November 12, 2012
Africa: AfDB Organizes the Second All-Africa Energy Week
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have co-organized the second "All Africa Energy Week (AAWE)"… Read more »
October 29, 2012
Africa: Eighth African Development Forum Wraps Up
The eighth African Development Forum (AFD VIII) wound up in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Thursday with the adoption of a Consensus Statement suggesting better ways in which African… Read more »
October 24, 2012
Africa: Recipes for Overturning Africa's Resource Curse to Blessing
The African agenda on governing and harnessing natural resources for development would have been unthinkable 10 years ago when many considered natural resources as curse, says… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia's Prime Minister Says Natural Resources Can Catalyze Africa's Development
Mineral resources are a catalyst for development in sub-Saharan Africa, whose share of global gross domestic product is a minuscule two per cent, Ethiopia's new Prime Minister,… Read more »
October 23, 2012
Africa: Africa Challenged to Harness Natural Resources for Inclusive Growth
The 8th African Development Forum (AFD VIII) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday with a call on African countries to harness their huge natural resources for the benefit of… Read more »
October 31, 2012
Africa: Asia - Africa Knowledge Exchange On Health Insurance
On Wednesday, Oct 31, the African Development Bank, the World Bank Institute and the Asia Network for Capacity Building in Health Systems Strengthening (ANHSS), will be sponsoring… Read more »
October 22, 2012
Africa: Dialogue On Natural Resources Management in Africa in Addis Ababa
Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), the Initiative for African Land Policy (LPI) and Section Support to the Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) of the ECA will organize a day of… Read more »
October 23, 2012
Africa: AfDB Long-Term Strategy to Feature At African Development Forum
Experts and management of the African Development Bank Group are geared up for the eighth African Development Forum (ADF VIII) to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from October… Read more »
September 20, 2012
Africa: AfDB Approves Us $348 Million in Funding for Kenya-Ethiopia Electricity Highway
The Board of the African Development Fund approved on Thursday, September 20, US $348 million in funding for a US $1.26-billion electricity highway project between Kenya and… Read more »
September 08, 2012
Africa: South-South Exchange of Know-How Is Essential for Africa's Economic Future, Says AfDB President
South-South investment and exchange of know-how are key sources of growth and prosperity in Africa - and Huajian Group of China's experience in Ethiopia is really edifying. Read more »
August 29, 2012
Africa: A Workshop On Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
The African Development Bank is conducting a second workshop with the theme "Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development - Africa Action… Read more »
August 27, 2012
Africa: Government of Ethiopia and AfDB Sign US$ 251-Million Loan Agreement to Finance Basic Services
The Government of Ethiopia and the African Development Bank signed a US$ 251-million loan agreement Friday for the "Promoting Basic Services" (PBS) Phase III Program at a ceremony… Read more »
August 22, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Mourns Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, has expressed his sadness over the passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of the Federal Democratic Republic… Read more »
July 26, 2012
Africa: AfDB Stands Ready to Support African Countries in Establishing Continental Free Trade
The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade… 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 »
May 24, 2012
Africa: African Water Facility Helps Boost Socio-Economic Development in Ethiopia and South-Sudan
Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin… Read more »
May 11, 2012
Africa: The Africa Economy Should Become a Transformation Economy
"The African economy which largely depends on the exploitation of natural resources should move on to become a transformation economy." This was one of the key messages of… Read more »
May 10, 2012
Africa: Lions@frica Partnership to Promote African Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the… Read more »
May 08, 2012
Africa: Ethiopia, Nigeria Get Financial Boost for Clean Energy
Ethiopia's efforts to increase energy efficiency and diversify its hydro-dependent energy mix through renewable energy got a USD 50 million boost from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »
May 09, 2012
Africa: Kaberuka Will Co-Chair 2012 World Economic Forum On Africa
AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka, will co-chair the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9 to11 May. Ethiopia is the second most populous… Read more »
April 23, 2012
Africa: Africa Shares Lessons Learned (so Far) in Renewable Energy
Teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, and Tanzania joined counterparts from around the world at the annual pilot countries meeting for the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia and Mali Set to Advance Renewable Energy Plans
Ethiopia and Mali are set to begin preparing renewable energy projects specified in their investment plan under the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries… Read more »
April 18, 2012
Africa: AfDB Co-Organizes 4th African Carbon Forum for Carbon Control
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-organizing the 4th African Carbon Forum, where the latest developments and knowledge on the carbon market will be aired, on 18 to 20… Read more »
April 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Partners With Africa-Wide Think Tank Mandela Institute
The African Development Bank (AfDB) partners with the Mandela Institute for Development Stories (Minds) to launch its dialogue series starting with the first one in Addis Ababa… Read more »
March 22, 2012
Africa: Regional Consultations On the Bank's Long Term Strategy Begins in Addis
The Regional Consultations on the African Development Bank's Long Term Strategy (LTS) for the Eastern Africa region began on 14 March 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This was the… Read more »