The African Development Bank (“AfDB”) rated (Aaa/AAA) today priced a new benchmark Australian Dollar transaction, marking the return of AfDB to the Kangaroo market in over a year. The A$500 million 10-year fixed rate note due on March 23, 2022, offers a semi-annual coupon of 5.25%. It was ...
Conference wraps-up with call for action from MPs, government officials and development partners Over 100 Members of Parliament (MPs) from 40 African countries have agreed to step up efforts to improve the business environment on the continent by reviewing legislation linked to governance, trade...

Une délégation de la BAD a visité, le 15 mars 2012, le site du projet d'appui au développement agricole de Bugesera(PADAB). Cette visite s'est déroulée en marge de la conférence de Kigali sur le développement du secteur privé en Afrique. Le district de Bugesera est situé à 50 kms au sud de...
The conference on Africa’s private sector development opened in Kigali, Rwanda on March 14, 2012.  Initiated by the Parliamentary Network, the event’s organizers include the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, the IMF and the World Bank, with support from the Belgian government. The...
Le séminaire régional de la Facilité africaine de soutien juridique (FASJ) et de l’Union panafricaine des avocats (PALU), organisé sur les négociations et autres transactions commerciales complexes, à Yaoundé, du 12 au 14 mars 2012, a été un franc succès, selon les avocats et comme en témoignent...
A group of more than 70 lawyers from west and central African lawyers attended a briefing on the working of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 13 March 2012.  The event involved the AfDB’s African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (...
  As lawyers from central and west Africa meet in Cameroon this week  to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions, the African Legal Services Facility Director, Stephen Karangizi shares his perspectives on the functioning of the Facility, and its...
African Parliamentarians Agree to Promote Private Sector Growth on the Continent AfDB finances agricultural irrigation project in Bugusera, Rwanda Private Sector Development in Africa: Cornerstone for Sustainable Growth African Parliamentarians promote Private Sector Development...
Un des thèmes qui ont capté l’attention des représentants des médias et de plus de 70 avocats et juristes africains, le mardi à Yaoundé, c’est «La clause de stabilisation dans les contrats d’investissements pétroliers», présentée par Aboubacar Fall, consultant au département juridique de la BAD...