October 14, 2014
Africa: Africa50 Fund, Strong Financial Infrastructures and Ppps Dominate Discussions At African Development Forum
The African Development Forum, which officially opened on October 13, was notable for several speeches. These included speeches by the King of Morocco, read by the Moroccan Prime… Read more »
October 13, 2014
Africa: Africa's Transformation Depends On How Well We Mobilize Inputs and Promote Infrastructure Through Africa50
The Ninth African Development Forum (ADF) opened on October 13 in Marrakech with the call by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) for stronger emphasis on infrastructure and… Read more »
Africa: Global Partnerships Will Help Defeat Africa's Biggest Infectious Diseases, Marrakech Seminar Hears
Health financing, with focus on national funding, was at the centre stage of the African Development Forum, which opened Monday, October 13 in Marrakech. Read more »
Africa: The 9th African Development Forum to Focus On Innovative Financing for Africa's Transformation in Marrakech
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will take part in the 9th African Development Forum, in Marrakech, Morocco, and contribute to high-level discussions aimed to address… Read more »
Africa: Lower Forecasts, but Reason to Be Hopeful At the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings
As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings wrapped up in Washington, DC on Sunday, finance ministers and bankers from around the world expressed deep… Read more »
October 12, 2014
Africa: Kaberuka and Finance Leaders Discuss Ways to Fast-Track Emergency Assistance
Addressing financial leaders from around the world, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka said Saturday that in order to build strong economies there must be… Read more »
October 10, 2014
Nigeria: African Water Facility Supports the Development of Komadugu-Yobe Basin in Nigeria
The African Water Facility announces today, October 10, 2014, that it had offered the Hadejia-Jama'are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund a €2 million grantfor the preparation of… Read more »
Africa: Kaberuka Tells Washington Audience - "I Am Bullish On Africa" Despite Ebola
As health organisations warn of a possible pandemic as a result of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka called for more aid,… Read more »
Africa: African Ministers Hail Climdev Special Fund Calling It Useful and Timely
African Ministers, policy-makers, representatives of development partners and climate scientists on Wednesday in Marrakech, Morocco, hailed the establishment of the ClimDev-Africa… Read more »
October 09, 2014
Africa: Leaders Discuss Ebola Strategy in Washington
As the Ebola death toll continues to rise and fear over the epidemic grows, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka offered assurances to the international… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Ranks 8th in Aid Transparency Index 2014
On Wednesday, October 8, Publish What You Fund launched its annual Aid Transparency Index* (ATI) in Washington, DC. The index shows the African Development Bank (AfDB) is one of… Read more »
October 08, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves €10 Million Equity Investment in Moringa Private Equity Fund
On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in Abidjan, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved a €10-million equity investment in the African compartment of the… Read more »
East Africa: African Development Bank - Partner of Choice for the Eastern Africa We Want
In a newly released report prepared in 2014 by the African Development Bank's (AfDB) East Africa Regional Resource Center in Nairobi, Kenya, on the occasion of the Bank's 50th… Read more »
October 06, 2014
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $12 Million Line of Credit to Nigeria's Lapo Microfinance Bank
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its private sector window approved on Wednesday, October 1 a USD 12 million line of credit (LOC)… Read more »
October 03, 2014
East Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $98.22-Million Loan for Biomedical Sciences Education in East Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Friday, October 3 approved loans amounting to US $98.22 million to finance the first phase of East Africa's… Read more »
October 01, 2014
Morocco: AfDB Approves €100-Million Budget Support Loan for Financial Sector Development in Morocco
Efforts by the Kingdom of Morocco to deepen its financial sector received a big boost on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 in Abidjan, following the approval of a €100-million budget… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, West African Countries Sign U.S. $152 Million Fight Back Ebola Programme
The President of the African Development Bank Group and representatives from Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire on October 1, 2014 in Abidjan signed loan and… Read more »
Africa: African Economic Conference 2014 to Take Place in Addis Ababa
What: African Economic Conference 2014: "Knowledge and Innovation for Africa's Transformation" Read more »
Africa: Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security
Heavy investments needed in on-farm and off-farm infrastructure along agriculture value chain Read more »
September 30, 2014
Africa: AfDB Launches Green Growth Framework
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has released the first-ever Green Growth Framework that will function as a foundational reference document for its future work on green growth.… Read more »
Africa: AfDB, Government of Tanzania Launch U.S. $57 Million in Support to Technical Vocational Education and Training Project
On September 18, 2014, the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the United Republic of Tanzania, launched the Technical Vocational Education and Teacher Education… Read more »
Africa: U.S. $ 2 Trillion in Investments Back Green Bonds to Tap Usd 100 Trillion Bond Market for Climate Solutions
Green Bond commitments announcement for next 12 months by issuers, banks and investors Read more »
Africa: Agricultural Innovations Can Help African Farmers Compete, Boost Food Security, Says New Report
Africa must embrace agricultural innovations to better compete in an evolving global bio-economy, according to findings from a new report issued by the African Development Bank… Read more »
Africa: Agriculture - The Key to Africa's Development
On the occasion of the African Development Bank's commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security, on Monday, September 29, 2014 in Abidjan, Chiji Ojukwu,… Read more »
September 29, 2014
Africa: Commemoration of the Africa Year of Agriculture and Food Security By the African Development Bank
Africa's recent growth has failed to translate into meaningful job creation and the broad-based economic and social development needed to reduce poverty and inequality. Although… Read more »
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