February 26, 2015
Africa: AfDB Receives Two Awards Recognizing Its Achievements in the Capital Markets
On Thursday, February 19, 2015 in London, EMEA Finance magazine announced the winners of the 2014 Achievement Awards, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) taking the awards for… Read more »
February 25, 2015
East Africa: First Afrik4r-Comesa Peer Review Meeting Launched in Nairobi
The first peer-review meeting for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) under the Africa for Results (AfriK4R) initiative kicked off in the Kenyan capital… Read more »
West Africa: Process of Developing an Ecowas Policy On Women and Energy Kicks Off
The development of a policy that will help address barriers hindering participation of women in energy access in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is… Read more »
February 24, 2015
Africa: The African Development Bank and Bloomberg Launch African Bond Index
New index now available on the Bloomberg Terminal Read more »
February 20, 2015
West Africa: AfDB Hosts Workshop to Develop Ecowas Gender and Energy Policy
The African Development Bank (AfDB), the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), and the United States-based National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)… Read more »
February 19, 2015
Africa: AfDB Releases Official List of Candidates for the Election of the Next Bank President
The Steering Committee of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank met on 11 February, 2015 at the Bank's headquarters in Abidjan and agreed to the following list of… Read more »
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
ADF US $144.9 million loan to Kenya-Tanzania Power Interconnection Project Read more »
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 »