The African Development Bank’s ( AfDB’s ) formal engagement with civil society began with the first AfDB/NGO consultative meeting, held in Abidjan in 1990 . Following th at meeting, the Bank developed a policy paper and a set of procedures, mechanisms , and guidelines to orient its coopera tion...

The Director for Human Development at the African Development Bank, Dr. Agnes Soucat, made a presentation on Emerging Africa and the Health Labour Market at a special session on “Preparing Health Professionals for the New Century” at the Rendez-Vous 2012 conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on...

The African Development Bank’s Malawi Field Office with the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) and the Development Research Department (EDRE) launched the 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO) report in Malawi on October 4 at a workshop organized in collaboration with the United Nations...

Africa has enjoyed fifteen years of sustained economic growth. Per capita income for the region as a whole is rising steadily, and regional growth has exceeded the global average. During the last decade six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies were in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, there are...

Partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa (HHA) initiative convened in Nairobi on October 4 and 5, as a follow-up to the recent Tunis Ministerial Conference for African Health and Finance Ministers. Regional Directors, senior representatives and a multidisciplinary group of technical...

European and African policy-makers, economists and academics working on and with Africa, came together in Paris Thursday to discuss the performance of African economies and the major challenges faced by the continent. The 12th International Economic Forum organized by the OECD Conference Centre, in...

Mr. Ebrima Faal, Regional Director at the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), signed on behalf of the AfDB the agreements for a loan of ZAR 65 million from the AfDB to Trustco Finance (part of the Namibia based “Trustco” group) to support its student...