The eight candidates for the Presidency of the African Development Bank met individually with the Board of Governors on Wednesday, May 27, at the Bank’s 50th Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Pictured, from left to right: Thomas Z. Sakala, Zimbabwe; Kordjé Bedoumra, Chad...

Domestic resource mobilization is key for Africa’s growth. That was the consensus reached Tuesday at the “Financing Africa’s Transformation: Billions to Trillions” seminar during the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) 50th Annual Meetings in Abidjan. “If you really want to get to the trillions...

In a moving speech, which sums up his 10 years service to the African Development Bank (AfDB), as President, Donald Kaberuka gave glowing tributes to the founding fathers and staff of the organization in its 50 years. He was speaking at the opening of the 50th Anniversary of the Bank during...

African economies are expected to register robust growth in 2015 expanding by 4.5 per cent in 2015, and may reach 5 per cent in 2016, compared to 3.9 per cent registered in 2014 and 3.3 per cent globally, according to the 14th edition of African Economic Outlook 2015, released on Monday,...

1964 – 2015 : Abidjan, épicentre de la Banque En choisissant Abidjan pour accueillir ses 50e Assemblées annuelles, la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) fait un clin d’œil à son histoire. Il y a un peu plus de cinq décennies maintenant, le 9 novembre 1964, à Lagos, les...

“It is not money that delivers development, it is the policies that do,’’ said African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka. That powerful message came Tuesday during the opening ceremony of the Bank’s 2015 Annual Meetings. It is a milestone year for the Bank, its 50th ...

Some of the most distinguished actors in the 50 years of the African Development Bank’s existence reflected on the past, took stock of the present and made tentative projections for the future during a session to mark the organisation’s Golden Jubilee on Tuesday, May 26 in Abidjan. Past...

Saddled with 54 national markets and tight migration policies, the idea of an integrated and prosperous Africa would remain a pipe dream if African countries fail to open their borders to free movement of people, goods and service. This was the central theme of a seminar titled “Africa without...

"Are We Ready for the Next Epidemic? – Fixing Africa's Primary Healthcare". This was the theme of a panel discussion on Monday, May 25, during the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Abidjan. The participants in the panel included Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia; Daniel...