Interviews

18/03/2011 - “The AfDB’s President, Donald Kaberuka and I have discussed at length on environmental issues… We have shared commitments for partnership to jointly provide finance and develop the region,” Ms Littlefield said after their meeting in Tunis on March 17, 2011.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development

07/02/2011 - This year, for the first time, the African Development Bank is one of the official sponsors of the Mining INDABA in Cape Town. The Bank’s visibility at this conference is being showcased by its mining team at their own stand throughout the conference period from 07 to 10 February 2011. With more than 3000 delegates participating, the Mining INDABA is Africa’s largest gathering of stakeholders in the mining industry, including governments, project sponsors and banks. We had a brief interview with.

Categories: South Africa, Private Sector Development

04/10/2010 - Africa is a potential pole for growth and can certainly play a role in the global recovery as an additional zone of growth and demand. To quote a recent article in the Economist: Banks are taking Africa seriously. Africa is a fast-growing continent and its growing trade with other emerging markets, mainly in Asia and Latin America, has created a need for new strategic partners. Several key players in the banking sector are positioning themselves by establishing a sizeable presence in the region to

Categories: Financial Crisis, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development

07/09/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is taking a lead in addressing climate change issues which are adversely impacting on the African continent. According to Youssef Arfaoui, a Senior Energy Expert and Investment Officer in the Bank’s Private Sector Department, the continent has real opportunities and potentials to respond to climate change, but the problem is that the countries are not effectively sharing information among themselves.

Categories: Climate Change, Private Sector Development, Environment

25/05/2010 - Implementation of our updated Private Sector Development Strategy (PSD) and Private Sector Operations (PSO) Business Plan largely coincided with the onset of the global financial crisis, which caused extraordinary market volatility and a contraction in liquidity and investment across the continent.

Categories: Côte d’Ivoire, Private Sector Development

02/06/2009 - “The Bank stands ready to assist its regional member countries during these times of global economic turbulence by being responsive and delivering its products and services in a timely fashion, and in a manner that addresses the differentiated needs and challenges facing each member country,” AfDB Governance Department Director, Gabriel Negatu

Categories: Botswana, Financial Crisis, Poverty Reduction, Private Sector Development

15/01/2009 - La Banque a pour objectif d’encourager activement la participation du secteur privé à l’effort de construction d’infrastructures en promouvant la mise en place de partenariats public-privé. Or, en Tunisie, les projets d’infrastructure ont été jusqu’à présent le terrain exclusif des autorités publiques. Ce projet marque donc un changement dans le montage et le mode de financement de tels projets en Tunisie.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development