Africa: Luxembourg's Move to Join AfDB Demonstrates Attractiveness of our Institution, Says President Donald Kaberuka

Luxembourg has joined the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, becoming the institution's 26th non regional member country. African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves Us $50 Million Risk Participation Agreement With Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises to Boost Trade Finance in Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 7 in Tunis an unfunded US $50 million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with the Union de… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Approves a €40-million Risk Participation Agreement with BNP Paribas to Boost Trade Finance in Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, April 30 in Tunis an unfunded €40-million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with BNP… Read more »

Africa: "Ending Conflict and Building Peace in Africa - A Call to Action" Fragile States Report Discussed in Washington, DC

President Donald Kaberuka of the African Development Bank Group will present the final report of the High Level Panel on Fragile States titled "Ending conflict and building peace… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and EU Commission Reinforce Partnership on Africa's Transformation

A joint commitment under the theme of "Investing in People, Prosperity and Peace" was at the centre of the African and European leaders meeting in Brussels yesterday and today. Read more »

Gabon: AfDB Helps Gabon Officials Learn From Korean Management Culture

The African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) continues its series of African Officials Training Program on SMEs Policies in Korea. Eleven… Read more »

Tunisia: AfDB Suggests Tunisia Could Study Swedish Model

If at first glance it seems that Sweden and Tunisia have little in common, especially when one talks about economic development, a second glance gives a surprising answer. Read more »

West Africa: Kaberuka and UK Special Envoy Discuss Development Challenges of the Sahel Region

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and United Kingdom Special Envoy to the Sahel, Stephen O'Brien, held talks on the Sahel region on Wednesday, February 5,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and the People's Bank of China Commit to Expand Relations

Dingxin Gao, the Chief Representative of the People's Bank of China (PBC) in Tunisia, held talks with African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka on Wednesday,… Read more »

Africa: China Welcomes AfDB' Leadership in Ensuring the Sustainability of Projects in Africa

A delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB), led by Anthony Nyong, Division Manager, Compliance and Safeguard was in Beijing, China from 17th to 19th December 2013 for a… Read more »

Africa: Japan Supports AfDB in Entrepreneurship

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the government of Japan signed on 16 December, 2013 a bilateral Exchange of Notes for a loan to the AfDB of 9.48 billion Japanese yen (about… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and China to Engage On Environmental and Social Sustainability

An AfDB delegation, led by its Compliance and Safeguard Experts, will be travelling to Beijing from December 17-19 to exchange with Chinese authorities on policies and guidelines… Read more »

Africa: Report On "A Future Partnership Between France and Africa" Pays Tribute to Work of the AfDB

Thirty-two times. Indeed, the initials "AfDB", for African Development Bank, appear 32 times in the report entitled "Un partenariat pour l'avenir: 15 propositions pour une nouvelle… Read more »

Africa: MDBs Meet to Discuss Alignment of Procurement Policies and Procedures

The Heads of Procurement (HoP) of the Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) met in Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, November 10-13, 2013 to… Read more »

Africa: Asian Development Bank President Hails AfDB's Work On Clean Energy Financing

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) work in clean energy financing received some welcome recognition last week from Asian Development Bank President (ADB) Takehiko Nakao. The ADB… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Strengthen Cooperation with the European Commission

Following a series of recent high level interactions between African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and European Commission (EC) Development Commissioner,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to co-host "Africa Day" in Washington

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in collaboration with the World Bank Group will host the first-ever "Africa Day" during the Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week 2013,… Read more »

Lesotho: ADF Loan for Greater Transparency and Accountability of Public Sector Spending in Lesotho

The African Development Fund (ADF) - the soft loan arm of the African Development Bank Group - approved a grant of USD 3.99 million for an institutional support project for the… Read more »

Benin: AfDB Approves US$67.19 Million for Agricultural Infrastructure in Benin

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 in Tunis approved a combination of one loan and two grants amounting to US$ 67.19… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Delivers International Monitoring and Evaluation Knowledge Workshop

The African Water Facility (AWF), jointly with the Government of Malawi, organized a two-day international workshop on monitoring and information management with the support of the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Expands Climate Finance Outreach with New Growing Green Africa Series

The African Development Bank (AfDB), as a key implementing agency for the $7.6 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), has launched a new Growing Green series to expand stakeholder… Read more »

Africa: Climate Change in Africa - AfDB Advocates Gradual Transition to Green Growth

"Africa needs to change its development trajectory in order in order to win its fight against both poverty and climate change," said the African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice… Read more »

Cameroon: Farmers in Cameroon to Benefit From U.S.$25.70 Million

Farmers in the North-Western region of Cameroon will benefit from a loan and a grant amounting to US$25.70 million (UA 16,800 million) approved by the African Development Bank's… Read more »

Burundi: AfDB and Burundi Discuss Ways to Address the Country's Fragility

Members of the African Development Bank (AfDB)'s High Level Panel on Fragile States, Greg Mills and Rakiya Omaar, undertook from 23rd to 24th October 2013, a mission to Burundi to… Read more »

Africa: Agriculture Transformational Projects and Programmes

Under its Strategy for 2013-2022, "At the Center of Africa's Transformation", and its Agriculture Sector Strategy 2010-2014, the African Development Bank has designed a new set of… Read more »