News & Events
17/10/2011 - The Japanese government has increased its assistance to private sector projects in Africa through a concessional, or ‘soft’, loan of JPY 8,440 billion, or approximately USD 100 million, to the African Development Bank (AFDB).
Categories: Japan, Private Sector Development
- From: 22/11/2010
- To: 03/12/2010
- Location: Korea, China, Japan, South Africa
* Korea: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 1 - 3 December 2010 in Seoul.
* South Africa: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event on November 25, 2010 in Johannesburg and November 29, 2010 in Cape Town.
* China: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 26 – 30 November 2010 in Beijing.
* Japan: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 22 November in Osaka and 24 – 25 November in Tokyo.
Categories: China, Japan, Korea, South Africa
06/04/2010 - AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, ended his official visit to Japan. Mr. Kaberuka used the final day of his visit to meet with the country’s political authorities.
Categories: Japan, Capital Increase, President's Corner
05/04/2010 - After visiting Osaka in the first leg of his visit Japan, the AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, on Monday, April 5, 2010, headed to Tokyo, the nation’s capital, where he held discussions with the head of the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Hiroshi Watanabe, and officials of the Asian Development Bank. JBIC co-finances several projects with the AfDB, especially in the area of infrastructure development. The two officials explored possibilities for greater collaboration between their institutions. The JBIC head is currently focusing on financing environment-friendly projects which are part of efforts at checking global warming. The environment is one area on which the Bank is focusing; an area in which both institutions could step up their cooperation.
Categories: Japan, Enhancing Private Sector Assistance for Africa: EPSA Initiative, President's Corner
02/04/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Friday, April 2, 2010, started the first leg of his official visit to Japan in Osaka, the country’s economic capital and business hub. Mr. Kaberuka had several meetings with key businesspeople in the city. He also met with officials of major Japanese multinationals who enabled him get a better understanding of the expectations of Japanese entrepreneurs, their perspectives on Africa’s development and their expectations of the AfDB.
Categories: Japan, President's Corner
- From: 02/04/2010
- To: 06/04/2010
- Location: Japon
The African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, will, from April 2 to April 6 2010, be on an official visit to Japan. His visit will take him to Osaka and Tokyo.
Categories: Japan, Enhancing Private Sector Assistance for Africa: EPSA Initiative, President's Corner
11/02/2010 - The Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) is a component of the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance Initiative (EPSA), a billion-dollar joint initiative of Japan and the AfDB to promote private sector development in Africa. The FAPA trust fund provides untied grants for studies, technical assistance and capacity building for private sector projects and African institutions.
Categories: Japan, Egypt, Central African Republic, Private Sector Development, Enhancing Private Sector Assistance for Africa: EPSA Initiative, African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI)
20/01/2010 - Kenya Resident Representative, Domina Buzingo, and the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the African Trade Insurance Company (ATI), Stewart Kinloch, have signed a grant of USD 1 million from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA).
29/10/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan have approved a grant of USD 1,000,000 to the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA). ATI is a multilateral financial institution, created in 2001, providing export credit insurance, political risk insurance, investment insurance and other financial products to help reduce the business risks and costs of doing business in Africa.
Categories: Japan, Private Sector Development
29/10/2009 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of Japan have approved a grant of USD 989,000 to la Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) of Mauritania to be paid from the Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA). The Technical Assistance contribution from FAPA, which comprises over 50% of the overall TA package, will enhance SNIM’s institutional and operational capacities to implement the Environmental and Social Management Plan for the Guelbs II Expansion Project financed in part by the AfDB.
Categories: Mauritania, Japan, Private Sector Development
