«La BAD est un des grands contributeurs au financement du développement du Burundi… Nous apprécions les appuis multiformes que l’institution ne cesse d’accorder au gouvernement et au peuple burundais».
M. Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza, ministre des finances et de la planification du développement...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), on Tuesday in Tunis, provided USD 14 million as its contribution to the financing of knowledge component of the multinational project for building capacity in managing for results in the Regional Member Countries and Regional Economic Communities.
The grant...
Event: Kenya Bankers 50th Anniversary Celebrations
The Kenyan financial sector, both bank and non-bank, has built a track record which makes it one of Africa’s largest and deepest. I am told the total assets of the banking sector stands now at 25 billion dollars, making it Africa’s fifth...
05-Aug-2012
Towards Sustainable Wealth and Job Creation through Economic Transformation - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: Third Africa Governance, Leadership and Management Convention 2012
The past 10 years have marked an important turnaround for Africa. The discourse on Africa, celebrating Africa’s great story, is now well anchored. But it is time now to make a distinction between economic growth and...
30-Jul-2012
Inflation Rises to 12.1 Percent overall in June for Eastern and Southern African Countries
Inflation edged up to an annual rate of 12.1 percent in the countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in June compared to the annual rate of 11.6 percent in June, according to new figures. In the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the...
26-Jul-2012
AfDB Stands Ready to Support African Countries in Establishing Continental Free Trade Area by 2017
The African Development Bank (AfDB) stands ready to assist African countries in implementing the physical infrastructure needed for the establishment of the Continental Free Trade Area by 2017, said its president, Donald Kaberuka.
Addressing the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation...
The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the African Econometric Society (AES), the Bank of Uganda, Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), and the Economic Policy Research Centre Uganda, is convening the 17th ...
La Conférence panafricaine pour développer les cadres réglementaires des Bourses des dérivés et des matières premières a pris fin la semaine dernière à Gaborone (Botswana). Elle a réuni une centaine d’experts de haut niveau venant de tout le continent africain pour discuter, pendant trois jours...
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved recently a USD15 million equity investment in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) to increase its capital base. This contribution will allow ATI to increase its provision of trade, credit and political risk insurance...