May 12, 2008
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Meets Financial Commitment with AfDB
In a bid to actively reconnect with international donors, the Zimbabwean government last month paid part of its arrears to the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. On April 14,… Read more »
May 05, 2008
Africa: AfDB Group Commits U.S. $ 1 Billion More to Tackle Food Crisis, Raises Agriculture Portfolio to U.S. $ 4.8 Billion
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, announced in Tunis that the Bank Group would add US$1 billion to its agriculture portfolio, raised to… Read more »
May 02, 2008
Africa: AfDB Group Commits US$ 1 Billion More to Tackle Food Crisis, Raises Agriculture Portfolio to US$ 4.8 Billion
Tunis, 2 May 2008 – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, announced on Friday, 2 May 2008, in Tunis that the Bank Group would add US$1… Read more »
Africa: African States Prepare for Global High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness
Kigali, Rwanda, 1 May 2008 – Some 200 delegates from over 40 African states ended a two-day workshop to review implementation of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness on… Read more »
Africa: Accra HLF Africa Region Preparatory Consultation Workshop, Kigali, Rwanda, 28-30 April 2008
The Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness will be held in Accra, Ghana, from 2-4 September 2008. The African Development is a lead sponsor of the Accra Forum which will… Read more »
Africa: Workshop on Challenges and Opportunities for SAIs in Africa
President Donald Kaberuka on Monday in Tunis opened a three-day workshop on "Challenges and Opportunities for Supreme Audit Institutions in Africa" with more than 50… Read more »
April 29, 2008
Africa: AfDB-Gabon: Libreville Hosts Oil and Gas Seminar
A three-day seminar on the management of proceeds from extractive industries in Africa, especially oil a and gas, organized by the African Development Bank Group in conjunction… Read more »
April 28, 2008
Africa: President Kaberuka Signs AfDB Algeria Field Office Agreement
The President of the African Development Bank Group (ADB), Mr. Donald Kaberuka, on Sunday 27 April, signed the agreement establishing the ADB field office in Algeria alongside Mr.… Read more »
April 25, 2008
Africa: Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn in Tunis
The former World Bank President, Mr. Wolfensohn, gave a lecture on Friday in Tunis on the theme "Africa in a Global World: Partnerships for Success", as part of the Bank… Read more »
Africa: Wolfensohn: Africa Should Integrate its Development Programmes
Africa must reduce the multiplicity of decision centres, 53 states, 53 ministers of finance…, and interlocutors and integrate its development programmes for the continent to… Read more »
April 21, 2008
Africa: President Kaberuka Supports SADC Poverty Reduction Efforts at Conference in Mauritius
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Africa: The African Development Bank Hosts International Meetings on Evaluation
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April 18, 2008
Africa: James Wolfensohn, Eminent Speaker at the African Development Bank
Tunis, April 18, 2008 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce the coming of James Wolfensohn, previous President of the World Bank Group, as a guest… Read more »
Africa: Leveraging Resources for SMEs in Africa
Small and Medium Enterprises are critical to the developed world and even more so to emerging economies. Empirical evidence has shown that SMEs are the backbone of the developed… Read more »
April 15, 2008
Africa: Canada and AfDB Group Launch New Technical Cooperation Fund to Finance Development Projects in Africa
The Government of Canada and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group announce a new Technical Cooperation Arrangement under which Canada is providing Can.$5 million to a… Read more »
April 10, 2008
Africa: Joint AfDB-World Bank Project Appraisal Mission in CAR
A joint AfDB-World Bank mission is currently in the Central African Republic (CAR) conducting a Country Program Appraisal. The mission's objective is to take stock of current… Read more »
Africa: Uganda: Joint Review on Water and Sanitation Sector
African Development Bank Group experts together with Austria, Denmark, Germany (GTZ), Japan (JICA), Sweden and the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP-Africa)/World Bank, last week,… Read more »
Africa: Bamako: Dissemination of the African Development Report 2007
The African Development Bank organized a seminar on Tuesday 8 April 2008 in Bamako, Mali, where key stakeholders discussed the findings of the African Development Report 2007, on… Read more »
Africa: AU and ECA Hold Joint Annual Ministers Conference
The First Joint Annual Meetings of AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA African Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development… Read more »
April 07, 2008
Africa: AfDB at 12th Summit of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC)
The African Development Bank took part in the 12th Summit of Heads of State and Government of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) last week in Abuja, where member states discussed… Read more »
April 05, 2008
Africa: King Mohamed VI Launches Thermo-Solar Energy Plant in Morocco
King Mohamed VI on Friday, 28 March, laid the foundation stone of the Ain Beni Mathar thermo-solar electricity plant at a ceremony attended by many people, including the AfDB's… Read more »
April 04, 2008
Africa: Interview with Mr. Thomas Hurley, AfDB Human Development Director
"Poor developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change" Read more »
March 27, 2008
Africa: AfDB Makes Progress on Paris Declaration
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has made strong progress in aligning its lending to national priorities of its member states, Vice President for Sector Operations, Zeinab… Read more »
March 26, 2008
Africa: AfDB President Pledges to Place Water at the Centre of Africa's Socio-Economic Development
The First African Water Week opened on Wednesday in Tunis with a call by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, for more efforts to be made to ensure… Read more »
March 19, 2008
Madagascar: Indian Ocean Countries Discuss the Integration of HIV/AIDS in School Curricula
Some twenty-four officials from Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius and Seychelles met in January to examine sex education policies in schools in the sub-region. The officials, who have… Read more »
