Africa has made significant progress in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic. In the past seven years, AIDS-related deaths declined by 32%.The number of people contracting the HIV infection declined by 25% in the past 10 years. The rate of mother-to-child transmission of HIV has also declined from 35% in...

Following a series of recent high level interactions between African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and European Commission (EC) Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, the AfDB hosted in Tunis, Tunisia on 19-20 November 2013 a mission from the European Commission (EC)...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in conjunction with the World Bank Group, hosted the first ever ‘Africa Day’ on Wednesday, November 20, during Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week 2013. LJD Week is organized each year to provide a forum for legal and development practitioners, scholars,...

Violence against women is violence against us all. Violence against women is not “only” a “women’s issue”: it is a priority for all men and all women who are committed to contributing to the development of their societies. Africa knows that: its women face a terrible toll of violence. In...

Event: Africa Day Conference: Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week 2013 I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming you to the Africa Day of the Law Justice and Development Week. “Africa Day” is jointly organized by the African Development Bank and the World Bank Group, and it is...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in collaboration with the World Bank Group will host the first-ever “Africa Day” during the Law, Justice and Development (LJD) Week 2013, on November 20, at the World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington, DC. Every year, the LJD Week is organized to...

Event : Brookings Institute - Washington DC As you will have heard before, this is a unique moment in Africa’s economic trajectory. I do not wish to enter the rather sterile debate as to whether Africa is rising or not, a debate I follow sometimes with amusement. Each side across the divide can...

African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka has been named 2013 African of the Year in recognition of his role in spearheading the Africa50 Fund to mobilize the financing of infrastructure projects on the continent. The $50,000 award was announced Thursday evening in Addis Ababa...

Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), completed on Thursday, November 7, in N’Djamena, Chad, the last leg of a tour that took him to four countries in the Sahel. In each of these countries – Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Chad – Kaberuka reiterated the AfDB’s commitment...