Event: Staff Reception
This occasion has always been a treasured tradition – that unique moment when the entire AfDB family comes together in communion at the beginning of each year. For reasons very familiar to you, for the past three years, we have been regrettably unable to do so. In fact the...
The Chairman of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Eltigani Seisi Ateem, called on the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on February 14, 2013 in Tunis. According to Ateem, the African Development Bank Group will champion the upcoming high-profile Donor Pledging Conference...
Le ministre sénégalais de l’Hydraulique et de l’Assainissement, Oumar Guèye, était en visite de travail le 6 février à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à Tunis, où il a rencontré le Président, Donald Kaberuka. Kaberuka et son hôte ont évoqué les modalités de financement pour ...
Event: Address to Indian Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
In the dying days of the immediate post-war period, India led the way in the fight for decolonization. Much of Africa followed suit a decade later. It is no exaggeration to say that India’s struggle for emancipation...
31-Jan-2013
Accelerating the Transition to a Sustainable Economic Development in Africa - AfDB President Donald Kaberuka
Event: Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2013
The Delhi Summit has become such a landmark in the defense of the “Global Commons” and for raising the alarm at the alacrity with which humanity is marching towards the “planetary boundaries”. This is not the place to restate what science tells us...
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, is undertaking an official visit to India from January 30 to February 1, to participate as keynote speaker in the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit and hold meetings with senior Indian officials. The goal of the visit is to...
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, which took place last week in Davos, Switzerland, African Development Bank Group President Donald Kaberuka emphasized that building human capital is essential for the African continent to achieve inclusive growth and economic transformation.
World...
28-Jan-2013
Sommet de l’Union Africaine - Ban Ki-moon met en garde contre toute réduction de l’aide au développement
« Je mets en garde les donateurs contre toute réduction de l’aide au développement, car l’aide est une exigence morale et humaine », a déclaré Ban Ki-moon, Secrétaire général des Nations-Unies à la cérémonie d’ouverture du 20e sommet de l’Union Africaine (UA). « La contribution de l’Afrique à...
Presidents Kaberuka and Coutinho discuss long-term cooperation
African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka met today with Luciano Coutinho, President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). The meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland during the ongoing World Economic Forum....