News & Events
15/05/2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) through its President, Donald Kaberuka, declared in Brussels the Institution’s support to the crisis exit efforts and revival of Malian economy making available to this country the amount of 240 million euros. This declaration was made at the donors’ conference on Mali hosted by France and the European Union in Belgium.
Categories: Mali, Belgium, Human Capital Development
13/05/2013 - African countries need to improve their regulatory frameworks in order to ensure the successful launch of African infrastructure project bonds, says a new report launched by the African Development Bank.
Categories: Economic & Financial Governance, Infrastructure, NEPAD
09/05/2013 - Speaking at the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday, May 9 in Cape Town, South Africa, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said “Africa has to find its own form of development that works for this continent.”
Categories: South Africa
09/05/2013 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka was designated on May 7, 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa, the “Infrastructure Investment Personality of the Year” for 2013. The award was granted during the Africa investor (Ai) Infrastructure Investment Summit and awards ceremony.
Categories: South Africa, Infrastructure
09/05/2013 - The strides made by African economies in achieving economic growth must be accompanied by efforts to boost long-term competitiveness if the continent is to ensure sustainable improvements in living standards finds a new report, the Africa Competitiveness Report 2013, released today.
Categories: South Africa
- From: 08/05/2013
- To: 10/05/2013
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off on Wednesday, May 8 on the theme “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. The three-day event in Cape Town, South Africa, is expected to draw regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to discuss the continent’s integration agenda and a renewed commitment to sustainable growth and development.
Categories: South Africa
08/05/2013 - The African Development Bank pledged its support to Somalia’s reconstruction on May 7 with a commitment of US $18 million over three years. African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made the commitment during the closing day of the two-day Somalia conference, which concluded in London on May 7.
Categories: Somalia, United Kingdom, Food Production, Fragile States Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
07/05/2013 - It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia. A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one. Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al Shabaab are defeated, but they are not yet fully eliminated, and they still have the capacity to kill and to maim.
Categories: Somalia, Human Capital Development, Food Production, Fragile States Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
03/05/2013 - During a working visit to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis on 3rd May 2013 , Nizar Baraka, Moroccan Minister of Finance, and Chairman of the AfDB Board of Governors, welcomed the support of the Bank to his country’s quest for green growth. In his words, the AfDB is the country’s leading partner. «The Institution works hand in hand with us and is the driving force of our economy towards green growth,» he said.
Categories: Tunisia, Morocco, Human Capital Development, Infrastructure, Economic & Financial Governance, Energy & Power, Climate Change, Structural Transformation
02/05/2013 - Participating in The Times CEO Summit Africa 2013 high-level panel on infrastructure in London on April 30, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka said that one of the major problems the sector is facing is bringing infrastructure projects to bankability. He also pointed out that if the funding gap could not be financed by African capital entirely, leveraging this capital did offer a solution.
Categories: United Kingdom, Infrastructure
