March 04, 2015
Eritrea: AfDB Approves Us $19 Million in Loans and Grants to Boost Skills of Tradespeople and Agro-Scientists in Eritrea
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved on March 3 in Abidjan a US $19-million project comprising an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of US… Read more »
West Africa: AfDB-Hosted Workshop to Develop Pioneering 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 »
March 03, 2015
Africa: World Wildlife Day - AfDB On the Front Lines in the Fight Against the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Less than two years ago, on December 20, 2013, the UN proclaimed March 3 (the date of adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and… Read more »
Africa: International Women's Day 2015 - Transition Support Department Brainstorms On Women's Empowerment and Economies
This week the African Development Bank has organized a series of events at its headquarters in Abidjan leading up to International Women's Day (IWD) 2015 on March 8. On Tuesday… Read more »
Southern Africa: Capacity Building for SADC Senior Officials On Value for Money in Social Sectors
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February 26, 2015
Africa: African Development Bank Now Supports 27 African Countries to Advance Climate-Smart Initiatives, Report Says
In its 2014 Annual Report Financing Change: AfDB and CIF for a Climate-Smart Africa released Thursday, February 26, the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows that its support to… Read more »
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 »
