December 05, 2012
Africa: Egypt's Government Commits to Creating 750,000 New Jobs
Prime Minister Hisham Kandil Opens a Joint African Development Bank and Social Fund for Development Youth Employment Forum Read more »
December 11, 2012
Africa: AFCOP to Launch AfriK4R Initiative At Fifth Annual Meeting
The African Community of Practice is organizing its fifth annual meeting to formally launch the Africa Knowledge for Results initiative (AfriK4R), an AfDB-funded project in Tunis,… Read more »
December 05, 2012
Africa: The AfDB Targets Solutions to Youth Unemployment in Cooperation With the Social Fund for Development At High-Level Dialogue in Cairo
On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB), one of the region's top financial institutions, will host a high-level policy dialogue chaired by Prime… Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: Project Implementation Workshop Kicks Off in Khartoum, Sudan
On Sunday, December 2, 2012, the African Development Institute (EADI) in collaboration with the Sudan Field Office (SDFO) launched a Project Implementation Workshop in Khartoum,… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Africa: AfDB At COP18
Efforts from the international community and African countries to improve access to climate finance in Africa have yielded significant results in recent year; however the current… Read more »
November 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Seminar Promotes Private Sector Development in Central Africa
The African Development Bank Group's Regional Department for Central Africa (ORCE) and the African Development Institute (ADI), in collaboration with the Economic Community of… Read more »
November 29, 2012
Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign a 387.6 Million Euro Loan Agreement to Support the Reforms During Transition Period
The African Development Bank, represented by Vice-President Ndoumbe Lobé and the Tunisian Minister for Investment and International Cooperation, Riadh Bettaieb, signed a… Read more »
November 27, 2012
Africa: Africa CEO Forum - What Development Strategies Lie Ahead for African Leaders?
African Enterprise at the Heart of Discussions Read more »
November 16, 2012
Africa: International Partners Pledge Continued Support in Recognition of Burundi's Achievements and Commitments
At today's meeting of the Burundi Configuration of the UN Peace Building Commission in New York, the African Development Bank, the European Union, the International Monetary Fund,… Read more »
November 13, 2012
Africa: Putting Theory Into Practice - Africa-Asia Knowledge Sharing Session On Health Insurance in Beijing
More than 50 policy-makers, implementers, students, experts and civil society representatives from Asia and Africa met on October 31 in Beijing, China, to share and discuss ideas… Read more »
Africa: Funding Meeting Supports Large Scale Peri-Urban Sanitation Project in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Representatives of various local, regional and international development agencies and from different levels of Government met in Ouagadougou to discuss the funding of a sanitation… Read more »
December 03, 2012
Africa: AfDB to Hold 2012 Evaluation Week in Celebration of 25 Years of Evaluation
This year the African Development Bank will mark 25 years of evaluation work during Evaluation Week, which will take place in Tunis, Tunisia, from December 3 to 6, 2012. Read more »
November 09, 2012
Africa: President Kaberuka Meets With Uganda's Head of State, Yoweri Museveni
African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka met with Uganda's Head of State, Yoweri Museveni, on Tuesday, November 6 in Kampala. Read more »
Africa: The Winners - Beneficiaries of the Thika Superhighway
"I can now close my business late and reach home in good time to help my kids with their homework." - Norah, pharmacy owner Read more »
East Africa: AfDB-Funded Thika Superhighway - A Masterpiece for East Africa 'A National Pride' - President Mwai Kibaki
The 50-km Nairobi-Thika superhighway, described by Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki as a source of "national pride" during its launch on November 9, covers an area that lies within… Read more »
Africa: Could Oil Shine Like Diamonds - How Botswana Avoided the Resource Curse and Its Implications for a New Libya
At the heart of the socio-economic grievances that led to Libya's revolution was the rentier economy of the regime. Though oil resources had permitted Libya to accumulate wealth,… Read more »
November 07, 2012
Africa: 2nd Call for Proposals for the AfDB Microfinance Capacity Building Fund
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 2nd call for proposals of the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund ("MCBF"). Award amounts will range from US… Read more »
Africa: Comparative Study On Export Policies - Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and South Korea
A robust structural transformation is critical to shape a country's ability to generate a faster and more inclusive growth that is required to tackle social challenges, such as… Read more »
Africa: Nine SADC Member States Discuss Good Governance and Youth Employment During Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue On AfDB's New Human Capital Strategy
Africa's strategy for human capital should focus on Africa's youth who do not have basic education and the unemployed being produced at different levels of the education system.… Read more »
Africa: Grant Funding Available for Microfinance Institutional Capacity Building in Africa
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 2nd call for proposals of the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund ("MCBF"). Award amounts will range from US… Read more »
November 02, 2012
Africa: Africa Attempts to Assess the Impact of Capital Flight
The time has come for African governments to assess the financial repercussions of capital flight on the continent. This was the view, on Thursday evening, of Ameth Saloum Ndiaye,… Read more »
Africa: Stronger Institutions Needed to Eliminate Exclusion
Leaders who pursue exclusionary policies have themselves to blame for their countries' stagnation and may, after all, be stoking fires that eventually consume them, economists… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2012 Ends in Kigali - Where Do We Go From Here?
"Africa can have a brighter future, and has the potential to become the next emerging market by the end of this decade... Also, the continent's long-term growth prospects are… Read more »
November 01, 2012
Africa: Fragility Needs More Financial Resources
Fragile countries require more financial support to stand a chance of improving their fortunes, Shantayanan Devarajan, the World Bank's Chief Economist for the Africa Region, said… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Invest More in Research for Structural Transformation in Agriculture
African leaders in the ongoing African Economic Conference are requested to invest selectively in policies that interest citizens in order to improve agriculture productivity.… Read more »