Tag: African Development Bank

L’administrateur de la Côte d’Ivoire, de la Guinée et de la Guinée équatoriale pour le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Adama Koné s’est rendu du 8 au 13 mai 2022 à Conakry dans le cadre de consultations régulières avec les autorités de la Guinée visant à renforcer la coopération avec la Banque. La mission conduite par l’administrateur Koné, la… Read More

The COP15 conference of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification hosted discussions on the Great Green Wall, an ambitious project to restore a vast stretch of African desert into a flourishing green belt that supports surrounding communities. One session, held Friday 13 May in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, was on investment opportunities around the Great Green Wall. It featured development… Read More

COP15 : la Banque africaine de développement et plusieurs acteurs rappellent l’urgence de mutualiser les efforts dans la mobilisation des ressources face à la fragilité pour renforcer la résilience des populations africaines | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

Le Conseil d’administration du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé le 11 mai dernier, à Abidjan, le Document de stratégie-pays pour la période 2022-2026 pour Madagascar, son nouveau cadre d’intervention pour la Grande île. Les interventions de la Banque pour les cinq prochaines années à Madagascar vont se concentrer sur deux domaines prioritaires : le développement des infrastructures… Read More

African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina has urged international development agencies in Africa to rally behind his institution’s efforts to mobilize more resources to help build resilience for sustainable development across Africa. Adesina told diplomats and international agency representatives at a breakfast meeting in Accra last Thursday that African countries need more resources to fight climate change, to deal… Read More

What:             Webinar on Solidarity of Women Entrepreneurs in Africa and Japan Who:              African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa’s Development  (AUDA-NEPAD), Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) When:            Friday, 27 May 2022, 8:00-10:00 GMT, 9:00-11:00 GMT+1 (Tunisia, Nigeria), 10:00-12:00 GMT+2 (South Africa), 17:00-19:00 GMT+9 (Japan) Where:           Virtual Registration:… Read More

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has backed calls for more resources for the African Development Bank Group to accelerate its transformative role across the continent. President Akufo-Addo received the African Development Bank Group president, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at State House in Accra on Wednesday. President Akufo-Addo expressed strong support for a significant replenishment of the African Development Fund, the African Development… Read More

Ghanaian Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Thursday emphasized the nation’s partnership with the African Development Bank in its development as he addressed journalists at a press conference to publicize the institution’s upcoming annual meetings. Ofori-Atta described the meetings as seminal, in the context of a world seeking to rebalance in the wake of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. “The… Read More

The global economy could increase by more than $140 trillion a year, or 1.5 times the annual global GDP, if the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) are achieved, participants heard during a side-event at the 15th summit of the UNCCD. Camilla Nordheim-Larsen, Senior Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Coordinator at the UN Convention, noted that action… Read More

The president of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case, on Wednesday, for the United States to back the institution’s $1.5 billion emergency food production plan. The plan seeks to avert a looming food crisis in Africa caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Bank chief, and a panel of witnesses, testified about global food insecurity… Read More