African Investment Forum launches on a high
Africa Investment Forum launches with billions of dollars worth of projects in the pipeline. …
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Interview with Raza Hasnani, Africa50 fund
The AfDB launched its Room2Run initiative last month which effectively freed up $700m off the bank’s balance sheet. …
AfDB’s fundraising strategy to ease pressure
Multilateral Development Banks (most commonly referred to as MDBs) were created around 70 years ago to spur the sustainable development of their member countries.…
Do not underestimate the resilience of Africa, says Donald Kaberuka
Donald Kaberuka, the former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is now back in a big way with Southbridge, a merchant bank that he jointly manages with French-Beninese Lionel Zinsou who was Prime Minister of Benin from 2015-16.
‘We need a wholesale approach to infrastructure investments,’ Pierre Guislain, VP at AfDB
In 2017 the African Development Bank (AfDB) made disbursements of $6.7bn, the most it has made in a single year.…
What can Africa learn from South Korea?
Africa, it could be argued, is one of the world’s last regions to meaningfully develop.…
Should we care about aid transparency?
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the world’s most honest development agency, according to the 2018 Aid Transparency Index, released in June.…
AfDB’s South Korea meeting boosts Africa’s industrialisation
Industrialisation has been the mainstay of the majority of successful development stories around the world to date.…
East African Banks dominate this year’s African Banker Awards
Winners of the 2018 African Banker Awards have been announced at a prestigious Gala Dinner in Busan, South Korea.…
African Development Bank (AfDB) to launch its first ever Investment Forum
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will officially launch the Africa Investment Forum (AIF) − on April 19, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the Bank announced today.…