November 30, 2011
Africa: Zuma, Others Launch Africa Pavilion At UN Climate Conference (AfDB)
Three African leaders yesterday launched the Africa Pavilion at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa. The conference, also known more technically as the… Read more »
November 29, 2011
Africa: Emerging Issues Series Focuses On How Africa Is Coping With Global Uncertainty (AfDB)
Over just one year, a series of events ranging from the Arab Spring to the European debt crisis and growing food insecurity, particularly in the Horn of Africa has focused… Read more »
Africa: Tanzania Report Wins Top Prize At AfDB's Evaluation Week
The Dar es Salaam water supply and sanitation project completion report (PCR) has won the Operations Evaluation Award for Best Project Completion Report from the African… Read more »
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire Sign Revised AfDB Headquarters Agreement
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), concluded an official two-day visit to Côte d'Ivoire today. The AfDB chief executive and Daniel Kablan… Read more »
Africa: Jaballah Srarfi Elected Chair of African Legal Support Facility (AfDB)
Facility also grants U.S.$ 700,000 to Rwanda for energy and mining sectors Read more »
November 25, 2011
Africa: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa Meets in Tunis (AfDB)
The Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) held their meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Tunis on 22 and 23 November 2011. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Publishes Its Report On Infrastructure and Growth in Sierra Leone
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, today in Tunis, presented its report on Infrastructure and growth in Sierra Leone. This report is meant to promote support to the… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and IMF Organize Training On Balance of Payments
A seminar on 'Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Statistics', organized b the African Development Institute and the IMF's statistic department began in Tunis… Read more »
Africa: African Infrastructure Consortium Meets in Tunis (AfDB)
The Members' Meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) held their meeting at the Sheraton Hotel in Tunis on 22 and 23 November 2011. Read more »
Africa: Africa's Development Agenda to Remain a High Priority for G20 (AfDB)
Africa's development agenda will remain a high priority, even as Mexico takes over the chair of the Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors from France… Read more »
East Africa: Domestic Resource Mobilization for Poverty Reduction in East Africa (AfDB)
Successful implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and National Development Plans (NDPs) depends on effective resource mobilisation and utilisation. Read more »
Africa: Switzerland Commits U.S. $20 Million to AfDB for Increased Access to Water
The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Trust Fund, a fund managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will receive a 20 million US dollar contribution from the Swiss Agency for… Read more »
Africa: ACBF-AfDB - Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding On the African Governance Outlook
On 11 November 2011, the African Development Bank made further progress in its collaboration the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on financial governance Read more »
November 23, 2011
West Africa: AfDB Injects 5 Million Euros Into Francophone West Africa Private Equity Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 16 November a €5 million equity investment in a private equity fund which will invest in key… Read more »
North Africa: Tackling Youth Unemployment in the Maghreb (AfDB)
Youth unemployment across North Africa is one of the highest in the world. The paper, Tackling Youth Unemployment in the Maghreb, identifies the main causes and gauges the extent… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests Euros 5 Million Equity in Cauris Croissance II to Support Private Sector Growth
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on 16 November an equity investment of €5 million in Cauris Croissance II, a ten year life, second… Read more »
Africa: GEF Approves U.S. $20.5 Million Grant for Lake Chad Basin Regional Program (AfDB)
At its 41st Council Meeting held in Washington, D.C. on 9 and10 November 2011, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) approved a grant of USD 20.5 million for the Lake Chad Basin… Read more »
Africa: Forest Communities in Burkina Faso, Ghana and DRC to Benefit From Dedicated CIF Grant (AfDB)
In the coming year, pilot countries of the Climate Investment Fund's (CIF) "Forest Investment Program" (FIP), including Burkina Faso, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo,… Read more »
Africa: Building CDM Case for Ethiopia - Kenya Hydropower Interconnection Project (AfDB)
An Ethiopia-Kenya hydropower interconnection project may be the first to benefit from work beginning conducted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), through the African Carbon… Read more »
Africa: CIF Approves Project to Expand Geothermal Energy in Kenya (AfDB)
A project to develop a geothermal steam field at Menengai, Kenya got the go-ahead on 17 November 2011 from the governing body of the Scaling Up of Renewable Energy Program in Low… Read more »
Africa: Mali Gains CIF Backing to Scale Up Renewable Energy (AfDB)
Mali's USD 40 million investment plan to scale up renewable energy was approved in principle by the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) governing bodies during their annual meetings from… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Invests $20 Million to Support the Development in Uganda
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 23 November a U.S.$ 20 million line of credit over 10 years to Housing Finance Bank Limited (HFB)… Read more »
November 22, 2011
Africa: AfDB Eases Funding for Small to Mid-Sized Firms in Mauritania
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and finance company, Mauritania Leasing, signed an agreement on 15 November in Dakar for a grant of USD 365,000 provided by the Fund for African… Read more »
November 21, 2011
Africa: AfDB Lends Ear to Young Tunisians On Solving Youth Unemployment Problem
On 12 November 2011, the African Development Bank's (AfDB)'s Human Development Department organized a meeting with members of the Association of African Students and Trainees in… Read more »
November 17, 2011
Africa: AfDB Signs U.S. $12 Million Line of Credit With Bank of Kigali
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Bank of Kigali today signed a USD 12 million line of credit and a USD 500,000 grant agreement for technical assistance from the Fund for… Read more »