife Day - AfDB On the Front Lines in the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Less than two years ago, on December 20, 2013, the UN proclaimed March 3 (the date of adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and… Read more »
February 26, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Now Supports 27 African Countries to Advance Climate-Smart Initiatives, Report Says
In its 2014 Annual Report Financing Change: AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa released Thursday, February 26, the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that its support to… Read more »
February 19, 2015
South Africa: AWF Sanitation Project in South Africa to Raise School Girl Attendance
The African Water Facility announced on Monday, February 16, 2015, that it is providing a €1.2-million grant to help improve school sanitation facilities in Eastern Cape… Read more »
Africa: 2015 Africa CEO Forum - "Africa's New Economic Environment" On the Agenda
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February 12, 2015
Africa: AfDB Awards U.S.$1 Million Emergency Relief Assistance for Drought Victims in Somalia
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire… Read more »
January 30, 2015
Africa: Access to Water and Sanitation - AfDB, Partners Advocate More Funding for Least Advanced Countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) reiterated on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Addis Ababa, its commitment to mobilize additional resources for the Kigali Action Plan. This Plan… Read more »
January 22, 2015
Africa: AfDB Climate Change Committee Shares Outcomes of Cop20 and Looks Ahead to Paris Climate Talks
On Wednesday, January 21, the African Development Bank's Climate Change Coordination Committee (CCCC) organized a knowledge sharing seminar at the institution's headquarters in… Read more »