Greater global solidarity needed to achieve peace and security for Africa, says top UN official

29 october 2021 - 05:19:20
New York, US (PANA) - The deputy UN chief on Thursday emphasised the “vital importance” of peace and security in [...] Full text...

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UN report highlights problems of internally displaced persons

30 september 2021 - 04:54:50
New York, US (PANA) - Nationally-owned solutions must be found for more than 55 million people displaced within their own [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: Kenyatta urges African counterparts to bank on innovative youth in combating pandemic

12 june 2020 - 14:07:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged his African counterparts to tap into the innovative abilities of [...] Full text...

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South Africa probes claims that Africans are targeted in China

12 april 2020 - 15:18:58
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Claims that  Africans are being targeted in China and subjected to forced evictions over [...] Full text...

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Kaberuka calls for strong mobilization of domestic funding, resources to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa

02 december 2019 - 13:31:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Domestic resource mobilization in fighting against HIV/AIDS is not just a technical issue but it is [...] Full text...

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Burkina president to take part in conference on funding fight against AIDS, malaria in France

08 october 2019 - 21:20:31
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) -  Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré will from 9-11 October take part in the [...] Full text...

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Mali President receives UN, AU envoys

13 december 2018 - 11:33:24
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Deputy UN Secretary General for peacekeeping operations, Mrs Bintou Kéita, and the African Union Senior [...] Full text...

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US: Kaberuka to chair IMF's Independent Evaluation Office panel

03 october 2017 - 08:03:46
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has appointed a high-level panel to undertake an external [...] Full text...

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US: UN cooperation with AU must be less 'ad hoc,' Security Council told

16 june 2017 - 05:50:24
New York, US (PANA) – The United Nations must move towards a more institutionalized approach for the joint planning, mandating, [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: African finance ministers work on African Union import tax plan

16 september 2016 - 19:08:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A select committee of 10 ministers of finance have ended discussion on the implementation of [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief lauds AU’s fund for peace, security operations

19 july 2016 - 17:01:20
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday welcomed a decision by the Assembly of Heads of [...] Full text...

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AU Summit: Countries set new import tax rules to reduce dependence on donors

18 july 2016 - 15:43:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 27th African Union (AU) summit ended Monday in Kigali, Rwanda, with a commitment for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari calls for peace in South Sudan

11 july 2016 - 17:38:21
Abuja, Nigeria - (PANA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appealed for peace and calm in South Sudan. "What [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: African Leadership University opens Mauritius campus

17 march 2016 - 07:46:37
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - African Leadership University (ALU), a newly established tertiary institution offering programmes aimed at developing Africa's future [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Former AfDB President joins Harvard School in US

11 september 2015 - 15:27:17
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Harvard Kennedy School’s Centre for Public Leadership in the US has announced that immediate past President [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: Nigerian VP urges Africans to rethink time-worn economic ideas

01 september 2015 - 18:53:19
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Time has come for Africans to re-think some of the time-worn economic ideas and myths [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: New boss takes over at AfDB in Abidjan

31 august 2015 - 18:57:38
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The newly elected 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Akinwumi A. Adesina [...] Full text...

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Rwanda : Ethiopian PM in Kigali for Meles Zenawi Foundation symposium

20 august 2015 - 19:36:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn arrived here late Thursday to attend the inaugural symposium of [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Africa50 raises US$830m for infrastructure investment in Africa

30 july 2015 - 14:39:07
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The new infrastructure investment platform in Africa, Africa50, backed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB president heads delegation on official mission to China

21 july 2015 - 17:48:41
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Africa and China need to take their cooperation to the next level with regard [...] Full text...

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UN: UN, AU officials stress Africa's economic transformation

15 july 2015 - 17:30:13
New York, US (PANA) - UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) Executive Secretary Carlos Lopes on Wednesday said a lack [...] Full text...

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Kenya: AfDB outgoing CEO bids farewell to Kenyatta

25 june 2015 - 18:37:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Outgoing African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka said Thursday the ‘infrastructure big push’ in Africa [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Kaberuka pays farewell visit to Kagame

24 june 2015 - 11:37:10
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka of Rwanda on Tuesday evening paid [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Buhari's presidential inauguration dominates front pages in Nigeria

30 may 2015 - 09:01:06
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were awash with stories and pictures from Friday's inauguration of retired Gen. Muhammadu [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Adesina of Nigeria elected 8th President of AfDB

28 may 2015 - 19:19:34
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Akinwumi A. Adesina, currently serving as Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, was [...] Full text...

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Cote d’Ivoire: African Development Bank launches Gender Equality Index for Africa

25 may 2015 - 18:43:17
Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled on Monday the first-ever Gender Equality Index for Africa, [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB approves US $70.5 million budget support for Tanzania’s energy sector

21 may 2015 - 19:04:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US [...] Full text...

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Sierra Leone: AfDB presidency candidate seeks media support

21 may 2015 - 14:11:59
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister and candidate for the Presidency of the African Development Bank (AfDB) [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB gives US$300 million to Ebola-hit countries

20 april 2015 - 21:38:55
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka has announced US$300 million to support the national post-Ebola [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: World Bank Group honours AfDB President Kaberuka

17 april 2015 - 18:18:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - African Heads of State and World Bank Group President Jim Kim have honoured African [...] Full text...

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Mali: Mali backs Sidibé's bid for AfDB presidency

09 april 2015 - 20:04:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Malian government on Thursday launched a campaign to back the candidature of Birama Sidibé, current [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: AfDB expresses solidarity with Tunisia

21 march 2015 - 16:45:37
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The African Development bank (AfDB) has expressed its solidarity to the Tunisian government and people following [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB releases official list of candidates for the post of next Bank President

20 february 2015 - 17:30:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Following its meeting in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on 11 February, the Steering Committee of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Bank Board names five candidates for AfDB presidential race

20 february 2015 - 10:56:12
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Ethiopia's Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed and Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina are among the five candidates [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire: BRVM, African Guarantee Fund sign pact

04 february 2015 - 10:51:16
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Regional Stock Exchange, BRVM, and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have signed a partnership [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: AfDB, MasterCard broaden financial inclusion in Africa

22 january 2015 - 15:01:42
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and MasterCard on Thursday announced a broad collaboration [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Africa’s largest wind power project for construction in Kenya

22 december 2014 - 11:04:17
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Africa’s largest wind power project is to be constructed in Lake Turkana, Kenya, with financial support [...] Full text...

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Tanzania:Violence against women is an affront to human dignity (Viewpoint By Donald Kaberuka, President, Africa Development Bank)

25 november 2014 - 07:55:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Idah Chilufya is a cross-border trader in the Great Lakes region. She is a [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB, Drogba to establish partnership to fight Ebola

14 november 2014 - 22:28:49
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, and the Ivorian international footballer [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: ‘Tackling vulnerabilities should be at centre of Africa’s development efforts’ - report

02 november 2014 - 13:16:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - While an increasing number of Africans enjoy higher living standards, sub-Saharan Africa countries should redouble [...] Full text...

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Guinea: US envoy expected in Guinea over Ebola disease

25 october 2014 - 12:07:29
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – President Barack Obama's envoy, Samanta Power, is expected Sunday in Conakry for a short visit that [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: Ivorian President Ouattara, AUC Chairperson hold talks on Ebola crisis

24 october 2014 - 18:29:46
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara and African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on [...] Full text...

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Côte d’Ivoire: AfDB chair optimistic about Ebola eradication

20 october 2014 - 11:54:24
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka has expressed the optimism about the eradication of [...] Full text...

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Mali: Malian declares intention to contest for AfDB president

02 august 2014 - 16:47:02
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The current vice-president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Malian Birama Boubacar Sidibé, has announced his [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: AfDB adopts new strategies to address fragility on continent

23 june 2014 - 13:55:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will adopt a new approach to addressing issues [...] Full text...

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Senegal: President Sall praises significant economic progress in Africa

15 june 2014 - 20:14:45
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, on Sunday in Dakar praised the progress made in Africa since [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AfDB governors envision integrated Africa in 50 years

23 may 2014 - 18:32:37
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The board of directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) Friday ended their 49th annual [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: China launches US$2 billion fund for development projects in Africa

22 may 2014 - 22:28:08
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – The African Development bank (AfDB) and the Popular Bank of China (PBOC) on Thursday signed an [...] Full text...

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Togo: AfDB gives Ecobank US$200 million loan

22 may 2014 - 21:59:36
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has given the Pan-African banking group, Ecobank, a trade loan facility [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AfDB chief says terror groups in Africa fighting lost battle

22 may 2014 - 12:47:06
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Whatever insurgent groups in Africa claim to fight for, they are fighting a losing battle, African [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Kaberuka urges Africa to 'pool economic sovereignty for collective good'

22 may 2014 - 12:29:31
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Pooling a bit of our economic sovereignty for collective good is what will define our ability [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: President Kagame urges African cooperation, conflict prevention

22 may 2014 - 11:51:55
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Africa’s efforts to further development depends on the ability of its people to work together and, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: 'Selfish leadership impedes Africa’s progress'

21 may 2014 - 18:41:47
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Selfish leadership was a serious a stumbling block on Africa’s path to full development and realisation [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: 'Strong leadership could lessen African conflicts'

21 may 2014 - 08:48:12
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Africa could avert many of its recurrent and destructive conflicts if it had a committed and [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: AfDB report on need to maximise Africa’s global trade opportunities

19 may 2014 - 15:22:50
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Though Africa’s trade performance has improved in recent years, the challenge for facing its economies is [...] Full text...

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WEFA: Kagame, Kenyatta push for free movement in Africa

09 may 2014 - 10:13:32
Lagos , Nigeria (PANA) - Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya have made a case for [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Three African leaders sign pact to boost regional integration through travel

08 may 2014 - 19:43:18
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Global Agenda Councils on New Models for Travel & Tourism and Africa Thursday agreed to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 'Nigeria abduction, direct attack on right of women to education'

08 may 2014 - 19:27:11
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The abduction of over 200 girls in Nigeria is a direct attack on the right of [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Central Corridor to facilitate transport in Eastern, Central Africa

15 april 2014 - 19:20:19
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Growth of landlocked countries depends on the growth and ability of adjacent coastal countries [...] Full text...

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Congo: AfDB optimistic on Central Africa's integration

25 february 2014 - 20:24:43
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Donald Kaberuka has expressed the bank's optimism that regional [...] Full text...

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Congo: Africa needs US$ 100 billion yearly for infrastructure, says AfDB

25 february 2014 - 19:37:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The President of the African Development bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, said here Tuesday that Africa needs [...] Full text...

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Tunisia: AfBD pledges continued support for Tunisia

07 february 2014 - 16:13:19
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, on Friday attended the official festivities [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: African nations growing in self-reliance, says report

31 january 2014 - 12:09:57
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A growing number of countries in Africa has reached a point when they can end [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia/AU: Ministerial retreat seeks to enrich Africa’s Agenda 2063

25 january 2014 - 12:26:17
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Though much progress has been made to ensure the freedom and dignity of African peoples, [...] Full text...

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AfDB hosts workshop sustainable energy for all in Africa

18 december 2013 - 20:49:15
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), as host of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Africa Hub, [...] Full text...

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AfDB secures US$100m loan for Africa's private sector

17 december 2013 - 18:38:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Tuesday said it had signed with the Japanese government a bilateral [...] Full text...

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AfDB pays tribute to Nelson Mandela

14 december 2013 - 17:06:18
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The chairman of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, has described Nelson Mandela as [...] Full text...

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AfDB president pays tribute to Mandela

09 december 2013 - 18:21:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, Monday paid tribute to former South African [...] Full text...

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Violence against women is violence against all - AfDB President

25 november 2013 - 09:50:39
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Violence against women is violence against all, according to African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka. In [...] Full text...

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AfDB to co-host ‘Africa Day’ in Washington

17 november 2013 - 07:10:30
Washington, US (PANA) - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in collaboration with the World Bank Group will host the [...] Full text...

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AfDB President named African of the Year 2013

08 november 2013 - 18:19:57
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, has been named the 2013 African [...] Full text...

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Global leaders pledge US$ 8 billion for Africa’s Sahel region

04 november 2013 - 18:39:17
New York, US (PANA) – Global leaders have pledged over US$ 8 billion to boost economic growth in the Sahel [...] Full text...

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UN chief, World Bank President to jointly visit Sahel region

01 november 2013 - 19:35:27
New York, US (PANA) – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and the World Bank Group President, Jim Yong Kim on Friday [...] Full text...

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Dlamini Zuma due in Bamako for meeting on Mali

01 november 2013 - 15:11:42
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is due in Bamako where she [...] Full text...

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Annual African Economic Conference ends (Corrected to change day in lead)

30 october 2013 - 21:32:29
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The eighth annual African Economic Conference (AEC) ended on Wednesday in Johannesburg with a call [...] Full text...

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Annual African Economic Conference ends

30 october 2013 - 21:14:14
Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The eighth annual African Economic Conference (AEC) ended on Tuesday in Johannesburg with a call [...] Full text...

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African youth set to establish continental business plan

23 october 2013 - 13:47:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) headquarters will host a high-profile workshop to mobilise the private sector, [...] Full text...

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13rd Economic Forum on Africa begins in Paris

07 october 2013 - 19:22:59
Paris, France (PANA) – The 13th International Economic Forum on Africa kicked off Monday in Paris, France, with the Ivorian [...] Full text...

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Red Cross, partners to cooperate on food security, disaster risk reduction

03 october 2013 - 17:18:58
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the African Development [...] Full text...

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2013 African Economic Conference holds in Johannesburg 28-30 Oct

27 september 2013 - 18:21:25
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The eighth African Economic Conference, jointly organized each year by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania, US sign MoU on partnership under Power Africa initiative

12 august 2013 - 15:24:06
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania, one of the initial set of six Power Africa partner countries, will on [...] Full text...

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Africa’s institutions support Africa50 fund for infrastructure financing

22 july 2013 - 15:43:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Rising from their meeting in Tunis over the weekend, African institutions endorsed AfDB’s Africa50 Fund as [...] Full text...

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AfDB to support Obama's Power Africa initiative

02 july 2013 - 20:40:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will, as part of its support for US President [...] Full text...

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AfDB President flies to Tanzania for Obama's visit

28 june 2013 - 14:26:08
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said its President, Donald Kaberuka, will travel to Tanzania at [...] Full text...

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AfDB President hails G8 countries

17 june 2013 - 16:13:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Donald Kaberuka, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Monday hailed the G8 for its emphasis [...] Full text...

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AfDB annual meetings end

01 june 2013 - 12:32:29
Marrakesh, Morocco (PANA) - The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group closed on Friday in Marrakesh, Morocco, after [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Guarantee Trust Bank is African Bank of the Year

30 may 2013 - 08:39:52
Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Nigeria's Guarantee Trust Bank won the African Bank of the Year award at the 2013 African [...] Full text...

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AfDB's 48th annual meetings open in Morocco

27 may 2013 - 13:40:33
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The 48th annual meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened Monday in Marrakech, Morocco, with [...] Full text...

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21st AU Summit: AU grand debate raises fundamental issues for Africa’s progress

25 may 2013 - 11:37:14
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Though Africa’s economic growth is generally strong, economic transformation remains a challenge across the continent, [...] Full text...

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'How to translate Africa's economic growth to sustainable development'

10 may 2013 - 09:10:19
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to [...] Full text...

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AfDB unveils new 10-year strategy for Africa

30 april 2013 - 16:14:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Tuesday unveiled a new 10-year strategy for Africa, saying the [...] Full text...

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UN, int'l financial institutions agree to share data for development

22 april 2013 - 11:41:30
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Recognizing the power of information to shape better policies, guide development programmes and increase accountability, the [...] Full text...

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AfDB Chief due in Lome this weekend

28 february 2013 - 16:53:43
Lome, Togo (PANA) – The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, is expected in Lome this weekend [...] Full text...

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AfDB to host forum on Africa's indigenous peoples

07 february 2013 - 15:30:27
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Thursday announced that it will host a two-day forum on Africa's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's agric reforms to create 3.5m jobs - Pres. Jonathan

22 january 2013 - 12:57:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 'bold' reforms of Nigeria's agricultural and allied sectors will create 3.5 million jobs and add [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President leaves for WEF, AU Summit

20 january 2013 - 15:19:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will leave the capital city of Abuja Monday on a trip that [...] Full text...

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'Africa must use mineral wealth to drive continental growth'

13 january 2013 - 15:31:41
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African countries have developed abilities to escape the effects of the global economic slowdown but [...] Full text...

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AfDB tasks Africa on inclusive growth

07 november 2012 - 11:34:17
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Africa needs to pay special attention to inclusive growth by creating youth employment, improving agricultural output [...] Full text...

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Seventh African Economic Conference ends in Kigali

03 november 2012 - 08:33:18
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Seventh African Economic Conference (AEC) ended on Friday in Kigali, Rwanda, with participants urging African [...] Full text...

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7th Annual African Economic Conference opens in Kigali

31 october 2012 - 14:02:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The 7th edition of the yearly African Economic Conference got underway in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Kigali conference to discuss Africa's economic transformation, empowerment

25 october 2012 - 10:33:07
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Hundreds of leaders and scholars from Africa and around the world will gather in Kigali, Rwanda, [...] Full text...

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Rwanda to host 7th African Economic Conference

11 october 2012 - 12:13:17
Tunis, Tunisia, (PANA) - The seventh annual African Economic Conference will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 October to [...] Full text...

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AfDB’s US$ 22bn “Marshall Plan” for Africa gets huge support

25 september 2012 - 11:38:55
London, United Kingdom (PANA) - AfDB's plans to float Africa’s first infrastructure bonds to member nations to raise up to [...] Full text...

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High-level forum seeks ways to beef up Africa’s food security

23 september 2012 - 11:57:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A number of African heads of state and chief executives of private business firms, [...] Full text...

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AfDB vows to continue supporting Guinea

20 september 2012 - 10:18:10
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) will assist Guinea in the management of its mining sector, which [...] Full text...

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Donors welcome African Development Fund Implementation

19 september 2012 - 11:34:51
Praia, Cape Verde, (PANA) - The Mid-Term Review of the African Development Fund (ADF-12) implementation has ended in Praia, Cape [...] Full text...

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AfDB chairman to visit Guinea from Saturday

14 september 2012 - 21:05:11
Paris, France (PANA) – An African Development Bank (AfDB) delegation led by its chairman, Donald Kaberuka, will on Saturday begin [...] Full text...

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AfDB to help Senegal boost employment

12 september 2012 - 11:01:35
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will strengthen its cooperation with Senegal by supporting the West African [...] Full text...

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Lagos summit calls for measures to empower women

16 july 2012 - 20:05:35
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The two-day Second African Women's Economic Summit has rounded off in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, with [...] Full text...

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African women’s economic summit opens in Nigeria

13 july 2012 - 14:04:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The second edition of the African Women’s Economic Summit (AWES) opened in Nigeria's commercial city of [...] Full text...

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2nd African Women Economic Summit holds in Lagos 12-14 July

09 july 2012 - 14:29:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The second edition of the African Women Economic Summit (AWES) will hold in Lagos, Nigeria, 12-14 [...] Full text...

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AfDB hosts high-level ministerial conference on health matters

28 june 2012 - 13:42:48
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - From 4 to 5 July, the African Development Bank (AfDB) will host a high-level ministerial conference, [...] Full text...

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Rio+20: AfDB, WWF rally leaders to invest in Africa’s natural capital

22 june 2012 - 10:51:36
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - In a new joint report, 'Africa Ecological Footprint Report - Green Infrastructure for [...] Full text...

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AfDB’s CSO Forum closes with renewed commitment to partner for development

03 june 2012 - 09:59:59
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - A Forum for Civil Societies, organized during the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Arusha, [...] Full text...

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AfDB 2012 Annual Meetings end on cautious optimism

03 june 2012 - 09:35:01
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) have ended in Arusha, Tanzania, on [...] Full text...

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Japan pledges another US$1bln for Private Sector Development in Africa

01 june 2012 - 14:19:33
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Japan has announced it will provide another US$ 1 billion over the next five years for [...] Full text...

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AfDB, WWF launch Africa Ecological Footprint Report

01 june 2012 - 13:58:34
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), on [...] Full text...

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African Guarantee Fund launched to spur growth of SMEs

01 june 2012 - 11:48:24
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) has been launched to absolve financiers of the risk of Small [...] Full text...

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AfDB president cautions African countries about worsening global economic situation

31 may 2012 - 12:58:03
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Despite the current “feel good factor” in many African economies, this moment calls for sober reflection [...] Full text...

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Domestic resource mobilisation will speed up Africa’s growth - Experts

30 may 2012 - 15:11:06
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) – Mobilisation of domestic and intra-African resources should be the way to go if the continent is [...] Full text...

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Private sector key to Africa’s growth, says African development report

29 may 2012 - 10:21:34
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - Most African countries have come to recognize the critical role that the private sector can play [...] Full text...

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AfDB assisting African govts to woo foreign investors

29 may 2012 - 07:54:57
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is working with African governments to attract firms from emerging [...] Full text...

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AfDB sets strategy for African private sector development

28 may 2012 - 14:31:26
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) – The 2011 African Development Report of the African Development Bank (AfDB), launched here Monday as [...] Full text...

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Africa’s future of growth in focus as AfDB meetings start

28 may 2012 - 08:06:30
Arusha, Tanzania (PANA) - The role of African people and institutions in general come into focus this week during the [...] Full text...

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Obama, Kaberuka, others launch New Alliance for Food Security, Nutrition

18 may 2012 - 19:26:38
Washington, US (PANA) - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, Friday joined US President Barack Obama, [...] Full text...

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AfDB to host Africa's top business leaders

16 may 2012 - 18:59:25
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is gathering some 300 African business leaders, including Chief Executive Officers [...] Full text...

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AfDB President to attend 38th G8 summit

16 may 2012 - 14:53:12
Washington DC, US (PANA) - At the invitation of President Barack Obama of the US, the President of the African [...] Full text...

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Africa gets “unique radio programme” on development

11 april 2012 - 19:02:09
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A “unique radio programme” that seeks to accelerate development in Africa through “personal transformation” was Wednesday [...] Full text...

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First Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovations holds in Nairobi

28 march 2012 - 15:38:24
Paris, France (PANA) - The first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovations, jointly organized by UNESCO, the African Union [...] Full text...

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AfDB receives pledges to boost rural water supply in Africa

16 march 2012 - 18:57:21
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Chad, the Republic of Congo and France have pledge some 45 million euros to support the [...] Full text...

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AfDB approves US$ 107 million for Trans-Gambia Project

29 december 2011 - 16:46:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved US$ 107 million to finance the “Trans-Gambia Bridge” [...] Full text...

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UN official says Africa able to spend climate funds

08 december 2011 - 16:38:08
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - UN Under-Secretary Abdoulie Janneh has dismissed as a 'false debate', the assertions that African nations [...] Full text...

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10 African finance ministers, central bank governors meet in Cairo

30 october 2011 - 18:08:26
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Committee of 10 African Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (C-10) on Sunday held its [...] Full text...

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African Development Bank to discuss mega loan to Egypt

29 october 2011 - 15:39:05
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The chairman of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, arrived in Cairo on Saturday to [...] Full text...

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South Sudan signs cooperation pact with AfDB

26 september 2011 - 15:47:53
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed an agreement with the South Sudanese government to enable [...] Full text...

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AfDB, WB grant Tunisia US$ 1b "emergency budgetary support"

04 may 2011 - 13:38:33
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank on Tuesday announced an "emergency budgetary support" [...] Full text...

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WEF on Africa opens in South Africa

04 may 2011 - 09:45:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - More than 900 high-level participants from 60 countries have converged on Cape Town for [...] Full text...

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WB, AfDB pledge swift economic reconstruction in Cote d'Ivoire

14 april 2011 - 14:45:38
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Bank and the African Development Bank (AfDB) will meet to discuss immediate next steps [...] Full text...

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'AfDB ready to support Tunisia'

12 april 2011 - 13:30:17
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is always ready to support the Tunisian people and contribute to [...] Full text...

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Report on benefits of immigration to Africa launched

11 april 2011 - 21:07:08
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, on Monday chaired the launch in [...] Full text...

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Mo Ibrahim Foundation announces establishment of Leadership Fellowships

07 april 2011 - 13:06:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation, in partnership with three of the world’s most influential multilateral organisations, Thursday [...] Full text...

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Global financial crisis: Africa resisted better than expected, says AfDB president

14 march 2011 - 13:33:36
Paris, France (PANA) - African economies "did not go down" during the global financial crisis following their sound financial policies, [...] Full text...

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AfDB, BEI to construct 4 windmill parks in Cape Verde

18 december 2010 - 17:23:50
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (BEI) have concluded a deal to [...] Full text...

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Rwandan press condemns Ivorian political crisis

08 december 2010 - 18:18:13
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers on Wednesday blasted Ivorian politicians, saying outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo was about to plunge [...] Full text...

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Wole Soyinka for AfDB lecture

19 october 2010 - 12:06:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Nigerian Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has been invited to the next session of the ''Distinguished Speakers'' [...] Full text...

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African leaders say bureaucracy impedes access to climate funds

14 october 2010 - 14:25:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African leaders have called for a new system of financial management to ease access to [...] Full text...

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Access to energy essential for Africa's development - AfDB

11 september 2010 - 12:58:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA)-- A delegation from the African Development Bank (AfDB) wil l attend the global energy conference in Montreal, [...] Full text...

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Portugal to host AfDB's next annual general meeting

29 may 2010 - 11:40:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The next annual general meeting of the African D evelopment Bank (AfDB) will be held [...] Full text...

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Kaberuka re-elected head of AfDB

28 may 2010 - 13:38:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA)-- The President of the African Development Bank (Af DB), the Rwandan Donald Kaberuka, was Thursday re-elected [...] Full text...

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Kaberuka calls for elections in Cote d'Ivoire

27 may 2010 - 21:13:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The president of the African Development Bank (A fDB), Donald Kaberuka, on Thursday urged the [...] Full text...

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Donald Kaberuka unopposed as AfDB president

27 may 2010 - 08:17:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The incumbent president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, is expected to [...] Full text...

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'AfDB's return to Cote d'Ivoire contingent on definite peace'

26 may 2010 - 23:38:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The president of the African Development Bank (A fDB) Group, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday urged [...] Full text...

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Group wants adequate compensation for women victims in conflicts

25 may 2010 - 15:18:00
Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- At the opening, on Monday, of the general assemb ly of the African Development Bank [...] Full text...

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AfDB grants 15 million euros to Cape Verde for wind energy projects

22 may 2010 - 12:03:00
Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has granted a 15 million euro loan to Cape Verde [...] Full text...

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1,000 participants for 20th World Economic Forum on Africa

29 april 2010 - 12:03:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) announced Thursday that nearly 1,000 participants from 85 countries [...] Full text...

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World Bank joins push for conflict-free Africa

04 february 2010 - 12:44:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The World Bank has joined the push to make 2010 a conflict-free year for the [...] Full text...

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World Bank president to meet African leaders at AU summit

22 january 2010 - 10:59:00
Dar-es-Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, will Tuesday begin an eight-day, three-nation Africa visit [...] Full text...

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AfDB doubles financial commitments to Africa

19 january 2010 - 23:16:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Because of the world economic and financial crisis, the African Development Bank (AfDB) last year more [...] Full text...

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US$130m for IMF programmes to Africa

12 december 2009 - 14:40:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA)-- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to make availabl e US$130 million to support a number of [...] Full text...

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Leading int'l financial institutions want comprehensive Copenhagen agreement

03 december 2009 - 17:12:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The heads of the world's leading international financial institutions on Thursday called for a comprehensive agreement [...] Full text...

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AfDB pumps 1.86 b euros to S/Africa's power project

26 november 2009 - 19:04:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved 1. 86 billion euros (UA 1. 70 billion) loan [...] Full text...

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AfDB offers US$ 3.5 billion to Great Lakes Region

06 november 2009 - 19:15:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is set to disbur se credits, worth US$ 3. 5 billion, [...] Full text...

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Kaberuka hails Seoul's decision to strengthen AfDB's capital

06 october 2009 - 16:26:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Do nald Kaberuka, has welcomed the decision by [...] Full text...

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African ministers mull bonds to finance education

16 july 2009 - 14:18:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- African Ministers of Education and Finance meeting here Thursday welcomed a proposal to introduce long-term financial [...] Full text...

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AfDB president warns of unpredictable donor funding

15 july 2009 - 21:31:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A meeting of African education and finance ministers opened in Tunis on Wednesday, amid concern of [...] Full text...

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AU raises alarm over deteriorating university education in Africa

15 july 2009 - 21:31:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The African Union raised alarm on Wednesday on the persistent and gradual weakening of African universities [...] Full text...

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African ministers address impact of global downturn on education

10 july 2009 - 12:19:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Education and Finance ministers from some 30 sub-Saharan African countries are converging on the Tunisian capital [...] Full text...

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Africa’s investment risk overstated, says Kaberuka

17 june 2009 - 16:01:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- African countries, western economies’ last investment frontier, are swiftly shedding off the image of a riskier [...] Full text...

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AfDB to provide technical assistance to Namibia

17 june 2009 - 15:05:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said it will provide technical and financial support to bolster [...] Full text...

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AfDB president Kaberuka to visit Namibia

15 june 2009 - 10:43:00
Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kabe ruka is expected to jet into Namibia Tuesday for [...] Full text...

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Cote d'Ivoire to host annual meeting of AfDB

16 may 2009 - 14:02:00
Dakar- Sénégal (PANA) – The Board of the African D-evelopment Bank (AfDB) has app roved Côte d'Ivoire's application to host [...] Full text...

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Council of Governors increases AfDB capital

15 may 2009 - 17:34:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Council of Governors of the African Development Bank group, Thursday in Dakar, Senegal, granted to [...] Full text...

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Commission for Africa establishes fund for African youth

15 may 2009 - 15:55:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Commission for Africa, set up in 2008 by Denmark, ha s established a fund for [...] Full text...

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AfDB's 44th annual meeting opens in Dakar

13 may 2009 - 16:47:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Wednesday officia lly opened the 44th annual meeting of the African [...] Full text...

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AfDB's president on a working visit to Brussels

04 may 2009 - 19:58:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The President of the African Development Bank group ( AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, is expected Tuesday in [...] Full text...

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Kibaki, Kikwete launch Kenya-Tanzania link road construction

01 may 2009 - 08:21:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Presidents Mwai Kibaki of Kenya and Jakaya Kikwete of Ta nzania have inaugurated the Arusha-Namanga road [...] Full text...

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Fund to support agriculture in Africa launched

15 april 2009 - 23:24:00
Paris- France (PANA)- – The Investment Fund for Agriculture in Africa (FIAA), wit h an initial budget of nearly 200 [...] Full text...

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Africa's economic communities receive US$ 1.2 billion pledge

06 april 2009 - 18:07:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The two-day international conference that opened in Lusa ka, Zambia, on Monday to mobilise support for [...] Full text...

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Africa's economic communities receive US$ 1.2 billion pledge

06 april 2009 - 18:06:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The two-day international conference that opened in Lusa ka, Zambia, on Monday to mobilise support for [...] Full text...

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African banking vigilance sought over deepening financial crisis

10 february 2009 - 17:16:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African central banks must urgently increase thei r supervision of foreign banks operating within their [...] Full text...

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AfDB sets up US$ 1.5 billion liquidity fund as credit crunch bites

03 february 2009 - 19:45:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is setting up an Emergency Liquidity Facility of US$ 1. [...] Full text...

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AfDB sets up US$ 1.5 billion liquidity fund as credit crunch bites

03 february 2009 - 19:08:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) is setting up an Emergency Liquidity Facility of US$ 1. [...] Full text...

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ADB sets up US$1.5b liquidity facility as credit crunch bites

03 february 2009 - 12:56:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Development Bank (ADB) is setting up an Emergency Liquidity Facility of US$1. 5 [...] Full text...

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'Economic growth in Africa to drop'

21 january 2009 - 09:18:00
Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- African Development Bank (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka has said that economic growth in Africa will drop [...] Full text...

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Global financial crisis taking toll on Africa, says S/African minister

17 january 2009 - 20:05:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Minister of Finance, Trevor Manu el Friday said the global financial crisis [...] Full text...

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