Empowering people through investments in skills and technology needed to boost development By participating more effectively in the global production of goods and services, Africa can transform its economy and achieve a development breakthrough, according to the latest African Economic...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) launched its golden jubilee celebrations on April 22 in Tunis in a colourful ceremony mingled with sober reflections on the Bank’s development journey and how to tackle Africa’s future challenges. AfDB President Donald Kaberuka paid tribute to the Bank’s...

Luxembourg will become the 26th non regional member country of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka and Luxembourg Minister of Finance Pierre Gramegna participated in the official signing ceremony on May 10, 2014 in Luxembourg.  ...

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, alongside two African leaders, on 7 May 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria, launched a call to action for regional integration in Africa.  Called “Visa free travel in Africa”,  the initiative, launched at the World Economic Forum...

“First of all, I want all of the young people and youth ambassadors to know that you can count on me to get to zero,” said Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, at the 2015 Countdown Summit on April 10, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Kaberuka joined a high-powered group...

23/04/2014 - Launch of the AfDB 50th Anniversary Celebrations Written by Aristide Ahouassou and Mansour Ndir The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) golden jubilee was formally kicked off in Tunis on Tuesday, April 22. The occasion of the Bank’s 50th anniversary was acknowledged by...

Event: Launch of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Bank Group Your Excellencies, Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen. Good afternoon. This ceremony over which I am honoured to preside launches the process of celebrating our Golden Jubilee. The celebrations will take place across all...

Private sector investment key to continent’s development, says Kaberuka African Development Bank support for private equity investment in Africa recorded a major success on Wednesday, April 16, when The Carlyle Group announced it had raised $698 million for its new Sub-Saharan Africa Fund,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Africare signed a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding in Washington, D.C. on 12 April. Speaking at the ceremony – within a Bank-funded Summit on ‘Creating Opportunity for Africa’ in the margins of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings – AfDB President...