Speaking at the 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa on Thursday, May 9 in Cape Town, South Africa, African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said “Africa has to find its own form of development that works for this continent.” During the session on “Building with BRICS” (Brazil, Russia,...

 Africa must increase competitiveness or jeopardize future growth, warns the Africa Competitiveness Report 2013, which assesses prospects for sustainable growth of 38 African countries. Jointly produced by the African Development Bank, the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, the...

The African Development Bank pledged its support to Somalia’s reconstruction on May 7 with a commitment of US $18 million over three years. African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka made the commitment during the closing day of the two-day Somalia conference, which concluded in London on...

The 23rd World Economic Forum on Africa kicked off on Wednesday, May 8 on the theme “Delivering on Africa’s Promise”. The three-day event in Cape Town, South Africa, is expected to draw regional and global leaders from business, government and civil society to discuss the continent’s integration...

It has been two decades of mayhem, chaos and bloodletting in Somalia.  A child born at the onset of the Somali crisis is now twenty one.  Somalia has still a long way to go: the Al Shabaab are defeated, but they are not yet fully eliminated, and they still have the capacity to kill and to...

Event: International Conference on Somalia Let me begin by expressing our thanks to the Governments of Somalia and the United Kingdom for organising this Conference. This is very timely and I can endorse much of what was said this morning. Somalia has a long way to go. But Somalia has also...

During a working visit to the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tunis on 3rd May 2013 , Nizar Baraka,  Moroccan Minister of  Finance, and Chairman of the AfDB Board of Governors,  welcomed the support of the Bank to his country’s quest  for  green growth. In his words, the...

Participating in The Times CEO Summit Africa 2013 high-level panel on infrastructure in London on April 30, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka said that one of the major problems the sector is facing is bringing infrastructure projects to bankability. He also pointed out that...

From April 21-24, 2013, a distinguished audience comprising of more than 20 serving and former Ministers of Finance, former Prime Ministers and Presidents, prominent scholars and economists participated in the Ministerial Leadership in Health Forum at Harvard University. The forum focused on...