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

Good afternoon, everyone! Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Remarks At Global Business Coalition for Education Event By Akinwumi A. Adesina President African Development Bank Group, Washington, DC April 14, 2016

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Africa: From Rocks to Industries - How Can the Extractive Industries Be a Platform for African Industrialisation?

Industrialisation is back. After decades when policy efforts were mostly focused on macroeconomic stability and opening up markets, the success of industrial policies in emerging… Read more »

Africa: "You Can Count On the AfDB As Partner in Delivering Education for Africa", Says Adesina

Partnership - between the public, the private and the 'third' sector of NGOs and Foundations - was the theme of an event hosted by the Global Business Coalition for Education on… Read more »

Africa: Strategy Review Workshop Lauds AfDB for Development Efforts, Challenges It to Do More

A workshop to validate findings of a Medium Term Review (MTR) of Nigeria's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) was conducted on April 12, 2016. The meeting saw the various stakeholders… Read more »

South Africa: AfDB President Strengthens Alliances in South Africa

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, visited Pretoria, South Africa, April 7-8, 2016, where he strengthened alliances with stakeholders in… Read more »

Africa: The Future of Food

"We need to look afresh at agriculture in Africa as a series of systems, and to see it not as a way of life, but a business", said African Development Bank Acting Vice-President… Read more »

Africa: High-Level AfDB Delegation Participates in World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

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Africa: High-Level AfDB Delegation to Participate in World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings

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Africa: "Africa Feeding Africa" - New Mega Initiative to Transform Agriculture in Africa Is Focus of International Meeting

To: 14/04/2016 Read more »

Africa: AfDB and Lita Invite Africa to 'Think Big' for Youth and Agriculture in Two-Day Design Workshop On Enable Youth Program

To: 22/04/2016 Read more »

Tanzania: Prize-Winning Sefa-Financed Jumeme Rural Electrification Project in Tanzania Begins Operations

JUMEME Rural Power Supply Ltd. (JUMEME) has just celebrated the operational launch of its project, which will bring solar hybrid mini-grids to electrify more than 100,000 people… Read more »

Africa: 6 Months Into Office, President Adesina Shares His Vision for the Bank and for Africa

Six months into office, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina looks back on his accomplishments and shares his vision for the Bank and for Africa over the next… Read more »