News & Events
- Date: 21/09/2009
- Location: USA
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, will give the keynote address at the Africa Investor Index Series Summit and Awards scheduled to take place on 21 September 2009 at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Categories: United States of America, Financial Crisis
- From: 24/09/2009
- To: 25/09/2009
- Location: Pittsburgh, USA
Africa’s development has changed dramatically over the last two years. The demand for AfDB’s resources is at its peak and the imperative for effectiveness has never been greater, and hence the need for strong development banks.
Categories: United States of America, Financial Crisis
11/09/2009 - Ms. Nilmini Rubin, a senior member of staff on the U.S. Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee (which has oversight over the Multilateral Development Banks) recently visited Ghana as part of a study to assess project and programme effectiveness of aid, and proffer recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of international financial institution funding.
Categories: United States of America, Ghana
- Date: 09/09/2009
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The AfDB Rwanda field office (RWFO) participated in celebrations marking the country’s classification as the world’s top reformer following the publication of the World Bank’s “Doing Business 2010” report which places the country at 67th position, up from 143rd in a previous edition.
Categories: Rwanda, United States of America
03/09/2009 - A five-person US congressional delegation on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, visited two AfDB-financed projects on the outskirts of Kigali. The delegation, led by Representative Greg Meeks, comprised Georgia Republican Representative, Jack Kingston; Ohio Democratic Representative, Marcia Fudge; Texas Democratic Representative, Sheila Jackson Lee; and North Carolina Democratic Representative, Melvin Watt. The US congressional delegation was accompanied by a Bank Group team led by the institution’s Resident Representative in Rwanda, Diko Jacob Mukete.
Categories: Rwanda, United States of America
28/08/2009 - A five-member US Congressional delegation met with the top management of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Friday, 28 August 2009, in Tunis, where they discussed key challenges, notably the African Development Bank Group’s response to the growing development needs of its Regional Member Countries within the context of the global financial crisis. The AfDB Group President, Mr. Donald Kaberuka, chaired the discussions.
Categories: Tunisia, United States of America
- Date: 28/08/2009
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
A five-member U.S. congressional delegation will pay an official visit to the African Development (AfDB) Group on Friday, August 28, 2009 in Tunis, where they will be received by the institution’s senior management.
Categories: United States of America
27/04/2009 - “It will certainly take African countries a longer time to emerge from the crisis than other countries,” the African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, said to the development committee of the World Bank and the IMF during the spring meetings of the two Bretton Woods institutions.
Categories: United States of America, Financial Crisis
27/04/2009 - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, has warned that the current global economic crisis cannot be tackled effectively if adequate funds are not extended to Africa to cushion the effects of the shocks.
Categories: United States of America, Financial Crisis
06/11/2008 - "The CIF (Climate Investment Fund) is poised to generate groundbreaking lessons and new knowledge at an unprecedented scale…," he says.
Categories: United States of America, Climate Change
