May 09, 2016
Africa: Stakeholders Gather in Zambia to Launch the Sustainable Energy for All (Se4all) Country Action Process
Government officials, representatives of international organizations, private sector and civil society, gathered from May 4-6, 2016 in Chimbombo, Zambia, for the official kick-off… Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank President Meets With Adea Steering Committee Delegation
A delegation of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) Steering Committee, led by Oley Dibba-Wadda, ADEA Executive Secretary, met with Akinwumi Adesina,… Read more »
Eswatini: Swaziland Secures U.S.$63-Million AfDB Loan to Finance Smallholder Irrigation Project
Swaziland has secured a US $63 million (ZAR 2.01 billion) loan to finance the second phase of the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project (LUSIP II) in the southeastern part of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Design Workshop - Empowering the Next Generation of Agripreneurs in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), successfully organized the ENABLE (Empowering Novel… Read more »
May 06, 2016
Tanzania: AfDB Approves a Partial Credit Guarantee to Tanzania Mortgage Refinance Company
The African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) Board of Directors, on May 5, 2016 approved a Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG) of up to US $4 million in local currency to Tanzania… Read more »
May 04, 2016
Africa: AfDB to Unveil Strategies for Africa's Transformation At 2016 Annual Meetings in Lusaka
The African Development Bank Group will unveil its new agenda for the continent's economic transformation at this year's Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May 23-27 in… Read more »
May 03, 2016
Senegal: The African Development Bank a Key Partner in Senegal's Economic Emergence
A ministerial delegation from Senegal led by Amadou Ba, Minister of Economy, Finance and Planning, visited the African Development Bank (AfDB) headquarters in Abidjan on Tuesday,… Read more »
Africa: Lumières d'Afriques: When Art Illuminates the Challenges of Access to Energy
54 works created by 54 world-renowned contemporary African artists, one for each of the 54 countries that make up the continent, united around the same source of inspiration: The… Read more »
April 28, 2016
Africa: AfDB 2016 Annual Meetings Preparations Well Underway in Zambia
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) has commended the Government of Zambia for its commitment to successfully host the Bank's 2016 Annual Meetings next month. The preparations for… Read more »
Kenya: Training of Law Enforcers to Stem Rising Gender-Based Cyber Violence Kicks Off in Kenya
An African Development Bank-supported training for the Kenya Police and Judiciary in handling gender-based cyber violence kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 25, 2016. Read more »
April 26, 2016
Africa: Ahead of the Curve - The AfDB At the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings
The African Development Bank may be smaller by numbers than other multilateral development banks (MDBs), not least the World Bank, but its voice is loud, its expertise is… Read more »
April 25, 2016
Zimbabwe: AfDB's Approval of U.S.$25-Million Trade Finance Facility to Cabs to Boost Zimbabwe's Local Firms
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a US $25-million Trade Finance Line of Credit facility to Central Africa Building Society (CABS) of Zimbabwe… Read more »
April 21, 2016
Algeria: AfDB and Algeria Redefine the Foundations for Strengthened Partnership
After his first visit to Algeria since taking office in September 2015, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, expressed his pleasure at the… Read more »
Africa: Remarks Delivered At the Global Nutrition Event, World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings By Akinwumi A. Adesina President African Development Bank Group, Washington, DC April 16, 2016
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April 20, 2016
Cameroon: AfDB and GEF Boost Renewable Energy Projects Across Africa and Urban Planning in Cameroon
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced on April 15, 2016, the approval of USD 18 million in funding for two projects co-financed with the African Development Bank (AfDB). Read more »
April 19, 2016
Algeria: President Adesina's First Official Visit to Algeria Aims to Boost Ties
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, arrives in Algiers today, Tuesday, April 19, for a two-day official visit. His visit comes on the heels of… Read more »
Africa: The World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings - Much Happens in the Margins
Discussing donor concerns, aligning with other multilateral development banks and international organisations, building support for the AfDB's 'High 5' priorities and the current… Read more »
April 18, 2016
Africa: AfDB in the Top 10 Organisations On Transparency
Publish What You Fund, a British-based think tank, has ranked the African Development Bank in its highest category on transparency. Read more »
Africa: Ending Malnutrition to Boost the Brainpower and Spur Economic Growth in Africa
"The greatest contributor to economic growth is not physical infrastructure, but brainpower, or 'gray matter infrastructure'", says Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African… Read more »
Africa: Two Day Meeting of the African Legal Support Facility Management Board Concludes
Management Board of the ALSF (from left to right) Stephen Karangizi, Director of the ALSF; Eve Sinare, Tanzania; Sixtus Vusi, Chairman of the Management Board, Cameroon; Seward… Read more »
April 16, 2016
Africa: The Future of Africa Lies Inside Africa
"If we don't fix Africa's infrastructure financing gap - which we put at some US $60-70 billion a year - we will continue to take two percentage points off Africa's annual growth… Read more »
Nigeria: AfDB Governors From Rwanda and Nigeria Paint Realistic - and Optimistic - Picture of Africa
The 'High 5s' - the African Development Bank's top five priorities for Africa - came through loud and clear when two of the Bank's Governors discussed the economic state of the… Read more »
Africa: Unprecedented Collaboration Among Development Partners to Improve Infrastructure Implementation
The inaugural Global Infrastructure Forum 2016 convening here today brings together for the first time the leaders of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) -- African… Read more »
April 15, 2016
Africa: AfDB Issues 1.000 Percent Us $1.0 Billion Benchmark Due 15 May 2019
On Thursday, April 14, 2016, the African Development Bank ("AfDB"), rated Aaa (Moody's) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch), launched and priced a new USD 1 billion 3-year Global… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Pushes African Agenda At World Bank-IMF Meetings in Washington
"People who enjoy meetings shouldn't be in charge of anything", said US economist Thomas Sowell, but he may not have had the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings in mind. Leaders manage… Read more »
