January 12, 2010
Africa: Nobel Laureate Stiglitz Underscores Role of Development Banks
Addressing economists of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Monday, 11 January 2009, in Tunis within the framework of the AfDB Eminent Speakers Program, Nobel Laureate,… Read more »
January 11, 2010
Africa: Joseph Stiglitz - "One of the Main Lessons From the Financial Crisis is That the State Must Play a Key Role in Sustaining Economic Development"
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Africa: State Must Play Key Role in Sustainin Economic Development - Joseph Stiglitz
The crisis clearly demonstrates that the state has a role to play, even if that role should depend on places and circumstances. Read more »
January 04, 2010
Africa: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz Joins AfDB's Eminent Speakers Program
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December 21, 2009
Africa: 2010-2012 AfDB Adminsitrative Budget Focuses on Results, Selectivity and Knowledge Management
The African Development Bank Board of Directors has recently approved the institution's administrative budget for 2010 while reaffirming the relevance of AfDB 2008-2012 Medium Term… Read more »
December 16, 2009
Africa: AfDB and UBA Sign Landmark U.S. $150 Million Loan to Facilitate African Trade Finance
On behalf of their respective institutions, Aloysius Uche Ordu, Vice President, Regional and Country Programs and Policy from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Faith… Read more »
Africa: Cop 15 - The President Exchanges With the Group of African Negotiators
While in Copenhagen where he was leading the AfDB delegation to the UN climate summit, Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, addressed African negotiators during a plenary… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change - African Leaders Call for the AfBD to Play a Key Role for Africa
In speeches delivered on 16 December 2009 in Copenhagen, African leaders have called for an increased presence of the AfDB in Africa on climate change. These leaders, including… Read more »
December 15, 2009
Africa: " Bumbuna Hydoelectric Plant Will Bring Down the Cost of Doing Business in Sierra Leone"
The African Development Bank-backed Bumbuna hydropower plant meant to provide electricity to Sierra Leonians and thus boost the economy was inaugurated on November 6, 2009. For… Read more »
December 14, 2009
Africa: Civil Society Organizations Share Experience And Knowledge
In view of the forthcoming conference on Peace and State Building in Africa, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda from 16 to 19 February 2010, the second pre-conference consultation for… Read more »
Africa: Joint OECD-AfDB Intitiative to Support Business Integrity And Anti-Bribery Efforts in Africa
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a Joint Initiative to Support Business Integrity and Combat… Read more »
December 11, 2009
Africa: AfDB Hosts Afritac Pledging Conference
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will, on December 11, 2009, in Tunis host a pledging conference for the third phase of the "Africa Regional Technical Assistance Centers… Read more »
Africa: AfDB and Access Bank of Tanzania Sign 660,000 USD Technical Assistance Grant
Representatives from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Access Bank Tanzania (ABT) gathered today to sign a grant of USD 660,000 from the Fund for African Private Sector… Read more »
Africa: The AfDB President is Attending the Copenhagen Conference
Among other things, he participates in an event with potential technical and financial partners of the existence of Congo Basin Forest Fund. Read more »
Africa: AfDB At Cop 15
Although the Bank has an observer status at the UNFCCC and cannot be involved in the negotiations, it is visibly participating at Conference of Parties (COP 15). Read more »
Africa: AfDB Board Approves the Establishment of Climdev-Africa Special Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), on 2 December 2009, in Tunis, approved the establishment of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa)… Read more »
December 08, 2009
Africa: AfDB Hosts Afritac Pledging Conference
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Africa: WHO, Partners Meet On River Blindness Elimination Progress in Africa - the AfDB at the Centre of the Event
The governing board of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), comprising Health Ministers of the participating countries,… Read more »
December 07, 2009
Africa: COP 15 and Africa
The risks posed by climate change in Africa do not respect political boundaries as they are common to the entire continent. There is no single part of Africa that is spared its… Read more »
Africa: The World Conservation Union Discusses Environmental Issues with the AfDB
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, in Tunis received a World Conservation Union (IUCN) delegation, led by its Director General, Julia… Read more »
December 04, 2009
Africa: AfDB Approves USD 245 Million Loan for Tanzania Road Project
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development bank Group (AfDB) Group, approved on 2 December 2009 in Tunis, a… Read more »
December 02, 2009
Africa: Joint Statement By Multilateral Development Banks And the IMF in Anticipation of the Copenhagen Conference
Leading international financial institutions committed to fight against climate change and call for comprehensive Copenhagen agreement. Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Conference
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December 01, 2009
Africa: World Aids Day - "Hiv/Aids Silence Must Be Broken At Our Workplace"
"HIV/AIDS silence must be broken at our workplace. Let's encourage open dialogue amongst ourselves," Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, said on December 1, 2009, in Tunis while… Read more »
Africa: Implementating Government Policies Through Public Private Partnerships in Africa
The Bank in collaboration with AME Trade is organizing a two day Public Private Partnership Africa (PPP Africa) Conference at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Tunis, from 1 - 2 December… Read more »