Category: Business

What:    Roundtable on Engaging African  SMES in Corruption Prevention  Who:     The African Development Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development When    5 December 2022, 11:30 – 13:00 GMT (12:30 – 14:00 CEST) Where:  Virtual,  REGISTER HERE The African Development Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are pleased to invite you to a virtual Regional Business… Read More

The African Development Bank Group and the Kingdom of Morocco will host the fourth and final meeting of the Sixteenth Replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-16) in Tangiers, Morocco from 5 to 6 December 2022. This year has been marked by a round of consultations between the African Development Fund (ADF) management and donor countries on the sixteenth replenishment… Read More

What: Launch of the African Industrialisation Index and presentation of the African Industry Observatory project at the African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification Who:  African Development Bank, the African Union, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) When: 24 November 2022,  9:00-11:00 GMT+1 Where: Virtual (Click here to register)        The African Development Bank, the African Union… Read More

What: G-CoP policy dialogue on leveraging the African Diaspora for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in Africa. Who: The Global Community of Practice (G-COP) policy dialogue of the African Development Bank Group; the African Union Commission; the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat, and partner institutions and African Diaspora Organizations. When: 01 December 2022,… Read More

What:       Pre-training Who:        International Energy Agency (IEA), African Development Bank (AfDB) When:      21-25 November 2022      Where:    Online (Zoom), pre-registration required       The International Energy Agency (IEA), jointly with the African Development Bank will host the first Regional Training on Energy Efficiency Policy Packages for Sub Saharan Africa in a virtual format from 21-25 November 2022. The IEA… Read More

Perched more than 2,000 meters above sea level on the high plateaus bordering the Great Rift Valley, Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is surrounded by majestic mountains. Deep within the folds of the land flow numerous streams that are tributaries of the Sheger River. The river rises in the hills along the northern edge of the city before flowing… Read More

Russia’s war in Ukraine is raising the cost of tackling climate change, inequality, and other big development goals. While focusing on economic development support for low- and middle-income countries, big global players in development finance such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have so far not been able to tackle the climate crisis and social inequality with the agility… Read More

By Ciku Kimeria In 1960, the Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila made history in Rome as the first athlete from sub-Saharan Africa to win an Olympic gold, even as he broke the marathon world record. All this was made more remarkable by the fact that he ran completely barefoot. Akinwumi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), recounted this… Read More