News & Events

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

19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries in their efforts to improve data quality and dissemination for better policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation. The program was launched in November 2012 as part of the Bank’s broader statistical capacity building program in Africa.

Categories: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development

01/06/2012 - Shortly after signing a protocol agreement with the Bank Group, for South Sudan to become a member of the institution, the country’s Deputy Minister for Planning, Mary Jervase Yak affirmed that: “There is no place like home… Nearly one year ago, we got our independence, which was a landmark.

Categories: Tanzania, South Sudan

24/05/2012 - Millions of people living in the Baro-Akobo-Sobat (BAS) area of the Nile Basin are to benefit from a range of multi-purpose water resources projects to be planned by the Nile Basin Initiative. On May 4, the African Development Bank approved a €2 million grant from the African Water Facility to finance the development study needed to attract the investments required to implement them. The overall project is supported jointly by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development- Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF).

Categories: Ethiopia, South Sudan, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility

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, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Poverty Reduction

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

19/07/2011 - South Sudan became an independent country and Africa’s 54th sovereign nation on 9 July, 2011. The Government of South Sudan looks forward to welcoming the thousands of South Sudanese across Africa and the Diaspora who wish to return home. In its efforts to encourage the people of South Sudan to take ownership of the governance and development of this new nation, the government and its international partners are proactively addressing the ‘human capacity gaps’ in the civil service in both federal and local government agencies.

Categories: Sudan, South Sudan

20/05/2011 - The Government of Southern Sudan has formally applied for membership in the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The territory’s finance and economic planning minister, David Deng Athorbei, urged the institution to expedite action on the membership process, building on the positive and ongoing role the Bank Group is playing in South Sudan.

Categories: Sudan, South Sudan