African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka paid a visit to Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on June 23 to brief him on progress made since he was elected and re-elected as the Bank’s head in 2005 and 2010, respectively. Kaberuka thanked Kagame, the government, and the people of Rwanda for...

Pays côtier situé dans la Corne de l’Afrique, Djibouti bénéficie d’une position géographique privilégiée, entre l’Afrique, l’Asie et l’Europe. Cependant, la République de Djibouti est particulièrement vulnérable aux menaces climatiques En dépit de l’amélioration des performances économiques...

Strengthened environmental and social impact assessments can improve access to health and improve gender equality As African countries undertake significant infrastructure development to transform their economies, it is critical that they take into account the impact of these capital projects on...

“The urban population in Africa will increase by an additional 300 million people in the next 20 years. Given the limitation of current financing mechanisms, it is critical to find more innovative and sustainable funding sources,” Amadou Oumarou, Director of the African Development Bank (AfDB)...

African economies’ prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report,...

There’s a huge demand for infrastructure in Africa and yet the money coming from donors and governments is not sufficient. As a result, African governments need to look at innovative ways to finance the infrastructure gap, including engaging in more public-private partnerships (PPPs). This was...

The Ivorian and Malian authorities requested the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the implementation of the "Road Upgrading and Transport Facilitation Project on the Corridor Bamako -Zantiébougou -San Pedro". It includes the upgrading and asphalting of the following sections: (i) in Mali...

Côte d'Ivoire (CI) and Mali concur with converging strategies as evidenced by the programs for development and facilitation of transport and inter-state road transit initiated under the aegis of WAEMU and ECOWAS. These strategies are aimed, inter alia at: (i) structuring the productive activities...

African Heads of State attending the 50th African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Abidjan committed on Tuesday, May 26 to supporting policies that can fast-track the continent’s efforts towards attaining a fully fledged single common market for Africa to transform the lives of their people...