The Board of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on 28 May, 2014 a Transport Sector Support Project for Senegal for the amount of UA 23.77 million (approximately 35.800 million dollars). The funding is provided through the African...
India’s story of success in implementing the Private-Public Partnership (PPP) model makes it an important partner in facilitating the adoption of this model in Africa. India is one of the developing countries to have successfully received a large-scale investment to the tune of US $300 billion in...
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Capacity building is critical to Africa's emergence and industrialisation: Emmanuel Nnadozie
In recent years Africa has been making great strides in policy development and at present looks very prepared to move from principle into practice on this. Some leaders say now is the time to boost Africa's industrialisation efforts and that capacity building, which is critical to the continent's...
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) seeks to fast-track implementation of continental programmes intended to drive Africa’s transformation. The NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA), the Secretariat of NEPAD, in partnership with Kenya’s Ministry of Devolution...
Without security, all progress in Africa is not sustainable, the President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, said on Thursday, May 22, during the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Kigali, Rwanda.
President Ondimba was appearing on a high level panel during a session...
A high-level panel comprised of former African leaders including Nigeria’s Olusegun Obasanjo and South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki has recommended the need for African countries to develop an early warning mechanism that will help them to prevent conflicts, during a session held late Tuesday at the...
The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) and Nigeria signed a US $100-million line of credit agreement on May 22, for the financing of three energy projects in the provision of electricity transformers to solar electrification in rural areas. The agreement was signed on the ...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) together with its partners in power generation in Africa have concurred that strong partnership will realise the Power Africa initiative.
The remarks were made during the “Power Africa Roundtable” on Wednesday, May 21, at the Bank’s Annual Meetings...
Has regional integration come off the rails? Why has Africa reached an impasse in this area despite concerted effort? What steps can be taken to accelerate the process? These were the central questions addressed on Thursday, May 22, during the Governors’ Dialogue at the AfDB's 2014 Annual...