October 28, 2010
Africa: AEC 2010 - Interview with Dr. Joseph Okpaku
"I have often said that societies are built and sustained on the strength of their intellectual capacity. If you unplug this capacity, society will die," says Dr. Joseph O. Okpaku,… Read more »
October 27, 2010
Africa: AfDB Must Engage With New Partners On Solid Ground, Says Afdb Chief Economist
The new partnerships in which Africa is currently engaged are expected to enable the continent boost its infrastructure development efforts, strengthen governance, remove obstacles… Read more »
October 25, 2010
Africa: Wole Soyinka - "Reversing Brain Drain is Key to Africa's Development"
The first African to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Wole Soyinka, has said that the reversal of Africa's brain drain is key to the continent's development. Read more »
October 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$20 Million Private Sector Equity Investment in Africa Forestry Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 in Tunis, a U.S.$20 million equity investment in the Global Environment Fund… Read more »
Africa: Fertilizers, Food Production And Poverty Eradication in Africa
The Chief Executive Officer of the Alabama-based International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), Amit Roy, has said that fertilizers are strong factors in efforts at increasing… Read more »
East Africa: Workshop On Domestic Resource Mobilization for Poverty Reduction in East Africa
Robust domestic resource mobilization is the cornerstone for sustainable development. Donor assistance can bridge the fiscal gap for a while but ultimately cannot substitute for… Read more »
October 18, 2010
Africa: Wole Soyinka - Reinforcing the Role of African Intellectuals in Development
Professor Wole Soyinka, first African Nobel Laureate in literature, will be the next guest of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Program on 25 October 2010 in… Read more »
October 15, 2010
Africa: ADF VII - Dealing With Africa's Climate Change Financing Needs
"Africa has urgent and enormous climate change financing needs, but existing sources of financing and disbursement are inadequate," said AfDB compliance and safeguards manager,… Read more »
October 14, 2010
Africa: 7th ADF High Level Leadership Dialogue-Kaberuka, Meles, Stoltenberg, Mogae And Ping On Climate Change
Recalling memories of the devastating impact of climate change on the economies of African countries, African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said climate… Read more »
Africa: AfDB And Partners Launch ClimDev Programme
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on Wednesday October 13, 2010 in Addis Ababa,… Read more »
Africa: Seventh ADF - African Ministers Support Africa Green Fund
Several African ministers, speaking for their governments at the Seventh African Development Forum held on Tuesday, 12 October 2010 in Addis Ababa, unanimously supported the… Read more »
Africa: 7th ADF High Level Leadership Dialogue-Kaberuka, Meles, Stoltenberg And Mogae On Climate Change
Recalling memories of the devastating impact of climate change on the economies of African countries, African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said climate… Read more »
October 08, 2010
Africa: Managing Climate Change - A Critical Governance Issue for Africa
Managing climate change has become a governance issue. Consequent upon African Development Bank's (AfDB's) commitment to both governance and climate change, the institution's… Read more »
October 07, 2010
Africa: "The Seventh African Development Forum (ADF) Will Ensure Adequate African Approach to the Continent's Concerns And Priorities On Climate Change"
Interview with AfDB Quality and Compliance Manager, Anthony Nyong Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Rwanda's Manufacturing Sector Approves U.S.$ 30 Million Loan to Cement Company
Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, 6 October 2010 in Tunis, a U.S.$ 30-million loan to finance the construction of… Read more »
Africa: Development Forum to Address Concerns on Climate Change
Interview with AfDB Quality and Compliance Manager, Anthony Nyong Read more »
October 06, 2010
Africa: Seventh African Development Forum Mainstreaming Climate Change in Development
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September 29, 2010
Africa: AfDB Supports Investment in Hospitality Sector in Ghana
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a U.S.$ 18 million loan to GCC Resorts Limited Company for the construction of Kempinski Hotel in Accra,… Read more »
September 30, 2010
Africa: AfDB Group Results Measurement Framework - Reinforcing Development Outcomes for Africa
On 22 September 2010, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved the institution's Results Measurement Framework (RMF). Read more »
September 29, 2010
Africa: AfDB Promotes Regional Integration - U.S.$ 95.6 Million to Zambia for Nacala Corridor
Tunis - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Monday, 27 September 2010 in… Read more »
September 28, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 25 Million Equity Investment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors on Wednesday 27 September 2010, approved a U.S.$ 25 million equity investment to support the Summit Development Group… Read more »
September 24, 2010
Africa: AfDB Prioritizes Efforts to Mitigate Climate Change Impact
"If not in Africa, where else? If not by the African Development Bank, who else? If not now, when?" It was with this string of questions that the AfDB Compliance and Safeguards… Read more »
September 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB Consultation On African Climate Change Financing Perspectives
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a two-day roundtable consultation on African Perspectives on Climate Change Financing, from 21-22 September 2010 in Tunis. Read more »
September 17, 2010
Africa: AfDB Advocates Strong, Sustained and Shared Growth in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, has been invited to co-chair the round-table to be held on the theme: "Domestic resource mobilization: achieving… Read more »
September 21, 2010
Africa: Africa - Gains On Anti-Poverty Goals Associated With Bold And Innovative Policies
Africa has made steady progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a report launched today by the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank… Read more »