January 28, 2014
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean Youth and Others to Receive Usd 53.4 Million From AfDB
Zimbabwean youth, tourism, water and sanitation, transportation, emergency power, and public finances are all slated to receive a major boost in 2014 from the African Development… Read more »
January 24, 2014
Africa: AfDB Focuses on Fragility, Infrastructure Development, Women and Youth at 22nd AU Summit
Infrastructure development and financing, gender, youth and fragile states are at the top of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) agenda during the 22nd Annual African Union… Read more »
Africa: First African Guide Book On Commodity Exchanges
The African Development Bank (AfDB) believes efficient and well-regulated derivative and commodity exchanges are components of critical importance for commodity and capital market… Read more »
Africa: "The Gender Strategy Represents a Major Milestone for the Bank" - Special Envoy on Gender
African Development Bank's Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, shares perspectives on the institution's Gender Strategy 2014-2018 approved by the Board of Directors… Read more »
January 23, 2014
Africa: Gender Equality at the Heart of Africa's Transformation - A Vision and a Strategy
The quest to establish genuinely equal opportunity for men and women - in both their contribution to and their benefits from Africa's economic transformation - took a further step… Read more »
January 20, 2014
Africa: AfDB High Level Panel On Fragile States to Launch Final Report At AU Summit in Addis Ababa
As the global community seeks to address the current crises in South Sudan and the Central African Republic, African Development Bank Group's High Level Panel on Fragile States… Read more »
January 16, 2014
Africa: High-Level Panel On Fragile States to Launch Report On Ending Conflict and Building Peace
The African Development Bank's High-Level Panel on Fragile States will launch on Thursday, January 30, 2014 in Addis Ababa the report "Ending conflict and building peace in Africa:… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB - President's Office and Board of Directors to Be in Abidjan By End of June 2014
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, was in Abidjan from January 10 to 14, at the invitation of the Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara. The… Read more »
Africa: President Donald Kaberuka Is 2013 'African of the Year'
In November 2013, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, was named the recipient of the 2013 Daily Trust African of the Year award. Read more »
January 15, 2014
Nigeria: A time for a Step Change Financing Development - AfDB President Kaberuka
Event: The Daily Trust African of the Year 2013 Award - Abuja, Nigeria Read more »
January 10, 2014
Africa: Security, Peace, Stability and Job Creation - The Continent's Priorities for 2014
African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday, January 9, 2014, in Tunis, held talks with the diplomatic community accredited to Tunisia, to look forward… Read more »
January 09, 2014
Africa: AfDB Adopts Integrated Safeguards System
On December 17, 2013 the Boards of the African Development Bank unanimously adopted the Integrated Safeguards System (ISS) - a cornerstone of the Bank's strategy to promote growth… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Boards Adopts Safeguards System to Promote Sustainable Development
The Board of Directors of the of the African Development Bank (AfDB), on December 17 2013, in Tunis, adopted the Integrated Safeguards System - a cornerstone of its Ten-Year… Read more »
January 08, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves a Results Measurement Framework to Better Achieve its Development Goals
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors, on Wednesday, January 8 in Tunis, approved the Institution's Results Measurement Framework (RMF) for the period 2013-2016.… Read more »
Mauritius: Sefa to Support Innovative Energy Efficiency Project in Mauritius
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US $1-million project preparation grant at the end of December 2013 to support Sotravic Ltd. in the development and… Read more »
Morocco: Sefa Grant Provides Key Support for Morocco Wind Project
A US $960,000 Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) grant for the Jbel-Sendoug (Khalladi) Wind Project in Northern Morocco was approved at the end of December 2013 to support… Read more »
Malawi: African Water Facility Supports the Development of Irrigated Agriculture to Increase Food Security and Economic Growth in Malawi
The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered a €1.8 million grant to the Government of Malawi to help prepare a project designed to expand irrigated agriculture in the Lower… Read more »
December 31, 2013
Africa: China Welcomes AfDB' Leadership in Ensuring the Sustainability of Projects in Africa
A delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB), led by Anthony Nyong, Division Manager, Compliance and Safeguard was in Beijing, China from 17th to 19th December 2013 for a… Read more »
December 20, 2013
Tanzania: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 58.2 Million to Support Governance and Economic Competitiveness Programme in Tanzania
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors on 17 December 2013 in Tunis approved supplementary African Development Fund (ADF) loan and grant financing totaling US$ 58.2… Read more »
Somalia: AfDB Supports Somalia in its Economic and Governance Reforms with a Grant of U.S.$ 3.8 million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors on 18 December 2013 in Tunis approved the Addendum to the Somalia Country Brief 2013-2015, granting Somalia exceptional… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 5 Million People Targeted By Zimfund-Financed Energy Project in Zimbabwe
The Board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Friday, December 20 the Emergency Power Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project Phase II (EPIRP II) in Zimbabwe. The… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Admitted Into Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
Burkina Faso, benefitting from the close support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank, has successfully become a member of the Forest Carbon Partnership… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$34.8 Million for Public Financial and Macroeconomic Management Project in Sudan
The AfDB Board of Directors, on 17 December 2013 in Tunis, approved US$ 34.8 million grant resources from its Fragile State Facility (FSF) to finance the Public Financial and… Read more »
Mozambique: AfDB Technical Assistance Aims to Optimize Development of Mozambique's Energy Resources
The Board of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved a US $15.3 million African Development Fund loan for technical assistance to the Government of the Republic of… Read more »
December 19, 2013
Egypt: AfDB Signs U.S.$2 Million Grant for an Industrial Waste Management and SME Entrepreneurship Hub in Egypt
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Egyptian Ministry of International Cooperation on Thursday, December 19 in Cairo, Egypt, signed off on a grant for US $2 million… Read more »