In a joint declaration issued in Tunis, Tunisia, on 19 July 2013, African institutions endorsed the AfDB’s Africa50 Fund as Africa’s vehicle to facilitate large-scale mobilization of resources and to unlock international private financing with a view to addressing Africa’s infrastructure gap....
Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group hosted the heads of Africa’s political, economic and development institutions on Friday, 19 July 2013 in Tunis, kick- starting a day-long round table on how to scale up infrastructure financing for the continent’s transformation in...
In a meeting held on 19 July 2013 in Tunis, Tunisia heads of key African economic and development institutions committed to working towards filling Africa’s infrastructure financing gap. African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini- Zuma, United Nations Economic Commission...
19-Jul-2013
Financing Africa's Infrastructure Beyond “Business As Usual” - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: AfDB/AU/UNECA Roundtable on Financing Africa’s Infrastructure
I want to begin by commending your achievements, each one in your respective mandates as heads of regional economic commissions and leaders of sub-regional financial institutions.
The progress Africa has been making is in...
17-Jul-2013
Multilateral Development Institutions Support a Robust Vision for Sustainable Development in Post-2015
The leaders of seven multilateral organizations have issued a joint appeal for global support of a report issued by a high-level UN panel that calls for ending extreme poverty and promoting sustainable development.
In a joint letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on July 9, the seven...
11-Jul-2013
At WTO Meeting on Aid for Trade in Geneva, AfDB President Presents the Africa50 Infrastructure Fund
Highlights of the Conference
At the invitation of the World Trade Organization, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka participated in the opening day of the 4th WTO Global Review of Aid for Trade (AfT) on July 8 in Geneva. The AfT review took place from July 8-10 under...
08-Jul-2013
Africa and the Global Value Chain: Time to Raise the Bar - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: World Trade Organization’s Fourth Aid for Trade Global Review
I come here from Tanzania, where we were meeting with President Obama who has been visiting Africa in the last ten days. This is one of the things he said in Cape Town – quite pertinent to what we are doing here. I quote:...
Event: World Trade Organization’s Fourth Aid for Trade Global Review
It is a great honor to speak at this side-event organized jointly by the Government of Japan, the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank. The African Development Bank enjoys long standing and...
« Notre retour se fera de façon ordonnée et planifiée conformément aux recommandations des Conseils des gouverneurs, » a dit Donald Kaberuka, le président du Groupe la Banque africaine de développement (BAD). Le mythe du retour de la BAD à Abidjan, si mythe il y a eu, s’est effondré avec la ferme...