Category: Investments

The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Hassatou DIOP N’SELE as the Acting Vice-President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 November 2021. Ms. Hassatou Diop N’Sele, a Senegalese national, is a seasoned professional with 30 years of banking and finance experience. She joined the Bank in 1999 as a Senior Treasury Officer and… Read More

African journalists shared their experiences covering climate issues across the continent at the COP26 climate conference held recently in Glasgow. In a session organized by the African Development Bank and the non-profit Climate Tracker, the journalists discussed the innovative solutions they use to report on climate change in a way that is relevant to their communities. “Climate change is the… Read More

« Je suis sortie de la pauvreté. Je n’ai plus peur de retomber dans la précarité car, comme on dit chez nous : celui qui a été mordu une fois par le serpent, la corde lui fait peur. » Devant son salon de beauté, dans le quartier historique du Ksar à Nouakchott, la gérante, Khadijetou Diallo, se plaît à évoquer les épreuves… Read More

Le doux murmure de l’eau qui coule dans les sillons du petit jardin de Binetou Essid, est un son jadis rare à El Menzah. Dans ce village du sud de la Mauritanie, pays sahélien au climat particulièrement rude, cultiver des légumes était mission impossible pour Binetou. Au bruit se joint le geste : celui d’arroser quelques plants d’aubergines, de haricots,… Read More

Quoi ?        Forum régional de la société civile – Afrique de l’Ouest Qui ?          Division de la société civile et de l’engagement communautaire de la Banque africaine de développement Quand ?     Mercredi 8 décembre 2021, de 9h à 13h (GMT) Où ?            En visioconférence La Division de la société civile et de l’engagement communautaire… Read More

Burundi : signature de contrat pour la construction de la ligne de transport d’énergie Kamanyola-Bujumbura et du poste de Bujumbura, financée par la Banque africaine de développement et l’Union européenne | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

Participants at the 2021 African Economic Conference have urged countries to implement crucial governance and economic reforms to see the continent through a historic crisis brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference brought together leading thinkers, development specialists and policymakers virtually and in Sal, Carbo Verde, to present their latest research on the challenges facing the continent, including mounting… Read More

Communities and households in northern Ghana are enjoying the benefits of better road conditions, increased local economic activity, and better access to health and education, thanks to a road project funded by the African Development Bank. The findings were made in an impact evaluation conducted by Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) at the African Development Bank, four years after the Bank… Read More

Cabo Verde President José Maria Neves on Thursday joined the development community in calling for urgent universal vaccine access as a way to mitigate the impact of Omicron and other variants of the Covid-19 virus. The World Health Organization on Friday categorized Omicron as a Covid-19 “variant of concern”, signifying that it could be more contagious than other known mutations.… Read More

Souleymane Bahari, a teacher who runs the mechanical engineering workshop at the Kalmaharo technical centre in Niamey, Niger’s capital, marvels at how much training standards have risen over the past decade. From 2010 to 2019, the number of students at the centre more than tripled to 1,031 as aspiring engineers poured into classrooms reorganised and refitted with new equipment. The… Read More