News & Events
08/02/2012 - “Enormous resource requirements are needed by Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector… The African Development Bank needs to continue to closely partner with others to effectively and sustainably build capacities within Horn of Africa countries,” - Kanu.
Categories: Tunisia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
08/02/2012 - Food security challenges in the horn of Africa, regional drought resilience building programme, climate change and green development, were among key issues discussed by experts in the African Development Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-industry Department (OSAN) during their recent meeting in Tunis.
Categories: Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
02/02/2012 - Lack of political will is slowing down implementation of vital regional infrastructure projects in Africa, the president of the African Development Bank has said. Addressing the opening of the 18th African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this week, Dr Donald Kaberuka said the lack of inter-country cooperation, rather than funding, was often the main barrier to the launch and completion of critical regional infrastructure projects in Africa. This, he said, had a negative impact on the growth of the intra-African trade. ‘Boosting Intra-African Trade’ was the theme of the summit.
Categories: Ethiopia, Infrastructure, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), President's Corner
01/02/2012 - African Heads of State on Monday endorsed the launch of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA), a multi-billion dollar initiative that will run through 2040. In a statement at their 18th summit held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the Heads of State approved the implementation of the recommendations in the study on PIDA presented to the summit.
Categories: Ethiopia, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
31/01/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Customs Organization (WCO) will work together to enhance the capacity of customs administrations in Africa. The declaration was made yesterday evening in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions, on the margins of the 18th African Union Summit.
Categories: Ethiopia, China, Regional Integration, Partnerships, President's Corner
24/01/2012 - The Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is to be a key topic of discussion in sessions of the Summit of African Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23 to 30 January. The programme’s mandate is to accelerate the development of Africa’s regional and continental infrastructure.
Categories: Ethiopia, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
25/11/2011 - Successful implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and National Development Plans (NDPs) depends on effective resource mobilisation and utilisation.
Categories: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Poverty Reduction
23/11/2011 - An Ethiopia-Kenya hydropower interconnection project may be the first to benefit from work beginning conducted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), through the African Carbon Support Programme (ACSP), to develop a new Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodology that would make interstate electricity connection eligible for CDM revenue.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Energy & Power, Infrastructure, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), African Carbon Support Program
11/11/2011 - The upgrading of a 112-km road to an all-weather standard approved by the African Development Bank Group will boost economic activities and promote poverty reduction in Ethiopia. An estimated 1.3 million people residing along the Bedele-Metu road corridor will benefit from the project.
Categories: Ethiopia, Infrastructure
01/11/2011 - Commodity price volatility has detrimental effect on the public finances of developing countries, according to research conducted by two lecturers at the University of Auvergne in France.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change
