July 10, 2012
Africa: Fertility Decline Key to Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Africa
High-profile speakers like Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, Executive Director for UNFPA and Hans Rosling, Chairman of Gapminder Foundation spoke at length about the importance of family… Read more »
Africa: Rapid Child Mortality Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed unprecedented declines in child mortality over the past two decades. The average child mortality rate decreased from 174 per 1,000 in 1990 to 121 per… Read more »
Africa: Using Public-Private Partnership to Finance National Hospitals - the Case of Lesotho
Many African countries are facing increasing demands for health financing with fewer limited resources available and dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels African… Read more »
Africa: A Dynamic and Skilled Health Workforce Is Key to Universal Health Coverage
Achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals (WHO) in Africa will require substantial investments in training a dynamic and skilled health workforce. Most countries in Africa… Read more »
Africa: Capturing the ICT Dividend - AfDB Supports the Rise of E-Health in Africa
Spurred by technological innovations, a revolution in ehealth is taking place in Africa. A large part of this revolution is due to the phenomenal growth in mobile phone usage in… Read more »
Africa: President of Benin, Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, Visits African Development Bank
The president of Benin, Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, will be making a visit to the African Development Bank at its temporary relocation agency offices in Tunis on 10 July. He will meet the… Read more »
Africa: The 2nd African Women's Economic Summit
In partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), New Faces New Voices (NFNV) is hosting its second African Women Economic Summit (AWES). African government, regulators,… Read more »
July 09, 2012
Africa: AfDB Holds Seminar On Youth Employment in Lusaka
The African Development Bank hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Hold High Level Policy Dialogue On Youth Employment in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and… Read more »
July 06, 2012
Africa: Financial Closure Ceremony for the Henry Konan Toll Bridge Project in Abidjan
The financial closing ceremony for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Henry Konan Bedie Toll Bridge Project in Abidjan ('Abidjan's 3rd bridge') was held at the… Read more »
Africa: Former Ghanaian President, John A. Kufuor, to Be Next AfDB Eminent Speaker
The former Ghanaian president, John A. Kufuor, will take the podium on the 18th occasion of the AfDB's Eminent Speakers Program on 6 July 2012 in Tunis. The theme of the speech… Read more »
July 05, 2012
Africa: AfDB Strengthens Its Anti-Corruption Agenda and Procurement Rules
The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved policies designed to strengthen the institution's anti-corruption agenda as well as its procurement… Read more »
Africa: Health Ministers Say Investing in Health Is Key to Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Africa
African finance and health ministers, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, private sector and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development institutions,… Read more »
Africa: Enhancing Implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plans in the Agriculture
The Bank, through the natural resources and environment management, and the compliance and safeguard divisions, is holding two regional workshops in Dakar, Senegal (July 5-6, 2012)… Read more »
July 03, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Meets With Tunisian Prime Minister
The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, was received in audience on Tuesday, 3 July by Tunisia's Prime Minister and head of government, Hamadi Jebali… Read more »
July 02, 2012
Africa: Emmanuel Mbi Is the First Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the AfDB
Prior to joining the AfDB, Mr. Mbi worked for over 31 years at the World Bank and held several senior positions, the last being Director for Strategy and Operations, covering the… Read more »
June 29, 2012
Africa: AfDB Boosts 'One Bank' Policy to Build a Better Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) strengthened its "One Bank" approach in order to strengthen the economies and social structures of its member countries in Africa during the… Read more »
Africa: Guinea Bissau - The AfDB Finances the Rehabilitation of the Agricultural and Rural Sectors
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Africa: AfDB Annual Meetings will be held in Marrakech in 2013
Mr. Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Kingdom of Morocco, and Ms. Cecilia Akintomide, Vice-President and Secretary General of the African Development Bank… Read more »
June 28, 2012
Africa: AfDB Debates Role of Operational Evaluation in Spurring Development Results
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Operations Evaluation Department (OPEV) held a debate on the role of evaluation of operation on development results on 28 June in Tunis. Read more »
June 26, 2012
Africa: AfDB Holds Seminar On Rule of Law and Economic Development
The African Development Bank's legal department held a brainstorming session in Tunis on 22 June on the rule of law and the challenges it poses for economic development. Read more »
June 22, 2012
Africa: Africa Day At Rio+20 - Continent Has Progressed but Faces New Challenges
African leaders and senior representatives of Africa's leading institutions assessed progress on sustainable development in Africa on 19 June, dubbed "Africa Day" at the United… Read more »
Africa: World Needs Nature-Based Solutions to Ecosystem Harm
The African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Italian government hosted an event at the UN Conference… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Commits Annual U.S.$ 1 Billion to Energy Sector in Africa At Rio+20
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will commit USD 1 billion a year to the energy sector, said the institution's president, Donald Kaberuka, on 21 June at the UN Conference on… Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: AfDB Supports South Africa's Agriculture Sector With 1billion Rand Credit to Land Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, a 1-billion South African rand (ZAR) (About USD 117 million) sovereign guaranteed line of… Read more »