June 16, 2008
Africa: Congo Basin Forest Fund - the British Government Makes an Initial Donation of 100 Million U.S Dollars
In March 2007 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the British Government's intention to contribute an initial £ 50 million (US$ 100 million) to a Congo Basin… Read more »
June 04, 2008
Africa: AfDB Calls for Transparent Management of Africa's Mineral Resources
Tunis, 3 June 2008 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has called for a more transparent management of Africa's mineral resources, underscoring the fact that the extraction… Read more »
June 03, 2008
Africa: Bank Group Participates in TICAD IV
An African Development Bank (AfDB) Group delegation led by the institution's president, Donald Kaberuka, last week attended the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African… Read more »
May 14, 2008
Africa: Turkey Joins African Development Bank Group
Maputo, Mozambique, 14 May 2008 - The Republic of Turkey has become the 25th Non-Regional Member of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group following the approval of its… Read more »
May 15, 2008
Africa: AfDB And Export-Import Bank of China Sign Partnership Agreement
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Export-Import Bank of China (CEXIM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to facilitate cooperation between the two… Read more »
April 18, 2008
Africa: Leveraging Resources for SMEs in Africa
Small and Medium Enterprises are critical to the developed world and even more so to emerging economies. Empirical evidence has shown that SMEs are the backbone of the developed… Read more »
April 15, 2008
Africa: Canada and AfDB Group Launch New Technical Cooperation Fund to Finance Development Projects in Africa
The Government of Canada and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announce a new Technical Cooperation Arrangement under which Canada is providing Can.$5 million to a… Read more »
