"In one year we have come a long way and Tunisia is taking concrete steps in the adoption of social business. It will soon be a model for African countries and I am very happy,” said Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate, pioneer of microcredit and co-founder of the Yunus...

On a visit to the Central African Republic (CAR) on 10 May 2014, the Special Envoy on Gender of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi,  said that “international assistance must be forthcoming in order to support Central African Republic rid itself from...

RWANDA has reached two major milestones since the Millennium. GDP per capita increased from $225 in 2000 to $693 in 2013, growing by an average of 8% annually. Poverty rates decreased from 59% in 2000 to 45% in 2011, with well over a million Rwandans lifted out of poverty. An increasing number of...

The African Development Bank is proud to be part of Rwanda’s quest for economic transformation. Our current portfolio of projects in Rwanda totals USD1.65 billion. We have supported such critical areas as infrastructure development, skills development, agriculture, science and technology, private...

On May 7, 2014, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Board of Executive Directors approved an African Development Fund (ADF) loan of US $76 million for a Skills, Employability and Entrepreneurship Program II (SEEP II) in Rwanda for three fiscal years ( FY2013/14, FY2014/13 and...

Each year, the Boards of Governors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) hold their Annual Meetings to review the Bank Group’s operations in the previous year as well as examine and endorse its operations for the current year. The Governors and other invitees comprising development...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 7 in Tunis an unfunded US $50 million Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) with the Union de Banques Arabes et Françaises - U.B.A.F. to support trade origination capacities of African Issuing Banks. The facility...

Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group Operations 2014 is an annual publication of the African Development Bank Group, presenting data on operational activities of the Bank Group. Part One gives cross-country statistics on Bank operations and Part Two provides country-specific information on each...

A la veille de la Journée internationale du travail, la Cité des Sciences de Tunis a accueilli, ce 30 avril 2014, la cérémonie de lancement officiel de la 2e édition de “Souk At-tanmia”, dont ont été présentées les nouveautés. Ce Partenariat renouvelé entend promouvoir l’emploi inclusif...