Africa: A Workshop On Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development

The African Development Bank is conducting a second workshop with the theme "Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development - Africa Action… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Co-Authors Inclusive Green Growth Policy Toolkit for G20 Meeting

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the World Bank, the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), prepared a policy… Read more »

Africa: SEFA Approves First Grant for Conceptualization of Green Tech Financial Facility

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), a joint initiative of the Danish government and the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) of the African… Read more »

Africa: Government of Ethiopia and AfDB Sign US$ 251-Million Loan Agreement to Finance Basic Services

The Government of Ethiopia and the African Development Bank signed a US$ 251-million loan agreement Friday for the "Promoting Basic Services" (PBS) Phase III Program at a ceremony… Read more »

Africa: Employment Opportunities for Youth a Priority, Says Kenyan Minister

Many political and economic challenges facing the African continent can be addressed through improved employment opportunities for youth, said a Kenyan cabinet minister,… Read more »

Africa: Food Security Remains a Top Priority for African Development

Food security remains an important development issue for Africa, with many countries facing high food costs and periodic food shortages due to climate change, humanitarian crises,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB President Mourns Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, has expressed his sadness over the passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of the Federal Democratic Republic… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Officials Attend Training Session On SME Policy in South Korea

The African Development Institute (ADI) organized a second session of the African Officials Invitation Training Program on SME Policy in Seoul, South Korea recently. Fifteen Kenyan… Read more »

Africa: President Kaberuka At the 32nd Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government, in Mozambique

Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), attended the 32nd Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Undertakes Extensive Study On Infrastructure Development in the Congo

Poor infrastructure, high transport costs and the loss of technical capacity will hinder the Republic of Congo's growth as well as efforts to achieve regional economic integration,… Read more »

Africa: Fewer Projects At Risk in Uganda Portfolio, Yet Challenges Remain

The Uganda Country Portfolio Performance Review (CPPR) process culminated on August 14 with a workshop undertaken jointly by the Government of the Republic of Uganda (GoU) and the… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Publication Examines Aid Effectiveness in Delivery of Water

Water and sanitation have long been considered a basic human development need. More recently, with the launch of the UN Decade for Water and Sanitation in the 1990s, followed by… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Funds New Hospital in Burkina Faso

The African Development Bank Group has financed a new hospital in Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, designed to bring better healthcare facilities to the region. The official inauguration… Read more »

Africa: AWF and NEPAD to Boost Economic Development in the Songwe River Basin

The African Water Facility (AWF), in collaboration with New Partnership for Africa's Development - Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF), hosted a meeting… Read more »

Africa: African Legal Support Facility Hosts African International Commercial Law Round Table

The African Legal Support Facility is organizing a two-day round table on the theme of "Africa Capacity Building for International Commercial Law" on 13 and 14 September. The venue… Read more »

Africa: African Water Facility Grant Helps Kenyan Pastoralists Build Resilience to Droughts

An estimated 150,000 people from pastoral communities, including students and teachers from six schools based in Kenya's Baringo, Kiambu West and Laikipia districts, are to benefit… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Funds Capacity Building in Managing for Results

The African Development Bank (AfDB), on Tuesday in Tunis, provided USD 14 million as its contribution to the financing of knowledge component of the multinational project for… Read more »

North Africa: Unlocking North Africa's Potential Through Regional Integration - New AfDB Report

"Unlocking North Africa's potential through regional integration" is the title of a new report published by the African Development Bank (AfDB), which examines the key issues and… Read more »

Africa: AfDB, UNECA, and AUC Partner to Improve Statistical Capacity to Prepare Metadata for MDGs Indicators

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in close cooperation with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the Africa Union Commission (AUC), is organising a… Read more »

Africa: Water Engineers Sponsored By AWF Graduate From 2IE Institute

A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Join African Finance Ministers Meeting in Kinshasa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be attending the meeting of African finance ministers and central bank governors which begins in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic… Read more »

Africa: Inflation Rises to 12.1 Percent

Inflation edged up to an annual rate of 12.1 percent in the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in June compared to the annual rate of 11.6… Read more »

Senegal: AfDB Finances Rural Development in Casamance in Senegal

Casamance, located in southwestern Senegal, has been involved in a struggle for independence since the 1980s. The Rural Development Support Project in Casamance (PADERCA) falls… Read more »

Niger: Niger - AfDB Funds Local Development Support Project in Diffa Region

The Diffa region to the far south-east of Niger is one of the areas most affected by cycles of drought, characterized especially by dune encroachment, increased silting in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Stands Ready to Support African Countries in Establishing Continental Free Trade

The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade… Read more »