Tag: African Development Bank

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

In August, at a meeting of the G-20 Compact with Africa in Berlin, I had the distinct pleasure of joining some 30 African heads of state and government, and fellow heads of international organizations, to bid farewell to outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Chancellor Merkel has been a dear and loyal friend of Africa. I know that I am not… Read More

What:          2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture Who:           African Development Institute, African Development Bank Group When:         Monday, 13 December 2021; 14:00-16.00 GMT Where:        Virtual Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will on 13 December deliver the 2021 Kofi Annan Eminent Speakers’ Lecture, organized by the African Development Institute. The theme… Read More

African heads of state and government together with senior policymakers will share their perspectives on how to reshape Africa’s development financing models at the 2021 African Economic Conference, which takes place on Thursday, 2 December. Cabo Verde Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Olavo Correia said the conference offered “an extraordinarily important moment” to chart the continent’s development course, including… Read More

Le président de la Mauritanie, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, et le président du Sénégal, Macky Sall, ont lancé, ce jour, les travaux de construction du pont de Rosso qui reliera les deux pays voisins. Le vice-président chargé du Complexe du secteur privé, de l’infrastructure et de l’industrialisation de la Banque africaine de développement, Solomon Quaynor, l’ambassadrice de l’Union européenne… Read More

The African Development Bank and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday signed a partnership agreement admitting IFC as the first institutional partner to the Development Finance Compact for Portuguese-Speaking Countries of Africa, or the Lusophone Compact. The agreement was signed by African Development Bank Vice President for Corporate Services and Human Resources and Chair of the… Read More

African leaders and policymakers have called for strategies to harness the potential of the blue economy to achieve sustainable development. The call came at a high-level conference hosted by the Government of Mozambique on 18 and 19 November in the City of Vilanculos. The theme was Investing in Ocean Health is Securing the Planet’s Future. Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi hosted… Read More

Following consultations with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, the 2021Africa Investment Forum scheduled for December 1-3, 2021, in Abidjan, is postponed until further notice. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said: “The Africa Investment Forum is the premier investment marketplace for Africa. Several billion… Read More

Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et la Banque nationale pour le développement économique (BNDE) du Sénégal ont signé, le 25 novembre dernier, à Dakar, un accord de financement de près de 15 milliards de francs CFA (22,5 millions d’euros) pour renforcer les capacités de financement du secteur agricole et des petites et moyennes entreprises. Le financement est… Read More

Quoi ?        Forum régional de la société civile – Afrique de l’Est Qui ?           Division de la société civile et de l’engagement communautaire de la Banque africaine de développement Quand ?     Mardi 30 novembre 2021, de 11h à 13h 30 (EAT) Où ?            En visioconférence La Division de la société civile et de l’engagement communautaire de la… Read More