September 03, 2012
Africa: Supported By AfDB, Niger's Water Mobilization Project Receives Approval for U.S.$22 Million
Backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), Niger has received approval from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for US $22 million to support its Water Resources Mobilization… Read more »
September 04, 2012
Africa: Bank Training to Expand Investments in Climate Change Adaptation Via Global Environment Facility
In an effort to expand financing opportunities for climate change adaptation, the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Heralds Mozambique's Road Map to Green Economy
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, H.E. Armando Emilio Guebuza, officially launched the country's Green Economy Roadmap on June 21 during a high level side event at the… Read more »
August 27, 2012
Africa: AfDB Co-Authors Inclusive Green Growth Policy Toolkit for G20 Meeting
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the World Bank, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), prepared a policy… Read more »
Africa: SEFA Approves First Grant for Conceptualization of Green Tech Financial Facility
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African… Read more »
August 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water
Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by… Read more »
August 13, 2012
Africa: AWF and NEPAD to Boost Economic Development in the Songwe River Basin
The African Water Facility (AWF), in collaboration with New Partnership for Africa's Development - Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), hosted a meeting… Read more »
August 09, 2012
Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Droughts
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 »
August 02, 2012
Africa: Water Engineers Sponsored By AWF Graduate From 2IE Institute
A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Read more »
July 17, 2012
Africa: Afdb's Usd 33m Harar Water and Sanitation Project Comes On Stream
The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8… Read more »
July 11, 2012
Africa: AfDB Delegation Takes Part in First Workshop On Long-Term Finance On Climate Change
The first workshop on long-term finance related to climate change in a series initiated at the COP 17 conference in Durban in 2011 took place in Bonn, Germany, from 9 to 11 July… Read more »
July 05, 2012
Africa: Enhancing Implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plans in the Agriculture
The Bank, through the natural resources and environment management, and the compliance and safeguard divisions, is holding two regional workshops in Dakar, Senegal (July 5-6, 2012)… Read more »
June 22, 2012
Africa: Africa Day At Rio+20 - Continent Has Progressed but Faces New Challenges
African leaders and senior representatives of Africa's leading institutions assessed progress on sustainable development in Africa on 19 June, dubbed "Africa Day" at the United… Read more »
Africa: World Needs Nature-Based Solutions to Ecosystem Harm
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Italian government hosted an event at the UN Conference… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Commits Annual U.S.$ 1 Billion to Energy Sector in Africa At Rio+20
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will commit USD 1 billion a year to the energy sector, said the institution's president, Donald Kaberuka, on 21 June at the UN Conference on… Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: AfDB and WWF Rally Leaders to Invest in Africa's Natural Capital
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) have released a joint report on the state of environment in Africa, and are calling world leaders to… Read more »
Africa: Africa has Great Expectations from Rio+20, says afDB President
The outcome of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, currently taking place in Rio de Janeiro, is centrally important for the future of Africa, said the… Read more »
Africa: Promoting Inclusive Green Growth
In the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, the Africa @ Rio+20 organized a High Level panel discussion on "Promoting Inclusive Green Growth and… Read more »
June 19, 2012
Africa: AfDB and Other MDBSs Unite to Boost Spending On Sustainable Growth
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and five other multilateral development banks (MDBs) have agreed to significantly leverage their commitment to sustainable development. Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Development Needs Innovative Financing
Innovative sources of finance and resources from the private sector are key to achieving sustainable development in Africa, African leaders and world experts said yesterday at the… Read more »
June 18, 2012
Africa: Economic Valuation of Land Crucial for African Development
Land valuation was the topic of the first event held by the African Development Bank (AfDB) at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Hosts Talks On Accelerating Green Growth in Africa At Rio+20
How to ease the path of green growth in Africa was the subject of an African Development Bank (AfDB) event at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Hails Public-Private Partnerships As Major Aid to African Water and Sanitation
Public finance is not enough to meet Africa's growing need for better water and sanitation, said a senior African Development Bank (AfDB) official at a conference on the subject.… Read more »
June 15, 2012
Africa: AfDB at Rio+20 - Smoothing Way to Green and Thriving Africa
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is at Rio+20 to voice Africa's agenda until 22 June, with fellow African institutions such as the African Union Commission and the UN… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Other Development Banks Work On Common Reporting Method for Adaptation Finance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Joint MDB Adaptation Finance Tracking Workshop on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on… Read more »