May 18, 2012
Africa: The Road to Rio +20 - Challenges and Opportunities for Africa
Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable… Read more »
Africa: Green Growth - Creating an Enabling Environment
Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Chief to Meet G8 Leaders for Unprecedented Session
Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the world's richest nations this week to discuss the critical issue of… Read more »
May 17, 2012
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S. $13.95 Million Grant to RMCS and RECS
The African Development Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved a total of USD 13.95 million (UA 9.00 million ) through a grant mechanism on 16 May 2012. The grant will enable… Read more »
May 16, 2012
Africa: AfDB Board Bids Farewell to Dean Hassan Khedr
The outgoing Dean of the Board of the African Development Bank Group, Hassan Khedr, received commendations from management and colleagues at the Boards' regular session on… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB Prepares Regional Program On Drought Resilience in Greater Horn of Africa
An African Development Bank (AfDB) mission is currently in Khartoum, Sudan, working with Government authorities and other stakeholders to develop a program intended to build… Read more »
Africa: Board Approves Over U.S. $400 Million for Morocco Solar Power
The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group today in Tunis approved the equivalent of USD 436 million for the financing of Morocco's power project, and two other… Read more »
Africa: Africa Needs Fair Deal From Its Vast Mineral Riches, Reports AfDB
Mining is such a key sector in the African economy that more than half its countries export some major mineral commodity, and for 13 of those countries, mineral exports account for… Read more »
May 15, 2012
North Africa: The African Development Bank Group in North Africa 2012 - a Year of Transitions
The African Development Bank Group in North Africa - A Year of Transitions is the third annual report produced by the AfDB North region departments. As was the case in earlier… Read more »
North Africa: The African Development Bank Group in North Africa 2012 - a Year of Transition
This report is the third annual report produced by the North Africa regional office of the African Development Bank.. This year, the focus of the report is on the underlying… Read more »
Africa: AFBD Co-Sponsors Innovative E-Health Event in Nairobi
Some 200 participants from more than 15 countries gathered in Nairobi on 18 and 19 April for the e-Health Africa Conference - Integrating m-Health into e-Health Strategy… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Attends the G8 Summit
At the invitation of the President of the United States, Barack Obama, the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, will be attending the Group of Eight (G8)… Read more »
May 14, 2012
Africa: AfDB President Meets Resident Representatives of Central Region
During his visit to the Central African Republic for the inauguration of the AfDB's national field office in Bangui, President Kaberuka held two key meetings with Resident… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Participate in 4th African Water Week
The African Development Bank will be taking part in the 4th Africa Water Week, taking place from 16 to 18 May 2012 in Cairo. This year's them is: "Water for growth in Africa,… Read more »
May 11, 2012
Africa: The Africa Economy Should Become a Transformation Economy
"The African economy which largely depends on the exploitation of natural resources should move on to become a transformation economy." This was one of the key messages of… Read more »
May 10, 2012
Africa: Lions@frica Partnership to Promote African Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the… Read more »
Africa: Renewable Energy in Mali
As Mali strives to become an emerging economy, it is focusing on energy sector reforms to support growth and improve quality of life. Renewable energy holds significant potential… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and IFC to Host Multilateral Development Banks' Conference On Private Sector Integrity
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International finance corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will host the 3rd Multilateral Development Banks' Conference… Read more »
May 09, 2012
Africa: AfDB Launches the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa at a high level seminar on "Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa" held in Tunis and… Read more »
Africa: Kaberuka Will Co-Chair 2012 World Economic Forum On Africa
AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka, will co-chair the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9 to11 May. Ethiopia is the second most populous… Read more »
May 08, 2012
Africa: Kaberuka, Brown and Berners-Lee in High Level Meeting On Education and Technology
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the former British Prime Minister Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, and renowned computer scientist, and founder of… Read more »
Africa: Rural Enterprises Project II in Ghana
The Rural Enterprise Project (REP) aims at alleviating poverty, slowing rural-urban drift, contributing to the creation of sustainable jobs. The project also aims at addressing the… Read more »
Africa: Kaberuka, Gordon Brown and Tim Berners-Lee to Meet At Wef to 'Connect Africa'
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, the former British Prime Minister Rt. Hon Gordon Brown, and renowned computer scientist, and founder of… Read more »
Africa: Inland Lakes Integrated Development and Management Support Project in Rwanda
Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture… Read more »
Africa: Ethiopia, Nigeria Get Financial Boost for Clean Energy
Ethiopia's efforts to increase energy efficiency and diversify its hydro-dependent energy mix through renewable energy got a USD 50 million boost from the Climate Investment Funds… Read more »