African Development Bank

Soaring food and fuel prices dominated the African Development Bank's Annual Meeting in Maputo on 14-15 May, in contrast to last year's optimistic, Asia-oriented summit in Shanghai. With...

High oil prices are slowing down Sierra Leone's electrification plans, says President Ernest Bai Koroma. Many countries face the same problem. Rising costs at oil-fired power stations reinforce...

The African Development Bank should become the foremost development institution on the continent and it should invest in big cross-border infrastructure projects, promote African enterprises, develop skills and...

The fireworks and acrobatic displays are over but the Shanghai effect lingers at the African Development Bank, which held its annual meeting there on 16-17 May. One of...

Much of the credit for the African Development Bank's Shanghai summit goes to the new management team under President Donald Kaberuka. He has assiduously built up personal ties...

The African Development Bank's new, big idea is a sharp focus on infrastructure funding - roads, ports, power generation and distribution, and water - as well as a...

It was a glittering debut annual meeting for the Africa Development Bank's new President, Donald Kaberuka, at Burkina Faso's Ouaga 2000 Conference Centre on 17 May. Alongside the...

Since Donald Kaberuka took over as President of the African Development Bank last September he has changed all but one of his top management team and included two...

'No white smoke yet', South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel joked with a crowd of journalists after five rounds of voting for the African Development Bank president on...

The race to choose a new president for the African Development Bank is becoming increasingly bitter and political ahead of its annual meeting, due in Abuja, Nigeria, on...