February 06, 2013
Africa: Us $1 Million Sefa Grant to Provide Reliable Energy Services
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US $1 million grant to finalize pre-investment activities for a hybrid renewable energy project in Nosy Be Island in… Read more »
East Africa: African Development Bank Poised to Boost Geothermal Development in East Africa
Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal… Read more »
February 05, 2013
Africa: African Water Facility to Support Access of Urban Poor to Sanitation in Uganda
The African Water Facility offered a 1 million euro grant to the Community Integrated Development Initiatives (CIDI) to support their Kawempe Urban Poor Sanitation Improvement… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Export-Oriented SMEs to Boost Local Job Creation in Nigeria
The African Development Bank (AfDB) signed on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 an agreement to provide two sovereign-guaranteed multi-tranche lines of credit (LoCs) of respectively US… Read more »
February 04, 2013
Africa: Regional Dialogue Meeting to Support the Promotion of Pida Priority Action Plan Flagship Projects in Western Africa
The African Development Bank is hosting on 4-7 February 2013 a conference to promote the conditions for decisive support to the Priority Action Plan of the Programme for… Read more »
Africa: AfDB's New Disclosure and Access to Information Policy - Shift to Larger Openness and Transparency
The African Development Bank (AfDB)'s new Disclosure and Access to Information (DAI) Policy, which is intended to enlarge public access to information, entered into effect on… Read more »
January 31, 2013
Africa: Africa-Asia Forum On Role of Health Insurance in Universal Coverage
Representatives from Ministries of Finance and Health, national health insurance authorities and development partners, as well as experts and practitioners from Asia and Africa are… Read more »
January 30, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S $100 Million Loan to Boost Fertilizer Production in Nigeria
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved today a senior loan of US $100 million to Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (IEFCL) to… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Visits India to Strengthen Ties, Participate in Development Summit
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, is undertaking an official visit to India from January 30 to February 1, to participate as keynote speaker in… Read more »
January 29, 2013
Africa: President Kaberuka Stresses Investment in Human Capital At World Economic Forum
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, which took place last week in Davos, Switzerland, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka emphasized that building… Read more »
January 25, 2013
East Africa: Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods in the Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), which comprises Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda, has an estimated combined population of 210 million people and… Read more »
Africa: The Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program
The priority areas emanating from the study and selected by the Bank for intervention include: (i) Water Resources Infrastructure, (ii) Livestock Infrastructure, (iii) Markets and… Read more »
Africa: Consultation Underscores Importance of Human Nutrition in Social Development
A consultation and planning workshop for the African Nutritional Sciences Research Consortium hosted by Columbia University's Global Center for Africa opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on… Read more »
Africa: Private Sector Needed to Close the Energy Gap in Africa
"Africa needs strong independent energy regulators to attract private investment in its energy sector," said African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka on Wednesday,… Read more »
January 24, 2013
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka Calls On World Leaders to Find Ways to Boost Global Economic Growth
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, January 22, called on world leaders to come together to debate ways to boost global economic… Read more »
January 23, 2013
Africa: Afdb Showcases Africa's Opportunities and Challenges At Oslo Conference On Child and Women's Health
On January 22, 2013, Government leaders, health experts and representatives from the private sector met at a high-level seminar in Oslo, Norway. The conference set out to examine… Read more »
January 21, 2013
Africa: AfDB Hosts World Bank Delegation to Discuss Joint Strategy
The African Development Bank is hosting in Tunis a delegation from the World Bank Group in a series of meetings from Monday, January 21 to Wednesday, January 23, 2013 to discuss… Read more »
Africa: Malawi and Kenya Launch AfDB Financed Lilongwe West By-Pass Road Project
Malawi President Mrs. Joyce Banda and Kenyan President Mr. Mwai Kibaki, who was on a three-day state visit to Malawi, officially launched the construction of the ADF financed… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Prices $1 Billion Fixed Rate Us Dollar Global Benchmark Due March 2018
On Wednesday, January 16, 2013, the African Development Bank (AfDB), rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, priced a $1 billion fixed rate US Dollar Global benchmark due March 15, 2018. Read more »
January 18, 2013
Africa: 2012 AfDB Evaluation Week a Runaway Success
Evaluation is serious business at the African Development Bank. This is the conclusion that can be drawn from the recently completed AfDB 2012 Evaluation Week (December 3 - 6,… Read more »
Africa: Kenyan University Celebrates Graduation of a New Pool of Science and Technology Students
On December 7, 2012, in a speech to the graduating class of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki thanked the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: Ambassador of India to Tunisia Calls On Afdb
The Ambassador of the Republic of India to Tunisia, Nagma Mallick, on January 16, 2013 called on the African Development Bank Group and held a meeting with President Donald… Read more »
Africa: Senior Management Committee Members Tackles 'AfDB People Strategy'
The African Development Bank's Senior Management Committee members (SMCC) on Friday, January 18 in Tunis, participated in a high-level "People Strategy" workshop, to define the… Read more »
January 17, 2013
Africa: Bank President Delivers Annual Speech to Member-Country Ambassadors to Tunisia
In his annual statement to ambassadors from the member states of the Bank accredited to Tunisia and representatives of international organizations on Thursday, January 17, 2013 in… Read more »
January 16, 2013
Africa: AfDB Approves 13 Million Euro Line of Credit to Support SME/Smi Development
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved today a line of credit of 13 million euros to support small and medium enterprises and industries… Read more »