Africa: AfDB Co-Organizes First Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation

The first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) will take place from between 1 and 3 April 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya, at the Intercontinental Hotel. Hosted by the… Read more »

Africa: Joint Statement of the AfDB and the World Bank On the Situation in Mali

The African Development Bank Group and the World Bank Group, long-standing development partners of Mali, join the African Union and ECOWAS in condemning the military coup, urging a… Read more »

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 »

Africa: AfDB Organises the First Africa Forum on STI, for Youth Employment

The African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural… Read more »

Africa: The President of Liberia, On the Occasion of the International Women's Day

Madame President, you remain Africa's first and only female president. Could you please tell the women of Africa how you manage to balance family life and the responsibilities of… Read more »

Africa: Eadi Organizes Public Sector Debt Statistics Workshop

The African Development Institute and the International Monetary Fund held a workshop on public sector debt statistics for middle and senior officials from 13 to 24 February in… Read more »

Africa: From Durban to Rio, AfDB Amplifies Africa's United Voice

Following the activity of the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 17) held in Durban, South Africa from 28 November to 10 December 2011, the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Unified Africa At Rio+ 20 in June 2012

At the 18th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 23-30 January 2012, African leaders endorsed the Africa Consensus Statement to Rio+ 20, marking yet another step toward… 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 »

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 »

Africa: African Carbon Support Program Looks Back At COP17 and Ahead to 2012 (AfDB)

After extended negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban concluded with the adoption of the "Durban Platform," a set of decisions that lay the groundwork for… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Discusses Its Energy Strategy for Africa At Cop 17

More than 600 million Africans in sub-Saharan Africa cannot access electricity in their homes from a grid. In order to improve this situation as quickly as possible, the African… Read more »

Africa: Africa's United Front At Cop 17 in Durban (AfDB)

Africa emerged from the climate change conference, or COP 17, in Durban with a strong united front when it comes to tackling climate change on the continent, and in particular for… Read more »

Africa: Securing a Triple Win With Health and Climate Change (AfDB)

UK medical journal The Lancet recently headlined climate change as "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century." Yet this presents a triple-win opportunity for Africa… Read more »

Africa: Africa Calls for Climate Finance Pledges to Be Met (AfDB)

While Africa has long battled against the poverty that has scarred much of the continent for decades, the combat against climate change is relatively new. But they are not separate… Read more »

Africa: Africa Calls for Its Fair Share of Climate Funds (AfDB)

African leaders in Durban today said it was time Africa got is fair share of global climate finance. They strongly reiterated that, while Africa is determined to embark resolutely… Read more »

Africa: Development and Climate Adaptation Go Hand in Hand (AfDB)

Development and climate change are two sides of the same coin in Africa so it makes sense that funding for both should act as a catalyst for progress to benefit local communities. Read more »

Africa: New Pact Promises More Protection for Congo Basin Forests (AfDB)

The battle against deforestation in Africa has taken a step nearer to victory with a new pact aiming at greater protection for the world's second biggest rain forest. Read more »

Africa: AfDB-WWF Partnership - Several Projects Already Underway

The World Wildlife Fund and the African Development Bank announced the progress made in the partnership between them that was signed in July 2011 to promote green growth at the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Must Calm Investor Unease Over Backing Costly Low Carbon Projects (AfDB)

Everyone agrees green growth is a good thing. So why isn't the whole world speeding along the low carbon route? Why are there so many red lights along the way? Read more »

Africa: AfDB Mainstreams Climate Change Adaptation Into Development Finance

The African Development AfDB (AfDB) is at the leading edge in putting climate change adaptation into the mainstream of development. The AfDB is also on the forefront in creating… Read more »

Africa: How Africa's Huge Renewable Energy Stores Could Help Bridge Power Gap (AfDB)

Africa as a continent suffers a huge lack of power. Most people in sub-Saharan Africa have little or no access to affordable, easily-available electricity. Even a developed country… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Reiterates Support for African Group of Negotiators

The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka,,met the African Group of Negotiators taking part in the UN climate change negotiations in Durban on 7 December, and… Read more »

Africa: New Edition of Atlas of Climate Change Lauded By Many At Cop 17 (AfDB)

When the much-praised guide to climate science The Atlas of Climate Change was first launched, the late Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, wrote in her foreword: "We have… Read more »

Africa: Africa Green Growth Fuelled By Sun, Wind and Water (AfDB)

As a continent of mainly developing economies, Africa can least afford to lose percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to climate change. Where GDP is built on unsustainable… Read more »