La France souhaite que le second mandat du président Kaberuka permette à la Banque de confirmer que le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) constitue dorénavant un acteur de premier plan dans le financement du développement de l’Afrique, au service des populations africaines....
The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced the following appointment
Cecilia Akintomide is confirmed as Secretary General
Hela Cheikhrouhou as Director of the new Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department
Gemina Archer-Davies as Director of Corporate Human...
14-May-2010
AfDB President Announces New Reforms
In the run-up to its 2010 Annual Meetings, the African Development Bank is implementing various commitments it made to its shareholders following the announcement of a 200% increase in its general capital. These measures cover transparency, financial strength and the capacity of the Bank to...
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa ended on Friday, 7 May 2010, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, after three days of deliberations on how leaders and policy-makers should deal with challenges posed by the global economic crisis and how to use the crisis as an opportunity to design a sustainable...
06-May-2010
World Economic Forum on Africa: “We must attract foreign investors to Africa,” says AfDB President
African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and his delegation are participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa which started on Wednesday, 5 May 2010, in Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.
For the first time, the AfDB is the WEF’s official partner and, it is in this regard,...
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Praia, 30 April 2010 – Cape Verde, with little natural resources, goes against all odds in Africa by becoming the first case of “policy induced graduation” on the continent, as opposed to natural resources driven graduation. A resource-poor country...
Praia, 28 April 2010 - On his first official visit to Cape Verde from 27-30 April 2010, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, commended the country on being “the first case of a policy induced graduation” from low- to middle-income status.
Mr. Kaberuka...


