May 26, 2015
Africa: The African Legal Support Facility's Governing Bodies Meet in Abidjan
Governing Council and the Management Board of the African Legal Support Facility (from left to right): Christian Fougner, Norway; Abdenor Brahmi, France; Nimatou Dramane, West… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Asked to Pay Attention to Domestic Resource Mobilization
African countries have been asked to look within themselves to mobilize resources for development because the resources are available. Read more »
Africa: Women's Empowerment At Top of Agenda As AfDB Launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
Are women and men on a level playing field? That was the question of debate on Monday, May 25 as the African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its first-ever Gender Equality Index… Read more »
May 25, 2015
Africa: India Signs Replenishment of Technical Cooperation Agreement With African Development Bank Group
Dinesh Sharma, Temporary Governor for India, and Charles Boamah, African Development (AfDB) Vice-President in charge of Finance, on May 25, 2015 in Abidjan, inked a protocol… Read more »
Africa: Where Are Africa's Young Leaders? At the AfDB Annual Meetings
On Monday, May 25 in Abidjan, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), convened African leaders past and present to provoke debate on a vision for the… Read more »
Africa: Let's Learn From Each Other, Kaberuka Tells African Youth
African youth have been told to exchange ideas with the elderly on the continent towards advancing the continent's growth and development. Read more »
Africa: Mind the Gap - African Development Bank Launches Gender Equality Index for Africa
The African Development Bank's Gender Equality Index shows how to make gender equality a reality Read more »
Africa: Making Growth More Inclusive Hinges On Unlocking Potential of Local Economies, Says the African Economic Outlook 2015
Continent should capitalise on youth, develop rural-urban trade corridors Read more »
Africa: Tedx Abidjan - Voices of Hope Set Tone for 2015 AfDB Annual Meetings
On the eve of the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Abidjan, an independent Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference kicked off week on Sunday, May 24 at the… Read more »
May 24, 2015
Africa: The 2015 Annual Meetings - 'The Bank's Window On the World'
"For one intense week every year, the Bank's Annual Meetings are what its website is for 52 weeks in the year: its window on the world", says Joel Kibazo, Director of… Read more »
May 22, 2015
Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson in Abidjan for Talks On Fixing Africa's Primary Healthcare
What is the value of economic growth in Africa if thousands of people still die from preventable diseases? The Ebola epidemic was a wakeup call of the fragility of health systems… Read more »
Africa: African Countries Reach Tipping Point As Pilots for Renewable Energy, Climate Resilience and Sustainable Forests
At its governing body meetings last week, the $8.1 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF) endorsed 9 African nations to serve as pilot countries for critical aspects of… Read more »
Africa: Delegates Gather in Abidjan for AfDB's 2015 Annual Meetings and Golden Jubilee
Election of Bank Group's new President, commemoration of 50th Anniversary, formal admission of South Sudan as the Bank Group's 80th member country Read more »
Africa: Sefa Calls for Proposals to Support Green Mini-Grid Development
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has called for proposals to support the creation of an enabling policy and market environment for green mini-grids (GMGs) in an effort… Read more »
May 21, 2015
Tanzania: AfDB Approves U.S.$70.5 Million Budget Support Operation for Tanzania Energy Sector
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, a loan of US $70.5 million to finance the Tanzania Power Sector Reform and… Read more »
May 20, 2015
Africa: Se4all Action Agendas Set Stage for Mobilizing Investment in Sustainable Energy in Africa
African countries are one step closer to realizing the goals of universal energy access through following a coordinated approach to energy sector development at the country level… Read more »
May 19, 2015
Africa: Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2015
To: 25/05/2015 Read more »
May 18, 2015
Africa: Young Leaders Debate On the Future of Africa
To: 25/05/2015 Read more »
May 15, 2015
Mali: Opportunities Abound in Mali's Promising Renewable Energy Sector, Says New Country Profile
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) and the Government of Mali, has launched the Renewable Energy in Africa: Mali Country… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Receives Resounding Endorsement of Investment Plan to Transform Its Renewable Energy Sector
At its governing body meetings this week, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) unanimously endorsed Ghana's ambitious investment plan to transform and promote its renewable energy… Read more »
May 13, 2015
Guinea Bissau: AfDB Approves U.S $7-Million Emergency Budget Support
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US $7.03-million operation to support economic and financial reforms in Guinea Bissau. The US… Read more »
Africa: Roundtable On African Continental Free Trade Area Calls for Fresh Solutions
A roundtable comprising trade experts in the public and private sectors met in Nairobi, Kenya, recently to discuss the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) as a catalyst to Africa's… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Indigenous Power Investors in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, April 29, 2015, a USD 50 million investment in CEC Africa Investments Limited, a multinational… Read more »
May 08, 2015
Africa: AfDB's New Fund Paves the Way for Climate Finance Readiness in Africa
Launched in April 2014 with a EUR 4.725 million contribution from Germany for an initial three-year period, the African Development Bank-sponsored Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF)… Read more »
May 07, 2015
Africa: AfDB Announces Theme and Agenda for 2015 Annual Meetings
The 2015 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank will explore the theme of 'Africa and the new global landscape', with special focus on Africa's approach to three critical… Read more »
