BRICS summit to discuss Argentina membership
The formalisation of the Brics Development Bank and targets missed by some of the Brics countries in the millennium development goals are some of the issues that will be discussed
View ArticleBRICS leaders meet in Brazil to launch Development Bank
BRICS heads of state are currently in a closed session in Fortaleza, Brazil, thrashing out the final details to the much-touted New Development Bank.
View Article‘New BRICS bank location no loss for SA’
The Chinese Consul General in Shanghai, China says it welcomes the decision to have the BRICS Development Bank located in Shanghai.
View ArticleWhy is Ebola being treated as an ‘African disease?’
The head of the African Development Bank has criticised the international response to the Ebola outbreak as too little, too late.
View ArticleNews24.com | Zimbabwe gets $110m water, power upgrades
Zimbabwe has received a $110m grant from the African Development Bank to repair and upgrade ageing infrastructure.
View ArticleZimbabwe appeals to AfDB to ease terms of arrears
Zimbabwe’s finance minister appealed Monday to the African Development Bank to ease the terms on the $566-million it is late in repaying.
View ArticleAfrica seeks super banker to manage new economic frontier
Eight candidates are vying to become the next head of the strategic African Development Bank as the continent undergoes an economic transformation.
View ArticleTight race for AfDB president draws to a vote
The contest for the presidency of the African Development Bank could rival the drama of the 1995 election that saw a stalemate.
View ArticleAfDB sizes up candidates for president
Outogoing African Development Bank (AfDB) president Donald Kaberuka said this week the bank’s governance structures and business model "were wrong".
View ArticleGlobal groups launch climate initiative for Sub-Saharan Africa
The need for more accurate weather forecasts in Sub-Saharan Africa today resulted in the World Meteorological Organization‚ African Development Bank and World Bank Group launching an initiative today...
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Mboweni heads for Brics bank
Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene announced on Friday that former Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has been appointed as the non-executive director to the board the Brics New Development Bank (NDB).
View ArticleChina’s building a new bank
CNN’s Ivan Watson reports on the Asian Infrastructure Development Bank and its effect on the world’s economy.
View ArticleAfrica’s infrastructure built to gain from new BRICS bank
Africa’s ambitious infrastructure built programme is expected to get a boost from the BRICS New Development Bank.
View ArticleBRICS Development Bank will reduce reliance on foreign aid
President Jacob Zuma says the BRICS group will soon be a solution to the world’s political and economic problems.
View ArticleBRICS Development Bank takes off
President Jacob Zuma says the new Brics Development Bank will reduce Africa’s reliance on foreign aid which often comes with conditions.
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