Africa: AfDB Injects U.S. $15 Million Equity Into African Trade Insurance Agency

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved recently a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its… Read more »

Africa: AfDB's Omsbudsman Explains Role and Workings of the Office On Ghana Field Office Visit

The African Development Bank's (AfDB) Ombudsman, Amabel Orraca Ndiaye, visited the AfDB's Ghana Field office (GHFO) from 11 to 13 July, 2012 as part of an annual outreach and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Invests U.S. $7m in Private Equity in Southern African SME Fund

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) recently approved a USD 7 million equity investment in the Business Partners International Southern African SME Fund… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Supports Gabon Renewable Energy Sector With 57m Loan

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on 18 July 2012 in Tunis, a senior loan of €57.5 million to… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Launches Uganda Bond Programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 opened books on its 125 billion Ugandan shilling medium-term note (MTN) programme. The first issue of the programme,… Read more »

Africa: AfBD Co-Hosts the 17th African Econometric Society Annual Conference 2012

The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the African Econometric Society (AES), the Bank of Uganda, Makerere University College of… Read more »

Africa: 40+ African Ministers of Finance and Health Tackle Health Mdgs and Steer Post-Mdg Agenda

The Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) mechanism organized a High-level dialogue among African ministers of finance and health on Value for Money, Sustainability and… Read more »

Africa: Forecasting the Costs and Benefits of Implementing Basel III for North African Emerging Economies

Forecasting the Costs and Benefits of Implementing Basel III for North African Emerging Economies looks at the potential impact of Basel III on Tunisia and Egypt. Read more »

Africa: Rehabilitation of the Agricultural and Rural Sector

The economic crisis of the 1980s, exacerbated by the armed conflicts of the 1990s in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has resulted in a drop in farmer assistance, desertion of… Read more »

North Africa: Finding Jobs for 9.8 Million Young People Will Require a New Approach to Economic Growth

Growth in the last 10 years preceding the Arab Spring did not made it possible for North African countries to create enough jobs for the young. The regional unemployment rate among… Read more »

Africa: Afdb's Usd 33m Harar Water and Sanitation Project Comes On Stream

The Harar Water Supply and Sanitation Project, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of 33 USD million, was inaugurated in the historic Ethiopian town on 8… Read more »

Africa: Southern Region B Director Visits Itezhi-Tezhi Hydro-Power Plant and Transmission Line Project

Southern Region B Director, Chiji Ojukwu, was on a dialogue mission to Zambia from 9 to 14 July 2012 where, along with the Vice President and Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, he was… Read more »

Africa: AWES Delegates Mull Solution to Women's Financial Exclusion

Delegates at the just concluded African Women Economic Summit (AWES) held in Lagos have proposed way out for financial exclusion of women in the continent. Read more »

Africa: African Women Pledge to Fight for Inclusive Growth

The Second African Women Economic summit wound up in Lagos on Saturday, with a unanimous commitment by hundreds of entrepreneurs and professional women to campaign vigorously for… Read more »

Africa: MDB Heads of Procurement Meeting in London

During the week of 18-22 June 2012, the Heads of Procurement (HoP) from a number of Multilateral Development Banks* met in the EBRD Headquarters in London to discuss selected… Read more »

West Africa: PROGEBE - For a Productive Trypanotolerant Livestock

The Regional Project on Sustainable Management of Endemic Ruminant Livestock (PROGEBE) resulted from the will of The Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Senegal to implement preservation… Read more »

Africa: African Economic Outlook 2012 (AEO) Regional Launching in Tunis

On the occasion of the African Economic Outlook 2012 (AEO) regional launch in Tunis, under the high patronage of the Tunisian Head of Government, the African Development Bank… Read more »

Africa: South Africa's Dlamini-Zuma Elected As Chairperson of African Union Commission

African leaders elected Mrs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as chairperson of the African Union Commission at the 19th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 July. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Reiterates Commitment to Gender Equality

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is committed to the promotion of gender equality across the continent according to the head, gender unit of the Bank, Ginette Yoman. She… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Reiterates Continued Support for Women Empowerment

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has pledged its continued support for women empowerment in the continent. The President of the AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, made the pledge in a… Read more »

Africa: Female Entrepreneurs Gather in Lagos for African Women's Economic Summit

The Second African Women's Economic Summit, currently under way in Lagos, is a "summit of action", said the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, when… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Investment in Africa More than Triples to U.S. $3 Billion in 2011

Private equity investment into Africa more than tripled in 2011 to reach USD 3 billion, and that figure is set to rise further as investors move into consumer products and services… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Grants U.S. $40 Million for Budget Support to Malawi

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis a budget support… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Finances Local Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal

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Africa: AfDB Supports Economic Reforms in Burundi With U.S. $18 Million

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 18 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi's Fifth Economic Reform… Read more »