Leaders of six multilateral financial institutions, met in Washington on 19 April 2013 to discuss the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meeting was presided over by AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka , the coordinator of the multilateral l financial institutions for 2013. Recognizing the...
During the first Advisory Board Meeting of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), announced that the AfDB will host the SE4ALL Africa Hub in cooperation with its African partner institutions: the African Union...
The UN Special Envoy for the Sahel, Romano Prodi, met with the President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, on April 15, 2013 in Tunis, to discuss security, governance, humanitarian requirements, and development in the Sahel region.
The African Development Bank and the...
After a decade of stagnation, the Ivoirian economy is picking up. The signs are obvious here and there, and especially in Abidjan, the economic capital. They are the construction of high roads and the setting up of improved health and sanitation services systems undertaken by the government both in...
01-Apr-2013
The BRICS call for their own Development Bank
At their meeting in Durban, the BRICS group put forward the proposal establishing a Development Bank under their auspices. This initiative was hailed by Donald Kaberuka, President of the AfDB.
A grand premiere in Africa, this decision was taken at the meeting held on the 26 and 27 March 2013....
The new world order comes to Durban this week – for the fifth BRICS Summit, and the first in Africa. Dilma Rousseff, Vladimir Putin, Manmohan Singh, Xi Jinping and Jacob Zuma represent a changing world, as gravity and power gradually shift from North to South, and West to East. Between them, they...
We invest billions of dollars to find evidence of water and life on Mars, but here on Earth, we struggle to mobilize the funds needed to develop the full potential of the water resources we depend on for life and growth. Is the glass half full, or half empty, on World Water Day today? We...
Event: National Conference on Social Business in Tunisia
This National Conference on Social Business in Tunisia is our opportunity to launch the Bank’s new Programme of Holistic Social Business Movement for Africa. This conference is the first at the national level organized by the Bank to bring...
Event: Royal African Society Business Breakfast
It is a privilege to be here once again at the Royal African Society. Thank you Mark and Richard for giving me the opportunity. You have asked me to speak about the quality of growth in Africa in recent years. It is an important question for us,...