AfDB President Wraps Up Visit to Japan AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, April 6, 2010, ended his official visit to Japan. Mr. Kaberuka used the final day of his visit to meet with the country’s political authorities. Besides meetings with the country’s vice minister of foreign...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Friday, April 2, 2010, started the first leg of his official visit to Japan in Osaka, the country’s economic capital and business hub. Mr. Kaberuka had several meetings with key businesspeople in the city. He also met with...

A conference organized on March 24, 2010, in Tunis by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on capacity building in Africa has underscored the importance of capacity development on the continent, especially in post-conflict countries. Speaking...

AfDB-ACBF Conference Highlights Importance of Capacity Development in Africa A conference organized on March 24, 2010, in Tunis by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) on capacity building in Africa has underscored the importance of capacity...

Event: African Women’s Economic Summit We came to Nairobi with a clear agenda to have an open discussion on the economic empowerment of African women through an inclusive financial sector. In the past two productive days we have heard from stakeholders the state of play, the opportunities and...

Event: African Women’s Economic Summit Twenty-five years ago, in 1985, women and men from around the world gathered here in Nairobi to take part in the Third UN Conference on Women. We have come a long way since that unique event which brought so much hope and enthusiasm and has since been...

The African Development Bank Commits to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment Forum Tunis / Nairobi 21st  March - The first African Women Economic Summit in Nairobi was a real success. On the afternoon of the final day, the high level audience of 160 African and global decision-...

Women have always played a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of Africa. As farmers, entrepreneurs, traders and innovators, they are key economic actors in the continent. At the African Development Bank, we acknowledge the benefits of improving women’s economic opportunities. It is a...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will, on Thursday, March 4, 2010, attend the Joining Up Africa Conference on Regional Integration scheduled to take place in London, England. The conference aims at enabling African institutions, donors, investors,...