African Development Bank

On the morning of 24 May, the universe of the African Development Bank shrank to a single room of the cavernous BEXPO exposition hall in Busan, South Korea's...

The worst is behind us, it is time to invest. That mood music – for the presidents, prime ministers, finance ministers, bankers and chief executives – played throughout...

Zambia's travails offered an emblematic backdrop for the annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Lusaka on 23-27 May. After a lengthy spending spree financed by...

Bow-tied and beaming, Akinwumi Adesina seemed to sum up the spirit of Nigeria's revival. His election as President of the African Development Bank in Abidjan on 28 May...

Outgoing President Donald Kaberuka leaves the African Development Bank in decent shape, with a tripled capital base of US$100 billion and disbursements of $6.95 bn. in 2014. Paid-in...

Struggling to raise money to finance power stations, roads and water projects, African governments are looking at how to use the tens of billions of government savings held...

After running the African Development Bank during the longest period of sustained economic growth on the continent since the 1960s, Donald Kaberuka is preparing to hand over the...

These are heady times for the African Development Bank. Against a background of resurgent economic growth, the AfDB started to celebrate its 50th birthday at its Annual Meeting...

Nominations for the next President of the African Development Bank will open officially in July. However, already prospective candidates are jostling to succeed Donald Kaberuka, whose term ends...

‘Is it Africa’s time?’ asked Ghanaian journalist Komla Dumor at a seminar at the African Development Bank’s annual meeting in Marrakech on 29 May. His panelists – AfDB...