"INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND A TRANSITION TO GREEN GROWTH" in Africa. These are the two key objectives of the African Development Bank's (AfDB) new strategy for 2013-2022. Since 2012, the Bank has been working alongside African countries to assist them in establishing institutional, policy and regulatory...

The overall situation of the portfolio of projects initiated by the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group in Senegalhas greatly improved, the nation’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Amadou Bâ, announced on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in Dakar. But he believed that “efforts are still needed,...

The African Development Bank Group will look towards the next half century and what it hopes to achieve on the continent during its 2014 Annual Meetings in Kigali, Rwanda. The 49th Annual Meetings for the African Development Bank and the 40th meetings of its soft loan affiliate, the...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone under the auspices of Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma organized a two day high level dialogue on the State of Good Governance in Africa...

The African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) continues its series of African Officials Training Program on SMEs Policies in Korea.  Eleven officials from Gabon completed on 28 February 2014 two-week training on SMEs in Ansan, Korea. ...

The African Development Bank has decided to undertake a comprehensive and detailed review of its procurement policy to ensure that it remains in tune with the changing world situation, particularly in Africa. The review is expected to be transformational – a 1% reduction in procurement...

Event: International Women’s Day 2014 Good morning all. Thank you for finding the time to be here. I know that many of you have worked so hard to ensure a successful celebration of this important event. In particular I want to thank the Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi,...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in Tunis approved the Bank’s Country Strategy Papers (CSPs) for Tunisia and Namibia that would guide its operations in the countries concerned in the coming years. The Bank’s Interim...

Issuer: African Development Bank (AfDB) Rating: Aaa (Moody’s) / AAA (S&P) / AAA (Fitch) Issue amount: USD 1.0 billion Pricing Date: 05 March 2014 Settlement Date: 12 March 2014 (T+5) Coupon: 0.875% (semi-annual) Maturity:15 May 2017 Reoffer Price: 99.866% Reoffer Yield: 0.918...