May 20, 2010
Africa: Abidjan Hosts CoDA 4th Board of Directors Meeting
The Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA), an initiative supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for… Read more »
Africa: Cape Verde: Senior Loan of EUR 15 Million to Cabeólica Wind Power Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a senior loan of EUR 15 million… Read more »
Africa: Board Approves Usd 313 Million for Five Major Operations
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Africa: Main One Cable Completes Fibre Cable Lay From Portugal Through to Ghana And Nigeria
The celebration of the final splice of the Main One submarine cable, a project financed in part by the African Development Bank (AfDB) through its private sector window, was held… Read more »
May 19, 2010
Africa: AfDB Approves a Line of Credit of Usd 200 Million to the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 in Tunis a line of credit of USD 200… Read more »
Africa: Access Africa Forum 2010
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Africa: Liberia - AfDB Approves Urban Water And Sanitation Project to Benefit More Than Half a Million People
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on 19 May 2010 in Tunis, a grant of UA… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Commits Usd 40 Million in the African Agriculture Fund
The private sector window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group received, on 19 May 2010, board approval for a USD 40 million equity investment in the African Agriculture… Read more »
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire - Contributing to Improving Access to Education
Costing 53 million units of account (equivalent to CFAF 39 billion), the project was approved for African Development Fund (ADF) financing on 24 September 1992 and was completed on… Read more »
May 18, 2010
Africa: AfDB Private Sector Hosts the 3adi Facility Task Force Meeting
On 18 May 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted the first meeting designed to start up the Equity and Guarantee Fund for Agriculture and Agribusiness in Africa (EGFAA),… Read more »
Africa: Enhancing Ghana's Transport Sector
Since the Bank Group commenced operations in Ghana in 1973, it has invested over USD 1.6 billion on concessionary terms in all sectors of the country's economy. In the transport… Read more »
May 14, 2010
Africa: AfDB President Announces New Reforms
In the run-up to its 2010 Annual Meetings, the African Development Bank is implemented various commitments it made to its shareholders following the announcement of a 200% increase… Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Announces Senior Women Appointments
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the following appointment Read more »
May 13, 2010
Africa: GCI - The Bank Will Honor Its Commitments
Speaking during a meeting with the AfDB management on Tuesday, 11 May 2010, Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, urge his collaborators to size up the scale of responsibilities… Read more »
Africa: 200 Percent General Capital Increase
With a 200% General Capital Increase endorsed in April 2010 by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Governors Consultative Committee, Bank resources are currently estimated at USD… Read more »
Africa: The GCI Will Ensure Financing for Low and Middle Income Countries
The next stage in the final adoption of the AfDB General Capital Increase will take place in Abidjan during the institutions' Annual Meetings scheduled to take place from May… Read more »
Africa: Pursuing Institutional Reforms
Mr. Kaberuka statements indicate that the Bank is finalizing and deepening its institutional reform agenda undertaken in 2006. Read more »
Africa: The Bank Will Honor Its Commitments Under the Gci
Speaking during a meeting with the AfDB management on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, urge his collaborators to size up the scale of responsibilities… Read more »
Africa: General Capital Increase - AfDB Braces to Meet Commitments
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, May 11, 2010, in Tunis held a meeting with managers on the eve of the Annual Meetings scheduled to take place in Abidjan from May… Read more »
May 10, 2010
Africa: 6th Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) Annual Meeting
The 6th Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) Annual Meeting closed on Friday 7 May 2010 in Tunis. The meeting was co-chaired by the African Development Bank (AfDB)… Read more »
May 07, 2010
Africa: WEF - African Countries With Access to Capital Markets Should Tap Them for the Development of Infrastructure, Says Donald Kaberuka
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa ended on Friday, 7 May 2010, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, after three days of deliberations on how leaders and policy-makers should deal… Read more »
Africa: 2010 ICA Annual Meeting Focuses On "Integrating African Economies Through Regional Infrastructure"
The 2010 Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) annual meeting, which opened on Thursday, 6 May 2010, in Tunis, on the theme: "Integrating African Economies through Regional… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB Promotes Solar Energy Development
The African Development Bank (AfDB) participated actively at the 2nd North Africa and Middle East Solar Conference MENASOL 2010 in Cairo. Read more »
May 06, 2010
Africa: World Economic Forum On Africa - "We Must Attract Foreign Investors to Africa," Says AfDB President
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and his delegation are participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which started on Wednesday, 5 May 2010,… Read more »
Africa: Interview with Margaret Kilo, Head of the Fragile States Unit
"The Bank will continue to deepen its engagement in fragile states," fragile states unit head, Margaret Kilo. Read more »