Working in close collaboration, the Kingdom of Morocco, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United States Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), have conducted an exhaustive study on constraints and strengths impeding the country’s determination to promote a strong, sustained and shared growth...
20-Mar-2015
World Water Day: Every drop counts, thus the need to protect Africans against water-related disasters
Ivorian Government officials and Members of Parliament, representatives of the private sector, international development partners as well as African Development Bank’s (AfDB) water and sanitation experts gathered in at the AfDB headquarters in Abidjan, on Friday, March 20 to commemorate World Water...
Democracy, women’s empowerment principles, innovations in science and technology, good governance, infrastructure development, agriculture and employment promotion – have been the catalyst behind Mozambique’s economic growth. The seeds that will propel the country into middle-income status by...
A delegation of African Development Bank Group Executive Directors is preparing to travel to Mozambique to assess the impact of Bank projects in the country. The 11 Board members and one Senior Advisor, representing 46 countries, will visit Mozambique from March 28 to April 4.
“These...
The International Conference on the Emergence of Africa opened Wednesday, March 18 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, with calls for African governments to address inequality. Even though Africa is experiencing economic growth, many still cannot feel the impact, the forum heard. “We have to ensure we...
The 2015 African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings will take place from Monday, May 25 to Friday, May 29 at the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The 50th Annual Meetings for the African Development Bank and the 41st meetings of its soft loan affiliate, the African...
16-Mar-2015
“Africa is a continent of the future,” AfDB President Donald Kaberuka tells Africa CEO Forum 2015 in Geneva
For a decade, Africa has had a steady growth rate of six per cent. But signals to the contrary are emerging, raising doubts about the continuation of this trend and even leading to pessimism about future years on the part of some analysts. For his part, Donald Kaberuka, President of the African...
16-Mar-2015
AfDB Vice-President Aly Abou Sabaa: "We are ready to work with the Egyptian Government on reforms"
African Development Bank (AfDB) Vice-President responsible for Sectoral Operations, Aly Abou-Sabaa, as head of the major delegation dispatched by the Bank to Sharm el-Sheikh to attend the Egyptian Economic Development Conference (EEDC), addressed a large audience on Day 2 of the event, Saturday,...
AfDB sent a large delegation to the Egyptian Economic Development Conference (EEDC) held March 13-15, 2015 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Intended to promote the new fundamentals of the Egyptian economy, the EEDC attracted a host of leaders and more than 2,000 participants.
Requested by the Egyptian...