Press Releases
19/03/2013 - Africa’s economic growth has accelerated in recent years, yet the quality and inclusiveness of this growth remain a major concern to policymakers, researchers, development partners and, most importantly, the ordinary people it is expected to benefit.
Categories: Ethiopia, Infrastructure, Economic & Financial Governance
13/03/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
Categories: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Angola, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Malawi, Namibia, Ghana, South Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Economic & Financial Governance
06/02/2013 - Building on its Kenyan experience in the East African Rift Valley with the Menengai geothermal project, the African Development Bank is working on an ambitious geothermal development program for Africa.
Categories: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Energy & Power
12/01/2013 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, and the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Carlos Lopes, met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on January 11 and 12, 2013 to discuss the challenges.
Categories: Ethiopia
19/12/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Group has approved US $125 million in funding for the first phase of a drought resilience project and provision of long-lasting means of subsistence to populations in the Horn of Africa.
Categories: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Transport, Infrastructure
23/10/2012 - The 8th African Development Forum (AFD VIII) opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Monday with a call on African countries to harness their huge natural resources for the benefit of their growing populations.
Categories: Ethiopia, Environment, Economic & Financial Governance
20/09/2012 - The Board of the African Development Fund approved on Thursday, September 20, US $348 million in funding for a US $1.26-billion electricity highway project between Kenya and Ethiopia.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Energy & Power
27/08/2012 - The Government of Ethiopia and the African Development Bank signed a US$ 251-million loan agreement Friday for the “Promoting Basic Services” (PBS) Phase III Program at a ceremony held at the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development in Addis Ababa. H.E. Ahmed Shide, State Minister of Finance and Economic Development, and Mr. Lamin Barrow, the Bank’s Resident Representative in Ethiopia, signed on behalf of the Government of Ethiopia and the African Development Bank respectively.
Categories: Ethiopia, Economic & Financial Governance
22/08/2012 - The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, has expressed his sadness over the passing of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Categories: Ethiopia
26/07/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area by 2017, said its president, Donald Kaberuka.
Categories: Ethiopia, Economic & Financial Governance
