March 16, 2012
Africa: AfDB Water Initiatives in Africa Receive Total ?45m Government Pledges
France, Chad and Republic of Congo at World Water Forum add to recent Swiss backing Read more »
March 15, 2012
Africa: African Parliamentarians Agree to Promote Private Sector Growth
Conference wraps-up with call for action from MPs, government officials and development partners Read more »
March 13, 2012
Africa: African Parliamentarians Promote Private Sector Development
The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), together with the Rwandan government and parliament is holding a special Parliamentary… Read more »
March 12, 2012
Africa: AfDB to Co-Host Conference On Future of Private Sector in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is co-hosting a major conference on the development of the private sector in Africa and its crucial role for economic growth, job creation and… Read more »
March 07, 2012
Africa: New AfDB Study On Energy Reform in Africa Uses Nigeria As Case Study
The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal… Read more »
February 29, 2012
Africa: AfDB and ACBF deepen the Partnership on the African Governance Outlook Aimed
The African Governance Outlook (AGO), a collaborative initiative between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) aims to provide an… Read more »
February 24, 2012
Africa: Experts Provide Insights Into Aid Allocation in a Changing Africa At AfDB Seminar
A high level seminar on aid allocation systems in Africa organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and hosted by the Mauritian government ended on 17 February with a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Holds Partnership Talks With African Civil Society Bodies in Libreville
The African Development Bank (AfDB) opened consultations with African civil society organisations (CSOs) over future partnership relations this week in Libreville, Gabon. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves New Strategy for Tunisia for 2012-2013
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given the green light to a new two-year strategy for Tunisia. With this strategy, the AfDB is answering the challenges facing the country… Read more »
February 16, 2012
Africa: AfDB Board Briefed On Good Progress for Annual Meetings in Arusha
Tanzania's finance minister and chairman of the Board of Governors, Mustafa H. Mkulo, visited AfDB this week and briefed an informal Board meeting on the state of readiness for the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Makes ?11.7 Million Loan to Improve Governance and Growth in Niger
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a loan of €11.7 million euros (FCFA 7.7 billion) to Niger from the African Development Fund, its concessional or 'soft… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Grants 2.9 Million to Togo to Finance Governmental Reform
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has made two grant agreements totaling € 2.9 million (FCFA 1.9 billion) to fund governmental reforms and the country's 2012 action… Read more »
February 01, 2012
Africa: African Leaders Endorse Major Continental Infrastructure Programme
African Heads of State on Monday endorsed the launch of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a multi-billion dollar initiative that will run through 2040. Read more »
January 31, 2012
Africa: North African Lawyers Commend Alsf-Palu Training Opportunities
North African Lawyers have commended the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the Pan African Lawyers Union's (PALU) recent capacity-building seminar, noting that "it opens… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and WCO Partner to Strengthen African Customs Administrations
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) will work together to enhance the capacity of customs administrations in Africa. Read more »
February 13, 2012
Africa: How Education and Training Can Boost Africa's Sustainable Development (AfDB)
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the government of Burkina Faso will hold the 2012 Triennale on Education and Training in Africa in… Read more »
January 19, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Pays Visit to Tunisian Head of State
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group president Donald Kaberuka, visited President Moncef Marzouki of Tunisia at the Carthage Palace on Thursday. The visit followed the one-year… Read more »
December 20, 2011
Africa: AfDB Group's African Development Fund Makes U.S.$ 155 Million Loan to Support Private Sector Reform and Economic Governance
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of USD 155.2 million to the United Republic of Tanzania on 16… Read more »
December 16, 2011
Africa: AfDB Promotes Statistical Development With the Launch of the Open Data for Africa Platform
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB), is launching an Open Data for Africa platform. It aims at significantly increasing access to quality data necessary for managing and… Read more »
December 09, 2011
North Africa: Agricultural Use of Groundwater and Management Initiatives in the Maghreb (AfDB)
The agricultural sector in the Maghreb is using natural resources so intensively that there is an urgent need to install government control mechanisms at both the national and… Read more »
December 05, 2011
Africa: Mali Shows Way in Fighting Hunger Caused By Climate Change (AfDB)
Climate change affects agriculture in Africa more than in the rest of the world and that can cause hunger in various countries there. But it is possible for governments to fight… Read more »
November 25, 2011
Africa: ACBF-AfDB - Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding On the African Governance Outlook
On 11 November 2011, the African Development Bank made further progress in its collaboration the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on financial governance Read more »
October 27, 2011
Africa: African Governments Urged to Protect Small Farmers (AfDB)
African governments need to implement policies that encourage fair competition to protect small farmers from being exploited by middlemen involved in cash crops trading and… Read more »
Africa: Human Capital Critical to Africa's Structural Transformation (AfDB)
African governments must step up investments in education to build capable human resources that will contribute to sustainable structural transformation of their economies, experts… Read more »
November 08, 2011
Africa: The Government of Rwanda to Share Its Experience On Post-Conflict Peace-Building (AfDB)
Several Heads of State and Government will participate in a High-Level event on Post-Conflict Peace-building: the Experience of Rwanda, to be held in Kigali on the 8th and 9th of… Read more »