Tunis, 28 March 2007 – The African Development Bank is supporting a programme in Mauritius aimed at putting the economy on a higher growth path and making it less vulnerable to external shocks. Toward this end, the AfDB Board of Directors today approved a budget support loan of US$ 30 million for the country. The loan marks the country’s re-engagement with the Bank since the last transaction in 1987.

Leeds, U.K., 25 October 2005 – The President of the African Development Bank, Dr. Donald Kaberuka addressed an Informal Meeting of EU Development Ministers in Leeds on Tuesday,  and spoke about how EU can best support stability, prosperity, and development in Africa, in particular by working with  African institutions.

He urged the international community to deliver on their recent commitment to the continent in response to the positive developments taking place on the continent.

There is only 65 days left for the "year of development", he said.

Tunis, 24 October 2005 – The President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Mr. Donald Kaberuka has announced a major reform agenda geared at bringing about a more effective, responsive development institution able to galvanize the new International agenda for Africa on trade, debt, ODA and the emerging positive development on the continent.

Tunis, 21 October 2005 – The African Development Bank (ADB) Group has begun to put in place the necessary structures and facilities required to host the secretariat of the Africa Infrastructure Consortium.

The inaugural meeting of the Infrastructure Consortium, which is composed of key African institutions and donors (1), was held on 6 October 2005 in London where the ADB was mandated to host the all-important Secretariat of the Consortium. 

Plusieurs décideurs – Officiels gouvernementaux, hommes d’affaires d’Asie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique Latine, chercheurs, de hauts responsables de la BAD, de la Banque mondiale, de la CEA et du Secrétariat du NEPAD, participent à une importante rencontre, à Tunis, destinée à examiner la question de l’intégration des économies africaines de manière plus réussie dans l’économie mondiale. Ces assises ouvertes par le Président Donald Kaberuka s’appesantiront sur les exportations, l’accès au marché et la diversification économique.