Africa: AfDB Reiterates Continued Support for Women Empowerment

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has pledged its continued support for women empowerment in the continent. The President of the AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, made the pledge in a… Read more »

Africa: Female Entrepreneurs Gather in Lagos for African Women's Economic Summit

The Second African Women's Economic Summit, currently under way in Lagos, is a "summit of action", said the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, when… Read more »

Africa: Private Equity Investment in Africa More than Triples to U.S. $3 Billion in 2011

Private equity investment into Africa more than tripled in 2011 to reach USD 3 billion, and that figure is set to rise further as investors move into consumer products and services… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Grants U.S. $40 Million for Budget Support to Malawi

The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, approved on Wednesday in Tunis a budget support… Read more »

Africa: The AfDB Finances Local Small-Scale Irrigation in Senegal

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Africa: AfDB Supports Economic Reforms in Burundi With U.S. $18 Million

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board of Directors has approved a USD 18 million grant from the Fragile States Facility resources to finance Burundi's Fifth Economic Reform… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Co-Hosts Second African Women Economic Summit

The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB, Donald Kaberuka, will speak at the Second African Women Economic Summit, which opens in Lagos, Nigeria, on 12 July. Read more »

Africa: AfDB Delegation Takes Part in First Workshop On Long-Term Finance On Climate Change

The first workshop on long-term finance related to climate change in a series initiated at the COP 17 conference in Durban in 2011 took place in Bonn, Germany, from 9 to 11 July… Read more »

North Africa: African Economic Outlook Launches in North Africa Alongside Youth Jobs Debate

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will undertake the regional launch in Tunis of the 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) report on 16 July, under the high… Read more »

Africa: Visit of President Yayi Boni to the AfDB

Three days from the African Union (AU) Summit scheduled to take place from July 14-16, 2012, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the AU Chairperson, Dr. Yayi Boni, who is also Benin's… Read more »

Africa: Parliamentarians Key to Institutionalisation of Value for Money, Accountability in Health Sector

African Finance and Health Ministers as well as parliamentarians, civil society, bilateral and multilateral partners gathered in Tunis, and agreed to intensify multisectoral… Read more »

Africa: 40 African Ministers Pledge for Enhanced Voice and Accountability in Health

Times are changing. Increasingly, health professionals are accountable for the way they use the resources, the services they avail to people and more generally, the results they… Read more »

Africa: Fertility Decline Key to Capturing the Demographic Dividend in Africa

High-profile speakers like Dr. Babatunde Osotimehim, Executive Director for UNFPA and Hans Rosling, Chairman of Gapminder Foundation spoke at length about the importance of family… Read more »

Africa: Rapid Child Mortality Decline in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed unprecedented declines in child mortality over the past two decades. The average child mortality rate decreased from 174 per 1,000 in 1990 to 121 per… Read more »

Africa: Using Public-Private Partnership to Finance National Hospitals - the Case of Lesotho

Many African countries are facing increasing demands for health financing with fewer limited resources available and dwindling donor financing. This disconnect compels African… Read more »

Africa: A Dynamic and Skilled Health Workforce Is Key to Universal Health Coverage

Achieving the Health Millennium Development Goals (WHO) in Africa will require substantial investments in training a dynamic and skilled health workforce. Most countries in Africa… Read more »

Africa: Capturing the ICT Dividend - AfDB Supports the Rise of E-Health in Africa

Spurred by technological innovations, a revolution in ehealth is taking place in Africa. A large part of this revolution is due to the phenomenal growth in mobile phone usage in… Read more »

Africa: President of Benin, Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, Visits African Development Bank

The president of Benin, Dr Thomas Yayi Boni, will be making a visit to the African Development Bank at its temporary relocation agency offices in Tunis on 10 July. He will meet the… Read more »

Africa: The 2nd African Women's Economic Summit

In partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB), New Faces New Voices (NFNV) is hosting its second African Women Economic Summit (AWES). African government, regulators,… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Holds Seminar On Youth Employment in Lusaka

The African Development Bank hosted a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Lusaka, Zambia, focusing on the challenges and opportunities faced by countries in… Read more »

Africa: AfDB to Hold High Level Policy Dialogue On Youth Employment in Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and… Read more »

Africa: Financial Closure Ceremony for the Henry Konan Toll Bridge Project in Abidjan

The financial closing ceremony for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Henry Konan Bedie Toll Bridge Project in Abidjan ('Abidjan's 3rd bridge') was held at the… Read more »

Africa: Former Ghanaian President, John A. Kufuor, to Be Next AfDB Eminent Speaker

The former Ghanaian president, John A. Kufuor, will take the podium on the 18th occasion of the AfDB's Eminent Speakers Program on 6 July 2012 in Tunis. The theme of the speech… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Strengthens Its Anti-Corruption Agenda and Procurement Rules

The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank Group have approved policies designed to strengthen the institution's anti-corruption agenda as well as its procurement… Read more »

Africa: Health Ministers Say Investing in Health Is Key to Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Africa

African finance and health ministers, parliamentarians, civil society organizations, private sector and representatives of bilateral and multilateral development institutions,… Read more »