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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: President Kaberuka Supports SADC Poverty Reduction Efforts at Conference in Mauritius

* Donald Kaberuka Keynote address Read more »

Africa: The African Development Bank Hosts International Meetings on Evaluation

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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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Africa: Interview with Mr. Thomas Hurley, AfDB Human Development Director

"Poor developing countries are most vulnerable to climate change" Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Uganda: Bank Group Participates in Joint Lenders Supervision Mission to Uganda

A Bank Group mission recently participated in a joint lenders supervision mission to the Uganda Bujagali Hydropower and Interconnection Projects. The mission included experts from… Read more »

Africa: AfDB Hosts Third Annual Africa's International Media Summit

The African Communications Agency (ACA) is convening the Third Africa's International Media Summit (AIMS) from 27-30 March 2008 in Tunis.  The event is a three-day critical… Read more »

Africa: AfDB and World Bank Meet in Cairo to Assess African MICs Needs

Along with the World Bank, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is organizing a two-day conference in Cairo, Egypt, on the theme: "Increasing the Competitiveness of… Read more »

Africa: Ghana, Tanzania and AfDB Sign U.S.$ 153 Million in Loans and Grants for Energy and Poverty Reduction

The Governments of Ghana and Tanzania this week signed loans and grants of a combined amount of US$ 98.8 million to finance energy projects, underscoring the African Development… Read more »

Africa: DRC - Bank Group Organizes Seminar on Participation and Civil Engagement

The African Development Bank is currently organizing a training session in the Democratic Republic of Congo on stakeholders' participation and civic engagement. The objective of… Read more »

Africa: MDBs Publish COMPAS - How is the Score Card?

Since the publication of the 2006 report, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) participating in the Common Performance Assessment System (COMPAS) process have improved their… Read more »