September 25, 2011
Africa: Development Partners Stand With Côte d'Ivoire (AfDB)
Second roundtable for Côte d'Ivoire reaffirms strong support of international community Read more »
September 22, 2011
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 258 Million Loans and Grants to Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Niger
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 20 September 2011 in Tunis approved loans and grants amounting to 160 million Units of Account* (U.S.$ 257.6… Read more »
September 20, 2011
Africa: New AfDB Study Takes in-Depth Look At China-Africa Partnership
China's trade with Africa has increased dramatically over recent years. By 2008, it surpassed the USD 100 billion mark to reach USD 114 billion. Despite the 2008 global financial… Read more »
Africa: China-Africa Relations Scrutinized in AfDB's New Book
The African Development Bank today released a book titled "China and Africa, An Emerging Partnership for Development?" In recent years, China has been the prominent emerging… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$ 15.7 Million Grant in Sierra Leone
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 14 September 2011 approved a grant of USD 15.7 million to Sierra Leone to finance the second Economic… Read more »
September 19, 2011
Africa: Regional Programme to Enhance Pastoralism Endorsed (AfDB)
At the end of a two-day regional workshop on livestock development and drought preparedness held in Djibouti, technical experts and development partners have endorsed a programme… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Tunisia Sign 340 Million Dinars Loan Agreements
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Tunisian government, on 19 September 2011, signed two loan agreements totaling 340 million dinars. Both loans will finances… Read more »
September 16, 2011
Africa: Five New Countries Join Deauville Partnership (AfDB)
U.S.$ 38 billion available to aid change in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco and Jordan Read more »
September 15, 2011
Africa: Launch of "Financing Africa - Through the Crisis and Beyond" (AfDB)
On 15 September 2011, the Partnership for Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) will officially launch a new flagship publication, "Financing Africa: Through the Crisis and… Read more »
September 14, 2011
Africa: Djibouti Hosts Regional Workshop On Livestock Development (AfDB)
Following a regional study on sustainable livestock development in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) that was commissioned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in October 2008, a… Read more »
September 12, 2011
Africa: Fragile Countries Must Lead in Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (AfDB)
In closing intensive discussions on peacebuilding and statebuilding in Africa, African leaders and assembled experts called for new peace- and statebuilding goals to guide global… Read more »
September 09, 2011
Africa: U.S.$ 22.5m African Development Fund Loan for Bamako (AfDB)
Upscaling ICT & Entrepreneurship Skills in Mali and West Africa Read more »
North Africa: AfDB, Largest Investor of Private Equity Investment Fund in the Maghreb
The African Development Bank (AfDB) announced on 6 September the first closing of the multi-sector private equity fund Maghreb Private Equity Fund III LLC ('MPEF III'), with a size… Read more »
September 08, 2011
Africa: Leaders Call for New Approach to Development in Fragile States (AfDB)
African leaders from fragile and conflict-affected countries called for a reassessment of the Millennium Development Goals and new approaches to development in Africa during a… Read more »
September 07, 2011
Africa: Africa Regional Consultation On Peace-Building And State-Building
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and its international partners are jointly organizing an Africa regional consultation on peace-building and state-building in Addis Ababa,… Read more »
August 26, 2011
Africa: Boosting Rwanda's Energy Sector
The African Development Bank and other lenders have committed U.S.$91.25 million to the development of the Kivuwatt power project in Rwanda, under a loan agreement signed with… Read more »
August 25, 2011
East Africa: Kaberuka Attends AU Pledging Conference On Drought And Famine (AfDB)
"Time has come to address the root causes of the famines in the Horn." Read more »
Africa: Africa Regional Consultation On Peace-Building And State-Building (AfDB)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and its international partners are jointly organizing an Africa regional consultations on peace-building and state-building in Addis Ababa,… Read more »
August 15, 2011
Africa: AfDB and Liberia Sign U.S. $56 Million Budget Support and Public Works Grant Agreements
As Bank Establishes Field Office in Monrovia Read more »
August 12, 2011
Africa: AfDB Scaling-Up Engagement With Civil Society
A Bank-wide task team has begun work on a framework for scaling up the institution's engagement with civil society. The team met on Tuesday, 8 August 2011 in Tunis, where members… Read more »
August 09, 2011
Africa: AfDB President Kaberuka in Egypt
African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka is on a two-day working visit to Egypt. Read more »
August 05, 2011
Africa: Conference On Land Policy in Africa (AfDB)
The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) Consortium comprises the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa… Read more »
East Africa: AfDB, Others Commit U.S. $165 Million to Railway Infrastructure in East Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed USD40 million to support a five-year capital investment programme for Rift Valley Railways, a consortium established to manage the… Read more »
July 30, 2011
East Africa: AfDB Appeals for Concrete Action to Mitigate Famine in Horn of Africa
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, has called for concrete action to mitigate the dire impacts of the drought and famine in the horn of… Read more »
July 20, 2011
Africa: AfDB and WWF Team Up to Protect African Environment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have come together to work closely on green economy and development issues in… Read more »