News & Events

19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) have, under the Climate for Development in Africa Program, undertaken a vibrant campaign for financial resources mobilization aimed at making viable the Special ClimDev-Africa Fund, a joint AU-AfDB-ECA initiative, administered by the African Development Bank. In accordance with AfDB procedures, UA 20 million (about US $30 million) were required to make this Fund operational.

Categories: Belgium, Climate Change, Environment, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative

21/03/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable, to discuss economic and political developments in the country on 23 March. The meeting will also focus on the prospects of dealing with the country's external debt arreears. The presentation of the Zimbabwe Accelerated Arrears, Debt and Development Strategy (ZAADDS) is a useful framework to address the issue of Zimbabwe’s external debt. ZAADDS is a key element of the government’s economic reform agenda.

Categories: Zimbabwe, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Economic & Financial Governance

08/12/2010 - Le président de la banque africaine de développement M. Donald Kaberuka a déclaré que « l’aide aujourd’hui, doit être un catalyseur de développement permettant aux pays de mettre en place des mécanismes et instruments efficaces de mobilisation de leurs ressources internes ».

Categories: Belgium, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development

08/12/2010 - A l’ouverture de la 5e édition des Journées européennes du développement (JED) à Bruxelles, organisée par l’Union européenne et la Belgique, qui en assure actuellement la présidence, Yves Leterme, Premier ministre belge, a indiqué dans son allocution que l’évènement est une occasion de « réévaluer les politiques de développement avec lucidité ».

Categories: Belgium, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development

03/12/2010 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka will continue to advocate a shift in the international community focus from aid to development effectiveness, at the 5th European Development Days (EDD) to be held in Brussels, from 6 -7 December 2010. During the High-Level Panel on “Aid Effectiveness Objective Korea 2011 – Is the EU committed to make change happen?”, Mr. Kaberuka, will share a vision of Africa’s development in which Africa is firmly in the driving seat, and aid in a supporting role. This is the vision that will also be shared in Busan, Korea, in November 2011.

Categories: Belgium, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development

04/09/2009 - Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday, September 3, 2009, visited the European Parliament in Brussels where he delivered one of the keynote addresses to the European Parliament’s new development commission. The meeting’s focus was on the impact of the international response to the global financial crisis and the global structural reform of financing and aid on developing countries.

Categories: Belgium

07/05/2009 - African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has commended Belgian development cooperation in Africa. Speaking in Brussels on May 6, 2009, during the “Assises de la Coopération belge au développement”, Mr. Kaberuka said in large parts of Africa, Belgian cooperation had distinguished itself, especially in the domains of agriculture, health and governance. He however called for a rethink of the methods that are being used to deliver support to the continent in order to protect achievements of the past.

Categories: Belgium, Financial Crisis