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Africa Investments 

2022 Business Opportunities Seminar – Spring edition

Elwin Mandowa,
What: 2022 Business Opportunities Seminar – Spring edition Who: The African Development Bank’s Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department When: Tuesday, 12 April 2022; 08:00-10:30 GMT (Asia)Wednesday, 13 April 2022; 13:00-15:30 GMT (Africa, Americas, and Europe) Where: Online Via Zoom                           The Resource Mobilization and Partnerships Department (FIRM) of the African Development Bank will hold the first edition of its 2022 Business… Read More
Technology 

Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Village Reporter,
By Kenneth Engblom, Wärtsilä’s VP Energy for Europe and Africa Africa’s energy future at a crossroad When it comes to building the future of energy in Africa, the decisions facing the continent’s leaders today are nothing less than of historical importance. More than anything else, energy systems are the very fabric of business and society. Countries across Africa want to… Read More
Africa Investments 

Mozambique joins collaborative ICT data collection initiative developed by African Development Bank

Elwin Mandowa,
AfDB staff along with Government of Mozambique personnel take part in the first day of training at the Radisson Blu, Maputo, Mozambique The African Development Bank has extended membership of a digital data supervision system known as the Remote Appraisal Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation (RASME) project to Mozambique, making it the sixth African country to benefit from the tool which… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank delegation in Egypt to ensure success of COP27

Elwin Mandowa,
African Development Bank Vice President Dr. Kevin Kariuki will lead a delegation to Egypt, the host country for this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022, for exploratory talks on how the Bank and Egypt can collaborate to make COP27 a truly breakthrough event for people and planet.  COP 27 is scheduled for November 2022 in the coastal city of… Read More
Africa Investments 

Africa Investment Forum Virtual Boardroom Sessions

Elwin Mandowa,
What: The Africa Investment Forum Virtual Boardroom Sessions: Opening, Closing and Press Conference Who: The African Development Bank Group and Africa Investment Forum founding partners When: Opening session: 15 March (10:00 – 10:10 GMT); Closing session: 17 March (18:00 -18:15 GMT); and Press Conference (Media only): 17 March (18:15-18:45 GMT)  Where: Virtual The Africa Investment Forum will hold virtual boardroom… Read More
Africa Investments 

African Development Bank and World Bank executive directors explore deeper collaboration

Elwin Mandowa,
Executive directors from the African Development Bank Group and the World Bank met in Abidjan on Thursday, March 3 to discuss a wide range of issues including the effectiveness of their work and ways of strengthening collaboration between the two institutions. The Dean of the Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group, Mmakgoshi Lekhethe, and eight other executive directors received their World… Read More
Africa Investments 

Gender In Focus: Mozambican climate scientist says women’s contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation in Africa is indispensable

Elwin Mandowa,
Every March, the African Development Bank puts Gender In Focus, with a look at our work impacting women across Africa and beyond. We asked 28-year-old Mozambican Iracema Mamadu Hussein, who through a Bank-funded scholarship is pursuing her PhD in the climate change field at the University of Aveiro in Portugal, about the role of women in climate change adaptation, mitigation… Read More
Africa Investments 

Promoting gender-sensitive digital financial services, policies and regulations across ECOWAS

Elwin Mandowa,
What:       Webinar Who:         African Development Bank, Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), West African Monetary Agency (WAMA), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) When:       24 March 2022; 11AM-12.30PM GMT (1-2.30PM CAT) Where:      Virtual – REGISTER HERE Join experts from the African Development Bank, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN rights chief leads call for global COVID-19 vaccine equity

Global Author
To date, more than 10.5 billion vaccine doses have been administered globally, “enough to protect the entire world population from severe symptoms, hospitalization and death,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. Despite this achievement, Ms. Bachelet insisted that the “grim reality” was that only around 13 per cent of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated, compared… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Break the link between illicit drugs and social media: UN-backed report

Global Author
In its annual report, released on Thursday, the INCB notes increasing evidence of a link between exposure to social media and drug use, which disproportionately affects young people, the main users of social media platforms, and an age group with relatively high rates of drug abuse. The report also calls on the private sector to moderate and self-regulate their platforms… Read More
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