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Credit Rating Can Help African Countries Access International Financial Markets
30-May-2012 - As the Governors of the African Development Bank Group meet in Arusha, Tanzania, from 31 May to 1 June 2012, the annual rating of AfDB by Standard and Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch, has led to call to African countries wishing to access international financial markets to join the process for their own benefit.AfDB on Course to Build African Class of Entrepreneurs
30-May-2012 - Though the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hasn’t allocated a specific amount for promoting the African private sector, it is determined to build a class of entrepreneurs within the continent, the Bank’s Chief Economist and Vice President, Mthuli Ncube said in Arusha on Tuesday.AfDB Seminar Participants Concerned by Africa’s inability to Tackle Emerging Challenges
29-May-2012 - Africans need to recognise the legitimacy of self-interest and stop blaming everybody under the sun for the failure of their economies to be competitive with the rest of the world, a panellist at the 2012 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group said on Tuesday.Une bonne gouvernance financière est un révélateur de la démocratie, affirme le président de la BAD, Donald Kaberuka
29-May-2012 - Un gouvernement propre, qui travaille pour son peuple et œuvre au bien-être de sa population, telles sont les trois critères qui, selon le président de la Banque africaine de développement, valident une bonne gouvernance. Il a fait cette réflexion dans le cadre d’une session majeure des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, le 29 mai à Arusha en Tanzanie.The AfDB Turns a Corner in its Relations with Civil Society
29-May-2012 - The African Development Bank will be hosting a Forum for Civil Society engagement in conjunction with its 2012 Annual Meetings in Arusha, Tanzania. About 60 civil society organizations (CSOs) from across the continent are expected to participate in the event that will take place May 30 – 31 at the Naura Spring Hotel in Arusha.Report Sees Bright Future for Africa but Warns Against Excessive Optimism
28-May-2012 - Activities preceding the 2012 annual meetings of the African Development Bank Group got underway in Arusha, Tanzania, on Monday, with the launch of "The African Economic Outlook" a flagship compendium of data on 53 African countries jointly published by the AfDB, the OECD, the UNDP and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. According to the 291-page report, Africa’s economic growth will reach 4.5 percent in 2012; and 4.8 percent in 2013.African Stakeholders Want Governments to Take Action to Stem Drought
28-May-2012 - Some African stakeholders on Monday at the ongoing Africa Development Bank (AFDB), annual meetings in Arusha, Tanzania, said that Africa was paying lip service to the age-old issue of drought and its economic consequence. They said that their consensus stemmed from the static position of drought related initiatives in the continent in the past three decades.Jobs for Youth Key to Africa’s Continued Economic Growth and Social Cohesion
28-May-2012 - With the number of youths in Africa set to double by 2045, countries across the continent should boost job creation and help young people acquire new skills, according to the African Economic Outlook 2012. “Creating productive employment for Africa’s rapidly growing young population is an immense challenge but also the key to future prosperity”, say the authors in the foreword.Private Sector key to Africa’s Growth, says 2011 African Development Report
28-May-2012 - Most African countries have come to recognize the critical role that the private sector can play to help the continent reach its full economic and social potential, according to the 2011 African Development Report of the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched in Arusha. Focused on private sector as the engine of Africa’s economic development, the report examines the challenges facing the sector’s development and highlights ways to address these challenges, taking country differences into account.Africa Lost some 700 billion dollars to Capital Flight in a Decade
28-May-2012 - Les fuites de capitaux auraient dépossédé l’Afrique de 700 milliards USD, entre 2000 et 2008, selon le rapport 2012 sur les « Perspectives économiques en Afrique », lancé ce lundi à Arusha (Tanzanie), dans le cadre de la 47eAssemblée annuelle du groupe de la BAD. La lutte contre les fuites de capitaux pourrait considérablement aider l’Afrique à améliorer la qualité de vie de ses populations notamment en vue de l’atteinte des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD),note le rapport.AfDB and other Development Banks Reach Concord on Common Reporting Method for Adaptation Finance
27-May-2012 - On 22 May 2012, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted a Joint MDB Adaptation Finance Tracking Workshop on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), held from 14 to 25 May in Bonn, Germany. The MDBs discussed the adaptation concept that they will adopt, as well as the high level principles of the joint methodology, and a roadmap to test and disclose the methodology by the 2012 UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) in late November.
AfDB President Welcomes G8 Initiative on African Agriculture
25-May-2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka capped a visit to Washington with a landmark meeting at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Saturday. The special session focused on agriculture policy in Africa, and in particular, a fresh initiative called the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition. The meeting was hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama at Camp David near Washington, where this year’s G8 Summit of the world’s largest economies took place. Participants included the G8 leaders, four African heads of state and executives...
AfDB Publishes Major Labour Force Statistical Guidebook
24-May-2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has produced a comprehensive new guidebook on labour force statistics to aid statisticians in Africa in their analysis/Entitled: ‘Labour Force Data Analysis: Guidelines with African specificities’, the book is published by the Statistics Department of the Chief Economist’s department of the AfDB.Africa’s Top Financial, Business, Political and Academic Names to Flock to AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Arusha
24-May-2012 - A dazzling array of Africa’s most successful people, including a sitting president, a former president and a multibillionaire businessman, will gather at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank in Arusha, Tanzania. During the week-long event between 28 May and 1 June, these big names will be debating some of the most important issues facing the future of Africa, and how the continent can grow even faster and lead to a better and more prosperous future for the continent’s people.
AfDB Publishes all-Africa Report on Household Spending Patterns
24-May-2012 - Because Africa is a continent of 54 countries, finding data on how Africans live in terms of consumption and spending is not easy, but a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB) helps to fill the knowledge gap. The report is from the AfDB’s Chief Economist department, entitled “A Comparison of Real Household Consumption, Expenditures and Price Levels in Africa.”
Participants support AfDB’s New Education Model for Africa - During a meeting with President Kaberuka, Rt Honorable Gordon Brown and Sir Tim Berners Lee at the 22nd World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa
23-May-2012 - On May 10, a high level meeting chaired by President Donald Kaberuka, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the Web Foundation elicited a lively debate among 10 Ministers of Education and Science and Technology from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda; who met with officials of Intel, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Adobe, and Microsoft among other leading technology companies in Africa. Other country governments represen
AfDB praises 10 years of African Ministers’ Council on Water at 4th Africa Water Week in Egypt
18-May-2012 - More than 1,000 delegates gathered at the 4th Africa Water Week under the theme “Water for Growth in Africa”, organized by the African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW), in Cairo, Egypt, between 14 and 18 May, 2012. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Council, which was formed in 2002 in Abuja, Nigeria, to promote cooperation, security, social and economic development as well as poverty eradication among member states through the effective management of the continent’s water resources and provision of adequate water supply and...
The Road to Rio +20: Challenges and Opportunities for Africa
18-May-2012 - Africa depends on its natural resources, now and for the future. Climate change is a major consideration in Africa, perhaps more than anywhere else. Farmers and herders need arable land and water. Today, expanding agriculture, logging, and the need for firewood are clearing forests and causing a loss of biodiversity. Currently, less than four percent of the continent’s potential water resources are harnessed for irrigation of the 1.4 billion people around the world who have no access to electricity, 40 percent live in Africa, and most of those...
Green Growth: Creating an Enabling Environment
18-May-2012 - Africa has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Annual growth rates across the continent, averaging five to six percent per year, regularly outpaced those of other regions. A significant driver of growth has been the high demand and prices for raw materials. However, macro-economic reforms, greater political stability and urbanization also saw a strengthening of the services sector, a growing middle class and the emergence of pan-African entrepreneurship. Despite these promising developments, progress has been uneven across...