Tag: African Development Bank

The African Development Bank returns as a top-tier partner of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) – Africa’s largest agriculture conference – to be held online for the first time from 8-11 September 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tenth annual AGRF will be headlined by African Heads of State and Government, and will bring together delegates from… Read More

African leaders and dignitaries gathered on Tuesday to witness the swearing in of African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina. President Adesina received goodwill messages from Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Alpha Conde of Guinea, George Weah of Liberia and Guinea Bissau’s Umaro Embalo. Video: Highlights of the ceremony Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan,… Read More

Bank-funded institutes in Nigeria and Burkina Faso are domestically producing much-needed personal protective equipment for African workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, fulfilling a strategic goal to achieve greater economic self-reliance and resilience against shocks.  The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) in Abuja, Nigeria, and the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE), Ouagadougou, Burkina… Read More

A water supply and sanitation project for small towns and rural areas, implemented between 2011 and 2017 in Kenya, has helped improve the quality and sustainability of these services for some 567,000 people, according to a report published by the African Development Bank. The project was financed with a loan of $95.2 million from the African Development Fund, the Bank’s… Read More

The Bank will hold a virtual consultative  workshop to discuss approaches and options in designing its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Framework on 8 September 2020, at 12:30 GMT. The Bank’s PPP Framework is intended to guide its support for and implementation of PPPs in African countries. What: Virtual Workshop on designing the African Development Bank’s PPP Framework Who: African Development Bank, supported… Read More

In a speech kicking off his second term as African Development Bank chief, newly sworn in President Akinwumi Adesina unveiled a sweeping vision to consolidate the institution’s successes of the last five years, hone the Bank’s operations and exploit opportunities and urgency created by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything globally. It has thrown Africa’s growth back,”… Read More

African leaders on Tuesday reaffirmed their support for the African Development Bank Group and its leadership under Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as he begins his second five-year term with a renewed mandate to foster sustainable development on the continent.  In goodwill messages to mark Adesina’s inauguration, Presidents Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Alpha Conde of Guinea, George Weah… Read More

“Today, a rainbow stretches from the 81 member countries of the African Development Bank across the deep blue skies of Africa…The future beckons us for a more developed Africa and a much stronger and resilient African Development Bank.” With these powerful words President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina addressed participants after formally being sworn into office… Read More

What: Webinar on the African Economic Outlook 2020 Supplement for Asian Audiences Who: African Development Bank When: Monday, 14 September 2020: 08.00 am to 09.30 am GMT13.30-15.00 (Delhi time)/ 16.00-17.30 (Beijing time) / 17.00-18.30 (Seoul and Tokyo time) Where: Virtual            Q & A:            Click here. (Please submit your questions by 13 September 2020) The Asia External Representation Office… Read More

WHAT: Swearing in ceremony of Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, newly re-elected President of the African Development Bank Group WHO: African Development Bank WHERE: Virtual WHEN: Tuesday 1 September 2020 at 9.00 am GMT The African Development Bank is hosting a swearing in ceremony of its newly re-elected President, Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, on Tuesday 1 September 9.00 am GMT. Dr.… Read More