News & Events
08/02/2012 - “Enormous resource requirements are needed by Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector… The African Development Bank needs to continue to closely partner with others to effectively and sustainably build capacities within Horn of Africa countries,” - Kanu.
Categories: Tunisia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
08/02/2012 - Food security challenges in the horn of Africa, regional drought resilience building programme, climate change and green development, were among key issues discussed by experts in the African Development Bank’s Agriculture and Agro-industry Department (OSAN) during their recent meeting in Tunis.
Categories: Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
25/11/2011 - Successful implementation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and National Development Plans (NDPs) depends on effective resource mobilisation and utilisation.
Categories: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Poverty Reduction
25/08/2011 - AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka and his delegation attended the AU Conference in Addis Ababa, on 25 August 2011 on the crisis in the Horn of Africa – a combination of the worst drought in 60 years, the war in Somalia, the attendant refugee movements and internally displaced persons – which has exacerbated the impact of the drought. The Pledging Conference was convened to enable “an African response to an African problem” – from governments, international organizations and the private sector.
Categories: Somalia, Food Production, President's Corner
30/07/2011 - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, has called for concrete action to mitigate the dire impacts of the drought and famine in the horn of Africa.
Categories: Somalia, United States of America, Food Production, President's Corner
13/07/2011 - The recent drought in East Africa, which is already directly affecting 10 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, serves to remind us of a pressing reality in the region: Africa is the continent most vulnerable to climate change.
Categories: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Climate Change, Environment
03/02/2011 - The African Development Bank needs to be relevant to all its Regional Member Countries (RMCs), and that includes fragile states. These are states in need of our expertise and support. We must continue to uphold the vision and boldness the Deputies had when they founded this initiative. We must use all available instruments to respond to the needs of these states, including public support .
Categories: Somalia, Fragile States Facility
27/01/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Board of Directors approved on Wednesday, 26 January 2011, a USD 655,000 emergency relief assistance grant for Somalia.
Categories: Somalia, Health, Water Supply & Sanitation
- Date: 11/11/2010
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
An African Development Bank (AfDB) Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) for Eastern Africa will be validated at a workshop scheduled to take place on 11 November in Nairobi, Kenya. The RISP covers Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is designed to support for regional infrastructure and institutional capacity building, including trade facilitation.
Categories: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Somalia, Seychelles, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Comoros, Burundi, Infrastructure, Regional Integration
24/11/2009 - After decades of interruption, Somalia re-established its relationship with the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday, 23 November 2009 with the signing of a USD 2 million grant to provide financial and technical assistance to Public Financial Management. The support to the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia comes from the Fragile States Facility (FSF) administrated by the Bank’s Fragile States Unit.
Categories: Somalia, Fragile States Facility, Economic & Financial Governance
