October 22, 2015
Africa: African Finance Ministers Seek Mega-Financing Deals to Boost Agriculture Sector
African Ministers of Finance have stepped up a campaign for additional financing led by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to channel funding required to boost production of rice… Read more »
October 21, 2015
Africa: President Macky Sall Invites Africa to Develop More Competitive, Integrated Agricultural Networks
The President of Senegal, Macky Sall, has invited the African states to Dakar to look at ways to develop more competitive, integrated agricultural networks. The Senegalese leader… Read more »
August 20, 2015
Africa: Meles Zenawi Foundation Holds Inaugural Symposium On the African Democratic Developmental State
The Meles Zenawi Foundation in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Rwanda is holding its inaugural symposium on August 21, in Kigali, Rwanda,… Read more »
August 04, 2015
Africa: Parliamentarians Endorse the African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation
Fifty parliamentarians from 14 African countries met July 23 and 24, 2015 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, for the inaugural Annual General Meeting of the African Parliamentarians'… Read more »
July 24, 2015
Africa: AfDB Hosts First Apnode Annual General Meeting
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will host the first annual general meeting of the African Parliamentarians' Network on Development Evaluation (APNODE) on July 23-24, 2015… Read more »
July 01, 2015
Congo-Kinshasa: AfDB Approves U.S. $22.5-Million to Improve Investment Climate and Forest Governance in Congo
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 approved a US $22.5-million loan to the Republic of Congo to help finance the… Read more »
June 19, 2015
South Sudan: AfDB Provides Support to Strengthen Economic Governance and Management in South Sudan
Construction of South Sudan Customs Service headquarters in Juba is underway. Funded by the African Development Bank, the activity is part of support provided through the Public… Read more »
May 29, 2015
Africa: AfDB Funds Usd 70.5 Million for Tanzania's Power Sector Reform and Governance Support Programme
Power sector reform and a governance support programme are central to the African Development's actions to accompany Tanzania's economic growth. Read more »
April 24, 2015
Africa: AfDB Chief Economist Complex Examines Housing Market Dynamics in Africa
On April 8-9, the Chief Economist Complex of the African Development Bank organized a Bank-wide seminar on the Housing Market Dynamics in Africa at the Bank's headquarters in… Read more »
February 13, 2015
Africa: Yamoussoukro Meeting Promotes Civil Registration and Vital Statistics for Good Governance
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) are quite literally matters of life and death. In the realm of development, there can be little measurable progress made in countries… Read more »
January 19, 2015
Burkina Faso: AfDB Sends Mission to Burkina Faso to Support Transition
A delegation from the African Development Bank will conduct a mission to Burkina Faso from 18 to 24 January 2015, to hold talks with senior transitional authorities. Read more »
January 16, 2015
Africa: Sustainable Economic Growth and Peaceful Elections Should Be Africa's Focus in 2015
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka on Friday, January 16 expressed optimism that 2015 holds an opportunity for the African continent to achieve progress in economic… Read more »
November 07, 2014
Africa: AEC Voices - African Union Commission Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
"We want a continent of good governance, democracy, respect of human rights, gender equality, justice and the rule of law" - Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, at the Opening Ceremony of the… Read more »
November 06, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves US $148 Million Line of Credit to Equity Bank Limited
The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on November 5, 2014 in Abidjan a US $148 million multi-sector senior Line of Credit (LoC) to Equity Bank Limited of Kenya (Equity Bank)… Read more »
October 17, 2014
Africa: AfDB Board Approves €15-Million Loan to Finance Governance and Investment Programme in Cape Verde
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Wednesday, October 15 in Abidjan approved a €15-million general budget support loan to finance the Public… Read more »
October 09, 2014
Africa: Leaders Discuss Ebola Strategy in Washington
As the Ebola death toll continues to rise and fear over the epidemic grows, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka offered assurances to the international… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Africa: Kaberuka Tells Washington Audience - "I Am Bullish On Africa" Despite Ebola
As health organisations warn of a possible pandemic as a result of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka called for more aid,… Read more »
Africa: African Ministers Hail Climdev Special Fund Calling It Useful and Timely
African Ministers, policy-makers, representatives of development partners and climate scientists on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, hailed the establishment of the ClimDev-Africa… Read more »
August 27, 2014
West Africa: The Impact of Ebola in West Africa - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
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May 21, 2014
Africa: Transparency and Accountability - a Mutual Responsibility of Governments and Citizens
The concepts of transparency and accountability are gaining ground in Africa. Nevertheless, there remains many issues and questions to resolve. The "monster of corruption" is… Read more »
May 16, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves Governance Strategic Framework and Action Plan
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a governance strategy framework and action plan to guide its operations in the regional members countries over the next five… Read more »
Central African Republic: AfDB Special Envoy On Gender Underlines the Critical Role of State Building in Central African Republic
On a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on 10 May 2014, the Special Envoy on Gender of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, said that… Read more »
March 28, 2014
Africa: AfDB Says Stronger Governments and Private Sector are Keys to Ending Fragility in Africa
A new report issued on 26 March by the African Development Bank says there are three main actions that governments and the Bank can take together to bring an end to conflict in… Read more »
March 10, 2014
Sierra Leone: AfDB, Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Sierra Leone hold High Level Governance Dialogue
The African Development Bank in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone under the auspices of His Excellency President… Read more »
February 06, 2014
Tunisia: AfDB Hails Tunisia's Adoption of a New Constitution
On Friday, February 7, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, will attend an official ceremony in Tunis to launch the new Tunisian Constitution. Read more »