February 19, 2015
South Africa: AWF Sanitation Project in South Africa to Raise School Girl Attendance
The African Water Facility announced on Monday, February 16, 2015, that it is providing a €1.2-million grant to help improve school sanitation facilities in Eastern Cape… Read more »
Africa: 2015 Africa CEO Forum - "Africa's New Economic Environment" On the Agenda
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Africa: Boosting Trade Through Reducing Barriers in the Mena Region
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has published a new economic paper on the Middle East and North Africa, entitled "Trade Volume and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Goods or… Read more »
February 18, 2015
Tanzania: The AfDB Group Supports Power Trade Between Kenya and Tanzania
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Southern Africa: African Development Bank Group Executive Directors On Impact Mission to Southern Africa
A delegation of African Development Bank Group Executive Directors is preparing to travel to Zimbabwe and Mozambique to assess the impact of Bank projects in the two countries. The… Read more »
February 17, 2015
Africa: AfDB Board Mulls Sustained Holistic Approaches to Defeat Ebola
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday, February 13, 2015 in Abidjan discussed the imperative to eradicate the Ebola Virus Disease, which has affected… Read more »
February 16, 2015
Africa: Africa Trade Fund Approves $1.4 Million in Funding for Four Projects
The Technical Review Committee of the Africa Trade Fund (AfTra) at its meeting on February 13, 2015 in Abidjan, approved funding worth more than US $1.4 million for four projects… Read more »
February 13, 2015
Guinea: Road Improvement and Trade Facilitation - AfDB and Guinea Sign U.S. $50 Million in Loan Agreements
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and Guinea on February 12 in Abidjan signed US $50 million in loan agreements to finance a road improvement and trade facilitation… Read more »
Africa: Award-Winning Researcher Argues That Africa's Future Lies With Innovation
There is a huge need to study innovation in various African contexts in order to maximally foster the continent's much-desired economic transformation. Read more »
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 »
February 12, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Appoints Three High-Level Advisors On Fragility
The African Development Bank's new Strategy for Addressing Fragility and Building Resilience for the period 2014-2019 aims to place the Bank at the centre of Africa's efforts to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Awards U.S.$1 Million Emergency Relief Assistance for Drought Victims in Somalia
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire… Read more »
Africa: Gender Equality: An Imperative for Inclusive Growth
In December 2014, I delivered the keynote address at the African Forum on Inclusive Economies, which was co-convened by the Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Rockefeller Foundation,… Read more »
February 10, 2015
Africa: Africa Launches Platform to Enhance Collaboration Between Countries for the Delivery of Quality Early Childhood Development Programs
A regional platform to improve the provision of quality Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs in Africa was launched on Monday, February 9 in Kigali, Rwanda, during the… Read more »
February 06, 2015
Africa: AfDB Issues 1.375 Percent Usd 1 Billion Global Benchmark Due 12 February 2020
On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the African Development Bank (AfDB) successfully launched and priced a new 1 billion 5-year US dollar global benchmark due February 12, 2020. This is… Read more »
February 03, 2015
Comoros: Kaberuka Receives Medal in Recognition of AfDB's Support in the Comoros
The Union of the Comoros paid tribute to the long-lasting support provided by the African Development Bank (AfDB) during a ceremony held in the capital of Moroni on February 2.… Read more »
West Africa: Regional Economic Integration in West Africa - Senegal Has Opportunities but Could Do Better
AfDB has just published a new study, co-financed by Canada, entitled Regional integration in West Africa; Challenges and opportunities for Senegal. Read more »
February 02, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Participates in High-Level Event On Ebola Recovery Hosted By UNDP in New York
On January 29, 2015, the African Development Bank, represented by Janvier Kpourou Litse, Acting Vice-President of Operations, in charge of Country and Regional Programs and Policy,… Read more »
Malawi: Malawi's President Opens John Chilembwe Highway, a Bank-Financed Project
Malawi President Peter Mutharika officially opened the 60-kilometre John Chilembwe Highway, formerly the Blantyre-Zomba road, on January 23, 2015, at Kachere Township in Blantyre. Read more »
Africa: Bold Steps Needed to Place the Continent's Growth On Recovery Path, Says Kaberuka
In order to achieve Africa's socioeconomic transformation, the continent's leaders have to embrace new thinking, and break with the past, according to Donald Kaberuka, President of… Read more »
Africa: Comorans Pin Their Hopes On AfDB Energy Sector Support (PASEC) Electricity Project
Visiting the Comoros, AfDB President Donald Kaberuka reaffirms the Bank's support for the Comoran Government's reforms. The Bank is also providing significant support for the… Read more »
January 30, 2015
Africa: Access to Water and Sanitation - AfDB, Partners Advocate More Funding for Least Advanced Countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) reiterated on Thursday, January 29, 2015 in Addis Ababa, its commitment to mobilize additional resources for the Kigali Action Plan. This Plan… Read more »
Africa: Policy Reforms and Investment Needed to Curb the Shortfall in Africa's Energy Sector
The conclusion of the World Economic Forum raises concerns - particularly for Africa - as to how important issues discussed at the meeting will be addressed. Sustainable energy for… Read more »
Africa: Bank Group and Jica Hold Talks to Push Co-Financing Programmes Forward
The African Development Bank Group, on Friday, January 30, 2015 in Abidjan, received Hiroshi Kato, Japan International Cooperation Agency Vice-President, on a courtesy visit to the… Read more »
Africa: African Women Can Transform the Continent, Says AfDB Special Gender Envoy
African women can and will be agents of change for the continent's transformation at all levels. This was the message delivered by the African Development Bank's Special Envoy on… Read more »