Press Releases

• 31/05/2016 - AfDB, Malawi ink US $1-million humanitarian assistance grant agreement
• 27/05/2016 - Goodbye, Lusaka; on to Ahmedabad: Curtain falls on AfDB’s 2016 Annual Meetings
• 27/05/2016 - African Risk Capacity and AfDB sign MOU to enable African countries to respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters
• 27/05/2016 - Africa, “Workshop of the World”: Manufacturing strategies to unleash a continent
• 27/05/2016 - African Legal Support Facility launch energy project financing resource handbook
• 27/05/2016 - Partnership on Illicit Finance Launch Event
• 27/05/2016 - African journalists join AfDB to explore the path to a green and powered Africa
• 27/05/2016 - AfDB President pledges to support African Civil Society Organisations’ advocacy
• 26/05/2016 - AfDB and Cameroon sign $1.726-million grant from the Global Environment Facility for environmental adaptation of broadband development
• 26/05/2016 - 10th African Banker Awards continue to celebrate excellence in banking and finance on the continent
• 25/05/2016 - AfDB and Millennium Challenge Corporation sign MOU on future collaboration
• 25/05/2016 - AfDB supports water and agriculture improvement projects in Egypt
• 25/05/2016 - AfDB and the African Risk Capacity Agency to work together on response to extreme weather events and natural disasters
• 25/05/2016 - African economies on high grounds as AfDB readies to leverage resources for accelerated growth and transformation
• 25/05/2016 - Transitioning to Green Growth: Where are we? – an IDEV Event at AfDB Annual Meetings
• 25/05/2016 - Launch of Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy
• 25/05/2016 - AfDB signs a new partnership agreement with Big Win Philanthropy and the Dangote Foundation to generate economic growth through improved child nutrition
• 24/05/2016 - Looking Ahead: The Governing Council of the African Legal Support Facility meets in Lusaka
• 24/05/2016 - Donors review progress of the African Legal Support Facility
• 24/05/2016 - President Adesina shares AfDB’s new transformation agenda as Annual Meetings open in Lusaka
• 24/05/2016 - AfDB and Madagascar sign USD 1.1 million to finance youth agriculture programme
• 24/05/2016 - African leaders make economic case for increased nutrition investments
• 23/05/2016 - Akinwumi Adesina reaffirms the commitment of the AfDB to support Africa in its quest to meet the energy challenge
• 23/05/2016 - AfDB and The Gambia sign USD 9 million Agriculture and Food Security Loan Agreement
• 23/05/2016 - The African Legal Support Facility Management Board elects new Chairman
• 23/05/2016 - AfDB and the West Africa Power Pool sign US $1.9 million grant for Nigeria-Benin Interconnector Reinforcement Project
• 23/05/2016 - Africa: economic transformation hinges on unlocking potential of cities, says the African Economic Outlook 2016
• 22/05/2016 - All roads lead to Zambia as delegates converge on Lusaka for AfDB Annual Meetings
• 09/05/2016 - Stakeholders gather in Zambia to launch the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) country action process
• 04/05/2016 - AfDB to unveil strategies for Africa’s transformation at 2016 Annual Meetings in Lusaka
• 28/04/2016 - AfDB 2016 Annual Meetings preparations well underway in Zambia
• 18/04/2016 - Two day meeting of the African Legal Support Facility Management Board concludes
• 18/04/2016 - Ending malnutrition to boost the brainpower and spur economic growth in Africa
• 08/02/2016 - Zambia prepares to host AfDB’s 2016 Annual Meetings

News

• 02/06/2016 - A postscript to the 2016 Annual Meetings: Building on the momentum, and looking ahead with the High 5s
• 31/05/2016 - Bank Group hosts 7th Debt Management Facility Stakeholders’ Forum
• 28/05/2016 - Africa should take the lead in reducing industrial emissions, panel hears
• 28/05/2016 - Partnership to address infrastructure challenges in Africa
• 28/05/2016 - African governments urged to shift policy in the energy sector
• 28/05/2016 - AfDB reaffirms supporting climate resilient and low-carbon development in Africa
• 28/05/2016 - AfDB’s High 5s agenda gets backing from African Civil Society Organizations at closure of 2016 Annual Meetings
• 28/05/2016 - Japanese investors and partners recognize huge potential of African continent
• 27/05/2016 - President Adesina reaffirms commitment to support African youth entrepreneurship
• 27/05/2016 - More funding for jobs and entrepreneurship for African women: The regional Gender Equality Community of Practice discusses positive discrimination
• 27/05/2016 - BRICS presents its new bank at the AfDB Annual Meetings
• 27/05/2016 - AfDB to support Zambia in development of renewable energy projects
• 27/05/2016 - An evening of culture imbued with Bantu community spirit
• 27/05/2016 - La Révolution solaire en marche au Sud et à l’Est de l’Afrique
• 27/05/2016 - Transforming agriculture is transforming Africa
• 26/05/2016 - Is it what they need? Experts debate AfDB’s new Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa
• 26/05/2016 - AfDB plans to expand its trade finance portfolio across the continent
• 26/05/2016 - World leaders, private sector endorse AfDB’s “New Deal on Energy”
• 26/05/2016 - Q&A Moono Mupotola, Director of NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade at the AfDB
• 26/05/2016 - African governments and the private sector have critical roles to play in the energy market
• 26/05/2016 - AfDB embarks on ambitious plan to ramp up agriculture, create jobs and feed Africa
• 26/05/2016 - Bank aims to boost High 5 results by striking new pact with civil society at CSO Forum
• 26/05/2016 - A resounding Africa Day at the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka
• 25/05/2016 - Africa-India Partnership Day: India dishes out US $10 bn for Africa’s healthcare and other sectors
• 25/05/2016 - Leaders underscore urgent need to create jobs for African youth through agriculture, ICT, industry
• 24/05/2016 - Presidents Paul Kagame, Uhuru Kenyatta endorse AfDB’s ‘New Deal on Energy’
• 24/05/2016 - African countries must work together to address issues of energy and climate change: roundtable
• 24/05/2016 - Focus on women, young people and agribusiness to build the Africa of tomorrow
• 24/05/2016 - Interview with Mario Pezzini, Director, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Development Centre
• 23/05/2016 - Interview with Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General for UN-Habitat
• 23/05/2016 - Affordability dominates debate as leaders discuss creating a ‘Smart Africa’ at AfDB Annual Meetings
• 23/05/2016 - Continental Business Network: Managing investment risks in public infrastructure
• 23/05/2016 - Highlights of Day 1 at the AfDB Annual Meetings
• 23/05/2016 - AfDB and partners helping African governments to develop sustainable cities
• 23/05/2016 - AFAWA à l’affiche des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD
• 23/05/2016 - African Development Bank Chief arrives in Zambia
• 23/05/2016 - Jobs for Women and Young People: The transformative potential of agribusiness
• 19/05/2016 - Q&A with Charles Leyeka Lufumpa, Director, AfDB Statistics Department, and Officer-in-Charge of the Chief Economist Complex
• 18/05/2016 - Launch of the African Economic Outlook 2016
• 19/04/2016 - The World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings: Much happens in the margins
• 15/04/2016 - AfDB President pushes African agenda at World Bank-IMF meetings in Washington
• 13/04/2016 - The future of food
• 06/04/2016 - AfDB and Zambia sign US $123 million in financing agreements
• 07/03/2016 - “Lighting up and Powering Africa”: AfDB puts energy on the front burner of Africa’s development agenda
• 25/02/2016 - AfDB pledges to support Zambia to address economic challenges
• 29/01/2016 - 2016 AfDB Annual Meetings to focus on energy and climate change