News & Events
12/07/2012 - 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 on the continent instead of the traditional targets of natural resources, infrastructure and renewable energy, according to the Chief Economist of the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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- Date: 09/07/2012
- Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia
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 opportunities faced by the following countries in the Southern Africa region: Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique and Zambia.
Categories: Zambia, Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Youth, Human and Social Development
01/06/2012 - At the onset of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings, its Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, announced a strategic partnership with Mobile Accord for the processing of mobile-based surveys throughout Africa.
Categories: Tanzania, Information & Communication Technology
30/05/2012 - Though the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hasn’t allocated a specific amount for promoting the African private sector, it is determined to build a class of entrepreneurs within the continent, the Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Mthuli Ncube said in Arusha on Tuesday.
Categories: Tanzania, Private Sector Development
28/05/2012 - Les fuites de capitaux auraient dépossédé l’Afrique de 700 milliards USD, entre 2000 et 2008, selon le rapport 2012 sur les « Perspectives économiques en Afrique », lancé ce lundi à Arusha (Tanzanie), dans le cadre de la 47e Assemblée annuelle du groupe de la BAD.
Categories: Tanzania, Migration and Development Initiative
28/05/2012 - Most African countries have come to recognize the critical role that the private sector can play to help the continent reach its full economic and social potential, according to the 2011 African Development Report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched in Arusha.
Categories: Tanzania, Private Sector Development
28/05/2012 - Activities preceding the 2012 annual meetings of the African Development Bank Group got underway in Arusha, Tanzania, on Monday, with the launch of "The African Economic Outlook" a flagship compendium of data on 53 African countries jointly published by the AfDB, the OECD, the UNDP and the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
Categories: Tanzania, Youth, Human and Social Development
24/05/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has produced a comprehensive new guidebook on labour force statistics to aid statisticians in Africa in their analysis/Entitled: ‘Labour Force Data Analysis: Guidelines with African specificities’, the book is published by the Statistics Department of the Chief Economist’s department of the AfDB.
Categories: Human and Social Development, Youth
24/05/2012 - Because Africa is a continent of 54 countries, finding data on how Africans live in terms of consumption and spending is not easy, but a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) helps to fill the knowledge gap.
Categories: Human and Social Development, Financial Crisis
09/05/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched the Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa at a high level seminar on “Avoiding the Fragility Trap in Africa” held in Tunis and hosted by the AfDB’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Mthuli Ncube. The keynote speaker was Shanta Deverajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Africa region.
Categories: Fragile States Facility
