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Investments 

The third review of the independent review mechanism launched

Elwin Mandowa,
 The third review of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) of the African Development Bank Group started in December 2019 and will run until January 2021. An international and independent firm called Savanas E Enseadas LDA was selected to conduct this assignment through a competitive bidding process. This review is in fulfilment of the statutory requirement of the IRM Enabling Resolution… Read More
Investments 

Zimbabwe: African Development Bank Group approves grant for disaster risk management training

Elwin Mandowa,
The Board of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a $685,000 grant to strengthen Zimbabwe’s capacity to manage disaster risks, including droughts, floods and tropical cyclones, through the Bank’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) programme. The grant will cover training for various national agencies involved in disaster risk management and financing and contingency planning as part of the… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina opens trading on London Stock Exchange

Elwin Mandowa,
Don Robert, Chairman of London Stock Exchange Group, welcomed the president of the African Development Bank to open markets for trading at London Stock Exchange on Wednesday 22 January. The reception in London followed the African Development Bank’s Africa Investment Forum, held in November last year. The innovative market-place for accelerating investment into the continent is playing a valuable role… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health emergency committee to re-convene on global threat posed by China coronavirus

Global Author
Members of the WHO Emergency Committee deliberated until late on Wednesday evening, as they continue to study an outbreak of the new respiratory virus first identified in China, as cases continue to rise.   “There was an excellent discussion during the committee today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information”, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in statement.  “The decision about whether or not to declare a public health emergency of… Read More
Investments 

Bank Group to host first 2020 Business Opportunity Seminar in March

Village Reporter,
What: Business Opportunity Seminar When: 11-12 March 2020, 8:00 am-5:00 pm each day Where: African Development Bank – CCIA Building, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire The African Development Bank will host its first 2020 Business Opportunity Seminar (BOS) in March for consultants, producers and suppliers from member countries looking to provide goods and services to the Bank Group projects in Africa. The BOS,… Read More
Development Health Advice 

Healthcare’s a human right, not ‘a privilege for the rich’ UNAIDS argues at Davos

Global Author
In a press release issued as the World Economic Forum gets fully underway in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said that the right to health “is eluding the poor and people trying to lift themselves out of poverty are being crushed by the unacceptably high costs of health care”, with at least half the world’s population… Read More
Investments 

Ride the wave of the African Continental Free Trade Area, African Development Bank president Adesina Urges UK investors

Village Reporter,
Africa is on the cusp of unmatched economic transformation, and the UK must engage in a “partnership of change,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Tuesday in a keynote address at a UK Parliamentary Symposium. “The Africa of the 21st century is very different. The Africa of the 21st century is new and more confident,” he said. The Symposium… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN health agency to gauge global threat, as China confirms coronavirus transmission between humans

Global Author
In a message released on social media, WHO said that the agency’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, will “convene an Emergency Committee on the novel #coronavirus (2019-nCoV) under the International Health Regulations”, with the aim of ascertaining “whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, and what recommendations should be made to manage it”. The Chinese National Health Commission… Read More
North Africa Science 

Moroccan Agriculture and Rural Development

Village Reporter
By Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir Marrakech In recent years, Morocco has put in place the right frameworks for mobilizing rural communities to advance the nation’s sustainable development goals, yet it falls woefully short when it comes to implementation. As someone who has been engaged in rural development in Morocco for the past 26 years, I have analyzed how these frameworks can… Read More
Investments 

African Development Bank to host first Global Environmental Facility AFLDC-2 regional workshop

Village Reporter,
WHAT: Regional consultation workshop WHEN: 20 – 21 January, 2020 WHERE: Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire The African Development Bank will host the first regional consultation workshop in preparation for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) project focusing on strengthening capacity and technical assistance for the implementation of the Minimata and Stockholm Conventions in African Least Developed Countries (AFLDC-2). The workshop will take… Read More
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