News & Events
- From: 30/10/2012
- To: 02/11/2012
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
This year’s African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 October to 2 November and the organizers are now calling for papers to be presented and debated there from academics and development experts.
Categories: Rwanda, Financial Crisis
04/05/2012 - The AfDB vice-president/secretary general Cecilia Akintomide and vice-president/chief Economist Mthuli Ncube on Thursday 3 May 2012 jointly hosted a press conference on major agenda items that will be covered during these years Bank Group Annual Boards of Governors Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. The two vice-presidents of the Bank answered from over forty journalists as well as those connected from the field offices with the former answering questions on Bank Group operations and general information of the annual meetings, while the later concentrated on high-level seminars, debates and overall knowledge products lined up for Arusha.
Categories: Tanzania
13/04/2012 - Egypt’s fuel subsidy program, designed to ease the lives of the poorest of its population, is becoming a serious drain on its national economy, according to a new study from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Categories: Egypt, Energy & Power
05/04/2012 - Some issues linked to inclusive growth, such as voice and accountability are political in nature and need to be handled politically by national governments. However, the Bank Group needs to continue paying more attention to wider access issues linked to its infrastructure and economic development projects and programs.
Categories: Tunisia
28/03/2012 - Africa’s numerous border and customs posts, with the associated bureaucracy and long delays, continues to hold back trade and economic growth on the continent, reports a new study from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Categories: Economic & Financial Governance, Regional Integration
26/03/2012 - Under the umbrella of the AfDB's Thought-Leadership Seminar series, Professor Cecilia Rouse of Princeton University made a presentation on “The US Economy in the Global Economic Crisis” on 26 March. Chief Economist, Mthuli Ncube, chaired the event which brought together more than 70 Bank experts including Board members and Vice Presidents.
Categories: Economic & Financial Governance
26/03/2012 - A new survey from the African Development Bank (AfDB) of the East African banking sector has found that it eager to do business with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The banks surveyed in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia view SMEs as ‘highly profitable’. They are also important providers of employment in the region.
Categories: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 26/03/2012
- To: 30/03/2012
- Location: Accra, Ghana
The African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank Group will, in collaboration with the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA), convene a regional seminar on “National and Trans-boundary Water Resources Management in Africa” in Accra, Ghana.
Categories: Ghana, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
07/03/2012 - The cost to the Nigerian government of its fuel subsidy shot up by almost five times to USD 9.3 billion between 2006 and 2011, and accounted for 30 percent of all federal expenditure – a statistic quoted a new study on reforming the energy sector in Africa by the African Development Bank.
Categories: Nigeria, Energy & Power
06/03/2012 - More Africans have access to safe, clean water, but progress has been slow and mixed across the continent, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB).
Categories: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, African Water Facility
