December 13, 2013
Africa: "We Need to Mobilize the Right Level of Resources to Push the Gender Agenda," AfDB Gender Retreat Heard
"Working in synergy and speaking in the same voice for harmonized implementation of the strategy to mainstream gender in Bank operations," was the centrepiece of discussions among… Read more »
Africa: Service for the Memorial of President Nelson Mandela - Remarks by the AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
12/12/2013 - Nelson Mandela : un combat pour le développement Read more »
December 12, 2013
South Africa: "I Have Learnt from Mandela that None of us Has all of the Solutions", Says AfDB President Kaberuka
African Development Bank (AfDB) staff, including President Donald Kaberuka, on December 12 paid tribute to the late Nelson Mandela, the former South Africa President who passed… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Play a Greater Role in Natural Resources Stewardship on the Continent
"The current commodity super-cycle being enjoyed by resource-driven economies could simply disappear without lasting benefits if it is not harnessed into durable development… Read more »
December 11, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Rehabilitates Séguéla Hospital in Côte d'Ivoire to Benefit of Some 500,000 Persons
In Séguéla, Côte d'Ivoire, on December 8, 2013, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group officially handed over the Worodougou Regional Health Care Centre to… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB to Provide $28.92 Million to Boost Youth Employment and Training in Côte d'Ivoire
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a loan agreement for US $21.34 million, together with a grant agreement protocol for the sum of $7.56 million. Both agreements relate… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for Shelter Afrique
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, December 11 a US $20 million Trade Finance Line of Credit for the Company for Habitat and… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches Information Center for the Extractive Sector
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, December 11 in Nairobi, Kenya, launched the Information Center for the Extractive Sector (ICES), a platform that promotes… Read more »
North Africa: AfDB Publishes a Comparative Approach on the Search for iInclusive Growth in North Africa
A new economic brief published by the African Development Bank shows that the longstanding relationship between growth and distribution in economics has been revived in recent… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: AfDB Board Approves $105.26 Million for Lovua-Tshikapa Section of the Batshamba-Tshikapa Road Project in DRC
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 in Tunis, two grants and a loan amounting to US $105.26 million (UA 70.14… Read more »
Africa: AMCOW Receives 2 million Euros in AWF Funding for Water Sector Reporting
The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered the African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) a €2 million grant to establish a monitoring and reporting system for the water… Read more »
December 10, 2013
Africa: Financial Inclusion for a Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in Africa
A new publication, Financial Inclusion in Africa, released on Monday, December 9 by the Complex of the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB) finds that for… Read more »
December 09, 2013
Africa: Report On "A Future Partnership Between France and Africa" Pays Tribute to Work of the AfDB
Thirty-two times. Indeed, the initials "AfDB", for African Development Bank, appear 32 times in the report entitled "Un partenariat pour l'avenir: 15 propositions pour une nouvelle… Read more »
Africa: The Republic of Turkey Joins African Development Bank Group
The Republic of Turkey participated in the African Development Bank Group's Board Meetings for the first time last week in Tunis, following the country's admission as the 26th… Read more »
Africa: First African Ministerial Forum On the Integration of ICTs in Education and Training to Take Place in Tunisia
The First Ministerial Forum on the Integration of Information and Communication technologies (ICTs) in Education and Training in Africa will be held in Tunis, December 9-11, 2013. Read more »
Africa: AFMI Announces Launch of Revamped Website
The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), on Monday, December 9 announced the official launch of the redesigned AFMI website:… Read more »
Botswana: Urgent Measures to Save Elephants in Africa Adopted At Bostwana Summit
Over the last two decades, wildlife crime has developed into a multi-billion-dollar industry and is now considered to be the fifth largest international criminal activity after… Read more »
Africa: International Anti-Corruption Day - Statement by Donald Kaberuka
Corruption is a global threat. It is a serious roadblock to economic development and is viewed as sand in the wheels of prosperity. In our globalized and highly interconnected… Read more »
December 06, 2013
South Africa: Mandela - AfDB Pays Tribute to an Extraordinary Man
"We constantly need to remind ourselves that the freedoms which democracy brings will remain empty shells if they are not accompanied by real and tangible improvements in the… Read more »
December 05, 2013
Cote d'Ivoire: AfDB Board approves $28.92 million in support to Côte d'Ivoire Youth Employability and Insertion Support Programme
On Wednesday, December 4, the Board of the African Development Bank Group approved US $28.92-million in budget support composed of a loan of UA 13.91 million and a grant of UA 4.93… Read more »
Africa: Board of AfDB Approves Strategic Framework and Operational Guidelines
On Wednesday, December 4, the Board of the African Development Bank Group approved the Strategic Framework and Operational Guidelines for the African Development Fund Partial… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Board Approves Fully Flexible Loan Product
Embedding Risk Management Features in Sovereign and Sovereign-Guaranteed Loans Read more »
December 04, 2013
Africa: With Strong Infrastructure, Africa Could Achieve a Seven Per Cent Growth Rate, Says Kaberuka
Africa is capable of winning additional points in its growth rate with improved infrastructure, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, said on December 4 in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Boards approve U.S. $4.89 billion for 2014 Borrowing Program
The Boards of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday, December 4 approved a cumulative US $4.89 billion (UA 3.188 billion) for the 2014 Borrowing Program of the AfDB… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Provides U.S. $73.6 million to Malawi and Zambia for Multinational Nacala Road Corridor Phase IV
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessionary arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Tuesday, December 3 a loan of US $65.0… Read more »
