Africa: AfDB President Mourns Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, has expressed his sadness over the passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of the Federal Democratic Republic… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Officials Attend Training Session On SME Policy in South Korea

The African Development Institute (ADI) organized a second session of the African Officials Invitation Training Program on SME Policy in Seoul, South Korea recently. Fifteen Kenyan… Read more »

Africa: President Kaberuka At the 32nd Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, in Mozambique

Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), attended the 32nd Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Undertakes Extensive Study On Infrastructure Development in the Congo

Poor infrastructure, high transport costs and the loss of technical capacity will hinder the Republic of Congo's growth as well as efforts to achieve regional economic integration,… Read more »

Africa: Fewer Projects At Risk in Uganda Portfolio, Yet Challenges Remain

The Uganda Country Portfolio Performance Review (CPPR) process culminated on August 14 with a workshop undertaken jointly by the Government of the Republic of Uganda (GoU) and the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water

Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Funds New Hospital in Burkina Faso

The African Development Bank Group has financed a new hospital in Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, designed to bring better healthcare facilities to the region. The official inauguration… Read more »

Africa: AWF and NEPAD to Boost Economic Development in the Songwe River Basin

The African Water Facility (AWF), in collaboration with New Partnership for Africa's Development - Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), hosted a meeting… Read more »

Africa: African Legal Support Facility Hosts African International Commercial Law Round Table

The African Legal Support Facility is organizing a two-day round table on the theme of "Africa Capacity Building for International Commercial Law" on 13 and 14 September. The venue… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Droughts

An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Funds Capacity Building in Managing for Results

The African Development Bank (AfDB), on Tuesday in Tunis, provided USD 14 million as its contribution to the financing of knowledge component of the multinational project for… Read more »

North Africa: Unlocking North Africa's Potential Through Regional Integration - New AfDB Report

"Unlocking North Africa's potential through regional integration" is the title of a new report published by the African Development Bank (AfDB), which examines the key issues and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB, UNECA, and AUC Partner to Improve Statistical Capacity to Prepare Metadata for MDGs Indicators

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is organising a… Read more »

Africa: Water Engineers Sponsored By AWF Graduate From 2IE Institute

A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Join African Finance Ministers Meeting in Kinshasa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be attending the meeting of African finance ministers and central bank governors which begins in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic… Read more »

Africa: Inflation Rises to 12.1 Percent

Inflation edged up to an annual rate of 12.1 percent in the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in June compared to the annual rate of 11.6… Read more »

Senegal: AfDB Finances Rural Development in Casamance in Senegal

Casamance, located in southwestern Senegal, has been involved in a struggle for independence since the 1980s. The Rural Development Support Project in Casamance (PADERCA) falls… Read more »

Niger: Niger - AfDB Funds Local Development Support Project in Diffa Region

The Diffa region to the far south-east of Niger is one of the areas most affected by cycles of drought, characterized especially by dune encroachment, increased silting in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Stands Ready to Support African Countries in Establishing Continental Free Trade

The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade… Read more »

Africa: Conference Seeks to Develop Regulatory Framework for Derivatives and Commodity Exchanges

From 25-27 July 2012, more than 100 high level experts from across Africa will discuss ways and means to develop the derivatives and commodity exchanges in Africa, through the… Read more »

Africa: Calls for Proposals - Education Research in Africa Award (eraa)

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank (ADI/AfDB) call for proposals within the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Group Project Approvals for 2012 So Far Total U.S. $ 3.45 Billion

The African Development Bank Group has made project approvals of approximately USD 3.45 billion, or Units of Account (UA) 2.27 billion, during the year 2012 so far. In total, 52… Read more »

Africa: Moono Muputola, AfDB - 'Well-Regulated Commodity Exchanges Are of Critical Importance'

"African countries can benefit immensely from well-regulated derivatives commodity exchanges - which in turn could provide a useful tool for Africa's development," said Moono… Read more »

Africa: Economic and Social Challenges Beyond the Revolution

The Tunisian uprising began as a spontaneous social protest against unemployment and social injustice in the interior of the country. In less than a month and against all… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Injects Euros 7m Private Equity Into SME Fund in Francophone Africa

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a €7 million equity investment in the I&P Afrique Entrepreneurs SME Fund (IPAE). This will… Read more »