Tag: African Development Bank

AfDB Appoints Mr Gauthier Bourlard as Director and Special Advisor for Multilateral Development Banks, International Financial Institutions and Non-Regional Shareholders Relations, Office of the President | African Development Bank – Building today, a better Africa tomorrow <!– African Development Bank Group Read More

Après avoir pris une part active à la création de l’Alliance Sahel en juillet 2017 à Paris, la Banque africaine de développement continue de mobiliser des moyens conséquents pour soutenir la sécurité alimentaire et le développement rural afin de prévenir toute aggravation du contexte sécuritaire dans la région sahélienne et le bassin du lac Tchad. La longue et solide expérience… Read More

The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public Health, has named African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and three other eminent persons as winners of its 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award. Adesina, World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, Leith Greenslade of JustActions and Winnie Byanyima of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,… Read More

The Academy of Public Health, the flagship body of the West African Institute of Public Health, has named African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina and three other eminent persons as winners of its 2020 Distinguished Fellowship Award. Adesina, World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, Leith Greenslade of JustActions and Winnie Byanyima of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,… Read More

The African Development Bank’s Fashionomics Africa initiative is launching a competition to support designers of sustainable and circular fashion. The first Fashionomics Africa online contest will invite African fashion brands pursuing environmentally friendly measures, sustainability and circular economy actions to participate. The designer submitting the “best sustainable design” will win $2,000 and other prizes. A four-person judging panel representing the… Read More

Zambezi Gold Honey has been selling its table honey on the South African market for the last three years. The company’s breakthrough into the export market, partially thanks to the Trade and Institutional Capacity Building in the Apiculture Sector (TICBAS) project supported by the African Development Bank. The project, implemented by SNV Zambia, received funding of $428,000 between 2015 and… Read More

Pointing overhead to the imposing structure of concrete pillars and tiered, swirling highways, 63-year-old Ayorkor Baka, like many others, welcomes the new interchange, saying it will cut pedestrian fatalities on the road linking Accra and Nsawam. The bridge, the first of its kind in West Africa, is a crucial link between the capital and the middle belt via Ghana’s second-largest… Read More

Africa’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on the continent’s ability to mobilize resources, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said on Wednesday. Adesina was speaking during Nobel Week Dialogue, a prelude to the main event where prizes are awarded to global leaders in literature, peace, economics and other fields. The theme of the event is “The challenge of… Read More

The African Development Bank joined a group of 11 multilateral development banks (MDBs) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday in launching a first-ever joint report on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch took place during a virtual ceremony attended by the heads of the institutions. The report is released at the end of a critical year,… Read More

Guianleu est un village de 1 200 habitants, dans la région de Man, à l’ouest de la Côte d’Ivoire. Des niches électriques y sont visibles à tous les coins de rue. Chaque foyer s’est doté de cet abri pour se faire installer un compteur électrique. Si certains résidents en ont installé un, d’autres ont pu en obtenir deux. Une centaine de… Read More