May 25, 2010
Africa: AfDB Group Committed Usd 6 Billion to Infrastructure in Africa in 2009
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved USD 6 billion (UA 3.9 billion) for the provision of modern and affordable infrastructure in regional member countries in 2009. Read more »
May 24, 2010
Africa: Launch of the Making Finance Work for Africa Web Site
The Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership Secretariat (MFW4A) on Monday, 24 May 2010, launched its web site: www.mfw4a.org in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Read more »
Africa: AfDB - 80 Percent of African Countries Register Growth in 2009
The African Economic Outlook (AEO) says that 80 percent of the 50 African countries covered by its annual report of 2009 registered positive growth. Read more »
Africa: AfDB - African Economic Outlook 2010 Launched in Abidjan
Africa's future progress would depend on: Read more »
May 21, 2010
Africa: Delegates Arrive in Abidjan for AfDB's 2010 Annual Meeting
Many participants to the 2010 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have arrived in Abidjan for the 27-28 May landmark meetings.… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Supports Economic Reforms in Burundi With U.S. $15 Million
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 15 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi's Third Economic Reform… Read more »
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
USD 39.40 million ADF Grant for Liberia Water and Sanitation Read more »
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 »
