September 21, 2010
Africa: AfDB Round Table On Climate Change-Importance of Environment in Development
"Climate Change permeates all discussions on development and how we address the challenges of finance is an important issue," AfDB Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,… Read more »
September 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves Climate Investment Funds' Implementation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Boards of Directors has authorized the signing of financial procedures agreements with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development… Read more »
September 15, 2010
Africa: African Development Fund's 12th Replenishment Raises at Least U.S. $9.35 Billion
Representatives of donor countries, accompanied by Ministerial representatives of recipient countries, met in Tunis on September 7 and 8, 2010, to discuss the Twelfth Replenishment… Read more »
September 07, 2010
Africa: AfDB's Response to Climate Change in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is taking a lead in addressing climate change issues which are adversely impacting on the African continent. According to Youssef Arfaoui,… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Participates in Stockholm World Water Week
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September 06, 2010
Africa: ADF and Climate Change
A strong replenishment of the African Development Fund will enable us to meet the growing demand for investment in clean, renewable energy from our African borrowing members. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports African Green Revolution Forum
The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) ended on September 4, 2010, with concrete resolutions to transform African agriculture and tackle issues of food security. Closing the… Read more »
September 03, 2010
Africa: AfDB Attends the African Green Revolution Forum
The African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) was officially opened on Thursday, 2 September 2010 in Accra, Ghana. The three-day forum, which is being held for the first time in… Read more »
July 05, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Participate in UN Climate Change Framework Convention Negotiations
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will attend the next round of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, scheduled to take place from 2-6… Read more »
July 26, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Participate at UN Climate Change Framework Convention Negotiations
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July 20, 2010
Africa: Small Projects, Big Progress - Support to Local Development in Burkina Faso
With little investment, some 30,000 households living on agriculture are emerging from a humble state to put some money aside, improve their daily life, prepare for the future and… Read more »
July 15, 2010
Africa: AfDB Group Approves U.S. $39.5 Million for Burkina Faso's Poverty Reduction Program
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional Arm of the African development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Thursday, 15 July 2010 in Tunis, a grant… Read more »
July 09, 2010
Africa: President Kaberuka Will Attend Second High Level Advisory Group On Climate Change Financing
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, will join other distinguished personalities at the second meeting of the High Level Advisory Group on Climate Change… Read more »
July 08, 2010
Africa: International Parliamentary Conference On Climate Change-AfDB Speaks for Africa
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July 02, 2010
Ghana: African Water Facility Grant for Ghana Project
The African Water Facility (AWF) has approved a 498,000 Euros grant to the Water Resources Commission in Ghana. Read more »
July 01, 2010
Africa: AfDB and Cameroon Sign Loan for Water and Sanitation Programme
The AfDB and Cameroon on June 29, 2010, in Tunis signed an UA 10 million ADF loan agreement and a UA 5 million grant agreement. Read more »
June 21, 2010
Africa: Africa Energy Forum
The Africa Energy Forum, launched in 1999, is Africa's premier annual power and gas investment and business forum, where governments and state utilities address the international… Read more »
June 14, 2010
Africa: AfDB Hosts Rwssi Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will on 14 June 2010 host the fourth Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting. Read more »
June 16, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves Additional US$ 32.5 Million for Kenya
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a supplementary loan of UA 22.05 million* (USD 32.5 million) to Kenya under the African Development… Read more »
Africa: African Water Facility Effectiveness Assessment Committee Meets in Tunis
On 18 June 2010, the African Water Facility (AWF)'s Effectiveness Assessment Committee will meet to review and discuss the report of an AWF Effectiveness Assessment that started… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Marks "World Day to Combat Desertification And Drought" With Positive Balance Sheet in Water Initiatives
With current developments re-increasing food insecurity in the Sahel, greater assistance to poorer countries merits attention at this particular time - Vice President A. Ordu Read more »
June 14, 2010
Africa: The AfDB Hosts the 4th Rural Water Supply And Sanitation Initiative
Tunis, June, 11th, 2010 - On 14 June 2010 the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosts the fourth Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSSI) Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting. Read more »
June 04, 2010
Africa: Margaret Kilo -"The African Diaspora Does Not Have to Relocate to the Continent in Order to Contribute to Its Development"
"The African Diaspora does not have to relocate to the continent in order to contribute to its development". Read more »
Africa: Sustainable Oil And Gas for the Future
The Society of Petroleum Engineers' Production and Operations Conference and Exhibition is a first for the Middle East and North Africa. This is the first conference in the region… Read more »
Africa: AWF - AfDB Approves a Grant to Finance the Songwe River Basin Development Programme Project
On 25 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved an African Water Facility (AWF) grant of 3.549 million Euros to the Governments of Malawi and the United Republic of… Read more »