April 01, 2015
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $100-Million Risk Participation Facility for Firstrand Bank S.A. to Boost Trade Finance in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 a US $100-million unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) for FirstRand Bank… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Delegation Conducts Business Opportunity Seminar in Nordic Countries
From March 23 to 26, 2015, an African Development Bank Group delegation conducted a Business Opportunity Seminar in Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki entitled "Africa - The Rising… Read more »
Africa: Gender Inequality in African Labour Markets Under the Spotlight in Two AfDB Reports
The African Development Bank continues to commemorate the International Women's Day through forums to discuss challenges in accelerating gender equality. Read more »
March 31, 2015
Comoros: Development Partners Work With Comoros to Help Repair the Country's Ailing Energy Industry
Development institutions and power companies responded to a call made by the Union of the Comoros and the African Development Bank (AfDB) to attend a High-Level Consultation, which… Read more »
March 30, 2015
Africa: Eight Candidates in the Running for the Next AfDB Presidency Submit Their Vision for the Bank and Africa
The eight candidates in the running for the election of the next President of the African Development Bank have submitted their vision statements for the Bank and the continent.… Read more »
March 27, 2015
West Africa: Ebola Doctors Come Home - AfDB Joins Ecowas and Government of Côte d'Ivoire in Welcome Ceremony
One year ago, on March 23, 2014, an epidemic of Ebola virus disease (EVD) was declared in West Africa. Beginning in Guinea, EVD quickly spread to Liberia and Sierra Leone, taking… Read more »
Africa: Deauville Partnership Countries Boosting Jobs and Growth By Focusing On Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Unemployment was one of the main sources of popular discontent that led to the revolutions of 2010-2011 in Tunisia and Egypt. It played a role in the changes or rather, major… Read more »
Comoros: Discussions to Reform Ailing Energy Industry in the Comoros
A High Level Consultation gathering took place on Wednesday, March 25 at the African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan to discuss solutions to ending the energy problem in… Read more »
Africa: One Year On - AfDB's Support of Ebola-Affected Countries Continues
It has been one year since the World Health Organization officially announced the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa. Since March 23, 2014, the African Development Bank has… Read more »
Africa: Sefa to Support Solar Power Plant in Chad
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has just approved a USD 780,000 preparation grant for the development of a first phase 40 MW of Starsol* Solar PV Plant near N'Djamena… Read more »
March 26, 2015
Liberia: Bank Mission Led By Vice-President Sue Wardell Pays Visit to Ebola-Affected Countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone
In an effort to further expand the African Development Bank Group's (AfDB) support to the governments and people of Liberia and Sierra Leone in their fight against Ebola Virus… Read more »
Africa: Assessing National Capacity On Environmental and Social Safeguards in Africa
Development partners have a key role to play in supporting Africa's endeavours in the areas of environmental capacity and good governance, in line with the requirement of the… Read more »
March 25, 2015
Uganda: Uganda to Hold Managing for Development Results Meeting
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Africa: Favourable Trade Terms Will Help African Countries Become Emerging Economies, Says Chief Economist
The issue of enhancing trade is key to helping African countries become emerging economies, African Development Bank's Acting Chief Economist and Vice-President said during the… Read more »
Comoros: Tackling the Challenges of the Current Energy Crisis in the Comoros
Location: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Read more »
March 24, 2015
Africa: Kaberuka On the Future of Development in Africa
Whatever happens in Africa today depends on a vortex of forces, said Donald Kaberuka, including demographics and massive internal migration, the incomplete transitions on the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Participates At the Mano River Union Technical and Ministerial Meeting On Post-Ebola Recovery Strategy
One year after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Mano River Union convened a three-day Sub-Regional Technical and Ministerial Meeting on… Read more »
March 23, 2015
Morocco: Morocco's Growth Diagnostic - Addressing Constraints to Leverage Economic Potential
Working in close collaboration, the Kingdom of Morocco, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), have conducted an exhaustive… Read more »
Africa: A High-Level Government Delegation From Egypt Seeks Greater Cooperation With AfDB
A high-level Egyptian delegation led by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab briefed Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday, March 20 in Abidjan, urging… Read more »
Egypt: Leïla Mokaddem, AfDB Resident Representative in Egypt, On the Bank's Priorities for the Country in 2015
Named African Development Bank Resident Representative for Egypt in January 2014, Leïla Mokaddem heads the Bank's country office in Cairo. In this role, she oversees the… Read more »
March 20, 2015
Africa: World Water Day - Every Drop Counts, Thus the Need to Protect Africans Against Water-Related Disasters
Ivorian Government officials and Members of Parliament, representatives of the private sector, international development partners as well as African Development Bank's (AfDB) water… Read more »
Africa: World Water Day 2015 - "Water and Sustainable Development"
Location: Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Read more »
March 18, 2015
Africa: Specific Policies Needed for Africa's Development
The International Conference on the Emergence of Africa opened Wednesday, March 18 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, with calls for African governments to address inequality. Even… Read more »
Mozambique: African Development Bank Group Executive Directors On Impact Mission to Mozambique
A delegation of African Development Bank Group Executive Directors is preparing to travel to Mozambique to assess the impact of Bank projects in the country. The 11 Board members… Read more »
Africa: Donald Kaberuka Receives Lifetime Achievement Award At Africa CEO Forum in Geneva
At the CEO Forum 2015 Awards ceremony held on March 16, 2015 in Geneva, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received a "Lifetime Achievement Award" for… Read more »
