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 »
May 05, 2010
Africa: Infrastructure Consortium for Africa Annual Meeting to Focus On Regional Infrastructure
Members of the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa will focus on regional infrastructure issues at their annual meeting this week in Tunis. Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves Usd 30 Million Equity Investment in Helios Investors II
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved on Wednesday 28 April 2010 in Tunis an equity investment of USD 30 million in Helios Investors II. Read more »
May 04, 2010
Africa: Bank Group Launches African Climate Institutions Support Project
The African Development Bank Group launched on Monday, 3 May 2010 in Tunis, an African climate institutions support project which will run from 2010-2012. The project is estimated… Read more »
April 30, 2010
Africa: AfDB And Investment Fund for Health in Africa Sign Euro 10 Million Equity Investment
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed Euro 10 million equity in the Investment Fund for Health in Africa (IFHA). Read more »
Africa: AfDB President Applauds Cape Verde's Graduation to Middle Income Country And Mdg Achievements Despite Hostile Initial Conditions
Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of "policy induced graduation" on the continent, as opposed to natural… Read more »
April 29, 2010
Africa: Interview with Climate Change Specialist, Uzoamaka Nwamarah On "Prospects for an Africa Carbon Facility"
The Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development (OSUS) Unit recently hosted a roundtable on the economics of adaptation. The unit will, from April 29-30, 2010, host a… Read more »
Africa: AfDB to Help Shape Continental Agenda at World Economic Forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group will join African and global leaders in defining a continental development and growth agenda at the 20th World Economic Forum (WEF) for… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$50 Million Investment in Africa Capitalization Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, through its private sector window, approved on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 in Tunis an equity investment… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Approves U.S.$20 Million Grant to Support Higher Education in Eritrea
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday, 28 April 2010 approved a ADF grant of UA 12.9 million* (equivalent to USD 20 million) to support a higher… Read more »
April 28, 2010
Africa: AfBD President Reaffirms Support for Cape Verde on First Official Visit
On his first official visit to Cape Verde from 27-30 April 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, commended the country on being "the first… Read more »
Africa: Picos and Engenhos Catchment Basins Improvement and Development Project
The project aims at helping to reduce rural poverty through soil conservation and water resource mobilization, as well as resource development for agricultural produce conservation… Read more »
April 27, 2010
Africa: Interview With AfDB General Counsel, Kalidou Gadio
The AfDB General Counsel, Kalidou Gadio, attended a conference on Law and Development organized by Harvard University from 16 to 18 April 2010, where he presented a paper on "The… Read more »
Africa: AfDB Launches New Clean Energy Bonds
The African Development Bank (AfDB) rated Aaa/AAA/AAA, announced today two new Clean Energy bonds. These bonds follow the successful first Clean Energy bond issued earlier in March… Read more »
April 26, 2010
Africa: AfDB to Host Roundtable On Adaptation Economics for Africa in Tunis
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April 24, 2010
Africa: Historic 200 Percent Capital Increase Recommended for AfDB
Meeting yesterday in Washington DC, a committee of Governors representing the African Development Bank's shareholders endorsed a tripling of the Bank's capital resources to nearly… Read more »
April 23, 2010
Africa: African Development Bank President on Official Visit to Cape Verde
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will be on official visit to Cape Verde from 27-30 April 2010. The mission builds on the strong partnership… Read more »
April 22, 2010
Africa: Minister Wade - "With AfDB Support, Senegal is in the Process of Catching Up in Infrastructure '
Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 in Tunis, received Senegal's international cooperation and infrastructure minister, Karim Wade. Discussions between… Read more »
Africa: AfDB in Major Solar Energy Conference
The MENASOL 2010 - 2nd North Africa and Middle East Solar Conference centers on how to finance, develop and build utility scale solar projects in North Africa and Middle East… Read more »
April 21, 2010
Africa: Margaret Kilo: "Governance is the Most Pressing Issue in Dealing With Fragile States"
Fragile states have become a priority for development institutions, especially the African Development Bank. In March 2008 the Bank established a Fragile States Facility (FSF) as… Read more »
