Press Releases

08/10/2012 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, took part in the meeting of Ministers of the franc zone on October 4 and 5 in Paris, alongside franc zone central bank governors and heads of regional institutions.

Categories: France, Partnerships

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

25/11/2011 - The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund, a fund managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will receive a 20 million US dollar contribution from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The funds are to help accelerate access to water supply and sanitation in rural Africa. This is the Swiss agency’s second contribution to the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund. It is close to six times the amount of its first contribution.

Categories: Switzerland, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Partnerships

25/09/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of South Sudan today signed a general cooperation agreement that will make it possible for the AfDB to extend financial and technical support to South Sudan pending its full membership of the African Development Bank.

Categories: Sudan, United States of America, South Sudan, Partnerships