Tag: African Development Bank

What: Presentation of Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook report Who:  H.E Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia; H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson, African Union Commission; and Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, African Development Bank Group President b When: Friday, 17 February 2023. 8:00 AM EAT (GMT+3) Where: African Union Commission, Medium Conference Hall, and online The African Development Bank and… Read More

What:     Invitation to the African Development Bank’s side events at the 21st International Congress of the African Water Association (AfWA) and 7th Faecal Sludge Management Conference                            Who:      African Development Bank When:    19-23 February 2023 Where:   Sofitel Hotel – Abidjan, and online The African… Read More

What:     Workshop on Governing Natural Resource Outflows for Enhanced Economic Resilience in Fragile and Transitional Countries (GONAT) Project Inception Who:       The African Development Bank senior management and staff, representatives of participating regional member countries; multilateral development institutions; private sector; civil society                     When:     Thursday 23 09:00 – 15h30 and Friday 24 February 09:00 – 11:15 GMT Where:    Hybrid event (Seen Hotel… Read More

The African Development Bank has opened a second Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence at the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi. This marks an important milestone for the Bank’s Coding for Employment program and its growing partnerships with higher education and technical and vocational education and training institutions.  Representatives from Kenya’s Office of the President joined officials from… Read More

 Brouz Jeannette Coffi dans son champ de manioc à Toumodi. ©ONU Femmes/Stéphane Joel Dah  Toumodi, Côte d’Ivoire – Brouz Jeannette Coffi,54 ans, vit avec ses sept enfants dans la ville de Toumodi, dans la région du Bélier à 195 kilomètres de la capitale Abidjan. Pépiniériste et productrice certifiée de boutures de manioc depuis huit ans, Jeannette est également présidente d’une… Read More

African leaders urged development finance institutions and international partners to increase support and funding for infrastructure project preparation initiatives, including providing more grant resources to the NEPAD-Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) hosted by the African Development Bank. In a communiqué released after the close of the Second Infrastructure Financing Summit in Dakar, African presidents also called for technical and financial… Read More

Financing Approval Date: 21 December 2022 Project name: Technical Assistance for Dam Design and Interconnection Studies Amount: €201,000 ________________________________________ Objectives The grant, extended through the Bank’s Technical Assistance Fund for Middle-Income Countries, will support technical assistance to the Government of Morocco for the design of dams, river development and inter-basin interconnection studies. The beneficiary institution is the Directorate of Hydraulic… Read More

The African Development Bank has appointed Abdourahmane Diaw as Country Manager for its Egypt Country Office, effective 1st November 2022. Diaw, a Senegalese national, brings more than 28 years of experience in the implementation of development programs and projects. These range from identification to evaluation, supervision and monitoring of programmes, to projects, monitoring performance of national and regional portfolio and… Read More

The African Development Bank has appointed Omar Sefiani as Acting Director of the Treasury Department, effective 1st November 2022. Sefiani is a Moroccan national and finance expert with over 17 years of experience in international capital markets. He currently manages the Treasury Investments & Trading Division at the Bank. In this capacity, Sefiani currently oversees the management of the Treasury… Read More

The African Development Bank has appointed Ahmed Rashad Attout as Acting Director, Financial Sector Development Department, effective 1st December 2022. A seasoned and results-oriented banker, Attout, an Egyptian citizen, has over 23 years of banking experience in Africa and the Middle East and is currently the Manager of the Capital Markets Development Division. He has a special focus on capital… Read More