Press Releases

11/03/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a USD 1 million humanitarian emergency assistance grant to the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) and the Tunisian Red Crescent (TRC).

Categories: Libya, Tunisia, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development

21/01/2011 - The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) undertook a mission to Washington DC and New York, from January 10 to 14, 2011, and held discussions with the World Bank, IFC and the Revenue Watch Institute officials and experts. The discussions were held within the framework of the ALSF’s strong commitment and firm determination to support African countries in building capacity and advisory services.

Categories: United States of America, African Legal Support Facility

08/12/2010 - African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, was on 7 December 2010, the US-European press club guest for a debate on "international relations and Africa’s economic and social development". The European American Press Club, based in Paris, was created in 11 April 2002, at the initiative of the French-American Chamber of Commerce.

Categories: France, United States of America

21/09/2010 - Africa has made steady progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to a report launched today by the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Categories: United States of America, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

27/04/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, has said that Africa’s infrastructure needs will benefit most from a general capital increase as recommended by the institution’s Governors Consultative Committee (GCC) on 23 April in Washington D.C.

Categories: United States of America, Financial Crisis

16/04/2008 - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch a partnership in support of entrepreneurs in Africa. This groundbreaking public-private initiative will formalize a collaborative arrangement to focus on accelerating investment in African small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Categories: United States of America, Private Sector Development

22/11/2007 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka and the United States Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson have called for intensified Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the development of infrastructure in Africa.

Categories: United States of America, Ghana

14/09/2007 - As leaders of the major multilateral and inter-governmental organizations working for development in Africa, we, the heads of the United Nations, African Development Bank, African Union Commission, European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Islamic Development Bank and the World Bank, met today to establish the MDG Africa Steering Group. Through this group, we will coordinate and redouble our efforts in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) across the African continent. With a clear focus on implementation, we will accelerate efforts to follow through on existing commitments to support development in Africa.

Categories: United States of America, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

25/09/2005 - President Donald Kaberuka, who is attending the IMF and World Bank General Meetings, is urging the global development community to pay more attention to the impact on African economies of rising oil prices.

Categories: United States of America, Energy & Power