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DR Congo waits on funding for world’s largest hydropower project

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John Vidal
May 21, 2013 3:03 pm

Complete set of Grand Inga dams on the Congo River would generate a massive 40,000MW of electricityThe dream of harnessing the mighty Congo ...

Ivory Coast finding reconstruction easier than reconciliation | Tamasin Ford

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Tamasin Ford
May 20, 2013 6:36 am

At first glance, Ivory Coast has come a long way since 2010's post-election violence. But is the progress merely an illusion?Construction si...

Liberia: Good News for MRU

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May 16, 2013 3:36 pm

[New Democrat]Connecting people, consolidating peace and accelerating economic transformation were the main themes of a high-level seminar o...

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Will the Brics bank deliver a more just world order?

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May 8, 2013 6:00 pm

A development bank financed by the giants of the developing world has the potential to change how development is done, but the devil is in t...

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East Africa: Ethiopia-Kenya Power Line to Be Funded By World Bank, AfDB

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May 8, 2013 12:06 pm

[Government of Ethiopia]The World Bank and African Development Bank are set to provide 80 percent of the finances needed for the constructio...

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Tunisia: AFDB Donates 1.8 Mtd to Tunisia

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May 5, 2013 9:13 am

[Tunis Afrique Presse]Tunis -The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allocated a 1.8- million- dinar donation to Tunisia to finance a suppor...

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Towards a New Economic Model for Tunisia: Identifying Tunisia’s Binding Constraints to Broad-Based Growth

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Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
May 2, 2013 9:03 am

The Government of Tunisia, the African Development Bank and the United States Government have released the report entitled “Towards a Ne...

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ECOWAS Ministers Agree Implementation Action Plan on Proposed Lagos-Ibadan Highway

Andrea Ayemoba
April 26, 2013 12:05 pm

ECOWAS Ministers of Works/Road Infrastructure, Transport, Finance and Justice from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, ended th...

Cameroon Village Celebrates 2 Years of Internet Access

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Moki Edwin Kindzeka
April 25, 2013 6:01 pm

An information and communication technology, or ICT revolution is taking place in Africa. The World Bank and the African Development Bank sa...

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ECOWAS Ministers to meet on Construction of Lagos-Abidjan Highway

Andrea Ayemoba
April 23, 2013 12:06 pm

ECOWAS Ministers of Works/Road Infrastructure, Transport, Finance and Justice from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Togo, will mee...

Twenty states to benefit from Open Data for Africa platform

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April 23, 2013 9:05 am

SciDev.Net reports on a newly developed data platform, called the Open Data for Africa Platform, funded by the African Development Bank (AfD...

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New AfDB report sets conditions for successful infrastructure project bonds in African markets

Andrea Ayemoba
April 19, 2013 12:04 pm

A new report by the African Development Bank explores how structured finance techniques can mobilize African domestic capital to support e...

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Brics bank raises critical development questions, says OECD

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Mark Tran
April 9, 2013 12:20 pm

OECD's Angel Garría says devil is in detail – market rates, policy demands and how loans will be made – of any new Brics bankThe creati...

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A piece by Donald Kaberuka, President of the AfDB, to set the scene for the BRICS summit in Durban on 26-27 March

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Andrea Ayemoba
March 28, 2013 9:03 am

A piece by Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank to set the scene for the BRICS summit in Durban on 26-27 March. A W...

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Trade integration, a key to macroeconomic convergence, says a new African Development Bank report

Andrea Ayemoba
March 27, 2013 12:05 pm

A new policy paper by the African Development Bank carries the importance of trade integration to macroeconomic convergence. Published in M...

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Activists Push for Increased Political Role for BRICS Group

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Anita Powell
March 26, 2013 6:13 pm

At just five-years old, the BRICS economic bloc is defining its role at a summit in South Africa. Group members Brazil, Russia, India, Chin...

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Uganda’s NSSF expands to Kenya

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March 25, 2013 12:01 pm

KAMPALA, UGANDA - The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Managing Director Richard Byarugaba has said that the fund is expanding its inves...

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Call for Papers – Expert Group Meeting on Inclusive Growth in Africa

Andrea Ayemoba
March 19, 2013 3:02 pm

Africa’s economic growth has accelerated in recent years, yet the quality and inclusiveness of this growth remain a major concern to polic...

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EADB to list additional corporate bonds at USE

Isaac Twumasi-Quantus
March 18, 2013 3:06 pm

The East African Development Bank (EADB) intends to list more corporate bonds on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) to make long-term fina...

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Data platforms to speed up Africa’s information highway

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Staff Writer
March 15, 2013 12:03 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for twenty African countries including Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, D...

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Africa’s Information Highway: The AfDB Launches Open Data Platforms for 20 African Countries

Andrea Ayemoba
March 15, 2013 12:01 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde...

Message from the President of the AfDB on the Occasion of International Women’s Day

Andrea Ayemoba
March 8, 2013 12:04 pm

International Women’s Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realising how far we have come towar...

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AfDB and BIDC sign a US$950 000 Technical Assistance Grant

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Andrea Ayemoba
March 5, 2013 12:02 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Investment and Development Bank of the Economic Community of West African States (BIDC) yester...

AfDB Supports Rwandese Private Sector with a US $8-Million Line of Credit to the Development Bank of Rwanda

Andrea Ayemoba
March 5, 2013 12:02 pm

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) signed today a US $8-million Line of Credit (LoC) to support BR...

Multilateral Development Banks Call for More Coordination on Global Development

Andrea Ayemoba
March 1, 2013 12:02 pm

Leaders of the African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Mo...

Africa: New Development Bank to Be Key Brics Building Block

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February 28, 2013 9:08 am

[IPS]Johannesburg -Emerging market leaders want their Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa club to be taken seriously, and next mon...

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New Development Bank to be Key BRICS Building Block

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John Fraser
February 28, 2013 9:00 am

Emerging market leaders want their Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa club to be taken seriously, and next month they are expecte...

AfDB Approves US $200-million Risk Participation Facility to Standard Chartered Bank

Andrea Ayemoba
February 27, 2013 12:02 pm

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, February 20 an unfunded US $200-million Risk Participat...

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Africa e-commerce: Beyond the Hype

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Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN
February 26, 2013 3:05 pm

(Electronic commerce or “e-commerce” is the buying and selling of information, products and services via the Internet.) Now, if you have...

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Angola: AFDB Committed to Assist 600 Peasant Families in Calenga

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February 9, 2013 3:05 pm

[ANGOP]Caála -The project consultant of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Sheikh Javed Ahmed, announced Thursday, in Huambo city, the ex...

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US $1 Million SEFA Grant to Provide Reliable Energy Services in Madagascar

Andrea Ayemoba
February 8, 2013 12:07 pm

The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a US $1 million grant to finalize pre-investment activities for a hybrid renewa...

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East Africa: AfDB Seeks Geothermal Development in East Africa

Africa News Cloud
February 7, 2013 6:05 pm

[Capital FM]Nairobi -The African Development Bank (AfDB) is working on an ambitious geothermal development program for Africa, building on i...

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