10-Jun-2013
AfDB supports a greener pathway in Egypt
As part of its ongoing activities under the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (funded by the Government of Brazil), the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African Development Bank hosted a high-level workshop in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2013 to showcase the results and...
A side event entitled Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA): Reaching out to Project Financiers in Africa was held during the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) 2013 Annual Meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco. The seminar, jointly organized by the Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) and...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) undertook on May 28, 2013, to provide financing for the harnessing of drainage basins and improved climate resilience in Burundi. The operation was made official by the signing of two grant agreements with the...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group holds its 2013 Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, from 27 to 31 May 2013.
More than 2,500 delegates including finance ministers, central bank governors and CEOs from the institution’s 78 member countries will participate in the meetings.
Organised...
25-May-2013
The 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the African Union - Remarks by the AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: African Union 50th Anniversary Celebrations
Let me begin by offering my congratulations to the AU. I have been asked to focus on the economic side of your proclamation. This is the most exciting time in Africa. Africa’s economic journey over the past 50 years has been a tortuous one. Many...
Africa needs accelerated growth and “structural transformation” in order to take the bulk of its population out of poverty.
Critical to the attainment of this structural transformation is without a doubt the regional integration of the continent’s weak, small and disparate economies. Regional...
For the African Development Bank’s Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department, transforming Africa means powering a climate-smart and greener continent. It entails supporting transformative infrastructure projects to increase energy access backed by both large-scale and off-grid solutions,...
The official launch of the first phase of the Ouarzazate solar power plant took place on Friday, 10 May 2013 in the Moroccan rural municipality of Ghessate (Ouarzazate Province). The event was attended by King Mohammed VI and representatives of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) and the...
The African Development Bank, renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola in accessing US $17.8 million of adaptation finance in the form of grants from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) during the second quarter of 2013. It follows the approval last...