May 26, 2010
Africa: Climate Change And Food Crisis - The Imperative of Modernizing Agricultural Techniques
Sub-Saharan Africa is said to be the most vulnerable region to the effects of climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme weather conditions. Read more »
Africa: "The AfDB is Implementing a Proactive Policy for Mitigating Climate Change", Says VP Pittman
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has adopted an aggressive climate change policy not because the resources are available, but because clients need it, the AfDB vice… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Dominates AfDB Annual Meetings Seminars
Climate Change and its impact on Africa's social and economic development is on the front burner of this year's African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Annual Meetings High Level… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations
USD 39.40 million ADF Grant for Liberia Water and Sanitation Read more »
May 19, 2010
Africa: Liberia - AfDB Approves Urban Water And Sanitation Project to Benefit More Than Half a Million People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 19 May 2010 in Tunis, a grant of UA… Read more »
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Contributing to Improving Access to Education
Costing 53 million units of account (equivalent to CFAF 39 billion), the project was approved for African Development Fund (ADF) financing on 24 September 1992 and was completed on… Read more »
May 14, 2010
Africa: AfDB President Announces Senior Women Appointments
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the following appointment Read more »
May 04, 2010
Africa: Bank Group Launches African Climate Institutions Support Project
The African Development Bank Group launched on Monday, 3 May 2010 in Tunis, an African climate institutions support project which will run from 2010-2012. The project is estimated… Read more »
April 30, 2010
Africa: AfDB President Applauds Cape Verde's Graduation to Middle Income Country And Mdg Achievements Despite Hostile Initial Conditions
Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of "policy induced graduation" on the continent, as opposed to natural… Read more »
April 29, 2010
Africa: Interview with Climate Change Specialist, Uzoamaka Nwamarah On "Prospects for an Africa Carbon Facility"
The Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (OSUS) Unit recently hosted a roundtable on the economics of adaptation. The unit will, from April 29-30, 2010, host a… Read more »
April 26, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Host Roundtable On Adaptation Economics for Africa in Tunis
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April 21, 2010
Africa: ADEA: Educating for Sustainable Development
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), organized in Tunis, 19-21 April 2010, a seminar on the preparation of its Triennale on education in Africa, a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Records Notable Achievements in Climate Change and Clean Energy
Over the past one year, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has registered tremendous achievements in the area of climate change. Read more »
Africa: AfDB: The Role of Law in Development for the African Continent
The African Development Bank (AfDB) legal counsel, Kalidou Gadio, was in the U.S. where he participated in the 2010 Harvard African Law and Development Conference from 16-18 April… Read more »
April 20, 2010
Africa: AfDB Green Growth Strategy to Usher New Green Deal for Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is undertaking a study to produce an "Africa Green Growth Strategy". Read more »
Africa: AfDB Joins Its Development Partners to Mark the 40th Earth Day
Forty years after, the Earth is still in the throes of climate change Read more »
April 14, 2010
Africa: "Thanks to AfDB Facilities, We Have Been Able to Expand Access to Water And Sanitation in Mali "
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, 14 April 2010, in Tunis received a Malian delegation led by the country's energy and water minister, Igor Diarra. The delegation… Read more »
April 15, 2010
Africa: The AfDB Group Approves an AWF Grant to the Gambia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, approved an African Water Facility grant of 1,988,582 Euros to The Gambia to support a National Water Sector Reform… Read more »
April 09, 2010
Africa: Kenya - Green Zones Development Support Project - Promoting Conservation, Employment And Food Security
The Kenyan government's efforts to arrest the depletion of the country's forest and promote environmentally sustainable agriculture is receiving a big boost from the African… Read more »
April 08, 2010
Africa: AfDB And Morocco Negotiate Rabat-Casablanca Coast Water Supply Project
AfDB water and sanitations experts and a Moroccan delegation from the country's national water authority (ONEP) and economy ministry have entered into discussion regarding the… Read more »
March 28, 2010
Africa: AfDB At 2010 Global Conference On Agricultural Research for Development
An AfDB delegation led by Sector Operations Vice President, Kamal El Kheshen, participated in a conference on agricultural research for development (GCARD 2010) which took place… Read more »
April 02, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Participate in First Africa Meteorology Ministers Conference
The African Development Bank will participate in the First Conference of Ministers Responsible for Meteorology in Africa scheduled to take place from 12-16 April in Nairobi, Kenya.… Read more »
Africa: AfDB/Burundi - Launch of Infrastructure Action Plan for Sustainable Development
The Government of Burundi and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will officially launch an "Action Plan for Infrastructure in Burundi" in Bujumbura on 2 April. Read more »
March 25, 2010
Africa: AfDB - Building More Effective Partnerships
The AfDB Partnership Forum 2010 got underway on Wednesday 24 March 2010 in Tunis, with a strong emphasis on the need to improve dialogue and cooperation in support of Africa's… Read more »
March 24, 2010
Africa: AfDB Ethiopia Field Office Other Stakeholders in Celebrating World Water Day
At the invitation of Asfaw Dingamo, Minister of Water Resources, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Ethiopia Field Office joined officials of the Government, Parliamentarians and… Read more »