Tag: African Development Bank

President of the African Development Bank Group, (AFDB) Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina delivered the prestigious William G. Demas Memorial Lecture at the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Annual Meeting on Tuesday June 14, 2022, in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands. African Development Bank Group Read More

“The post-Covid-19 world is opening up new avenues and opportunities. All public and private actors have a role to play in making themselves even more accessible to entrepreneurs. This will only be possible if a new impetus is given to entrepreneurship and MSMEs, with a synergy of all programs, public and private, which will have to be scaled up, have… Read More

What:       Commonwealth Business Forum (part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting) Who:        African Development Bank President Adesina, the Government of Rwanda and heads of Commonwealth states and international organizations Where:     Kigali, Rwanda. When:      20-25 June 2022 African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina will join Rwandan President  Paul Kagame and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson, and others,… Read More

Le Projet d’appui à la transformation de l’économie et la création de l’emploi, mis en œuvre au Burkina Faso, entre 2014 et 2021, a permis d’augmenter l’enregistrement de nouvelles entreprises. Les nouvelles entreprises enregistrées sont passées de 1 021 en 2014 à 13 500 en 2021, grâce notamment à l’appui du projet aux Centres de gestion agréés de Ouagadougou et de Bobo-Dioulasso… Read More

Economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean took a strong upward turn this week as the regions’ premier financial institutions—the African Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank—came together to advance their collaboration with one another. On Tuesday, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina delivered the prestigious 22nd William G. Demas Memorial Lecture at the Caribbean Development Bank’s 52nd… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement et le ministère marocain de l’Économie et des Finances ont signé, le 13 juin 2022 à Rabat, deux accords de prêts d’un total de 91 millions d’euros, destinés à compléter le financement des projets d’extension et de modernisation de l’aéroport de Rabat-Salé et de construction du port Nador West Med. La cérémonie de signature a… Read More

The African Development Bank Group hosted a workshop to explore securing a just transition in the developing world. The session, which took place during the World Bank’s Innovate4Climate Conference, highlighted the importance of South-South cooperation . Innovate4Climate 2022, organized by the World Bank, took place over three days, from 24-26 May and featured plenaries and workshops. The event provided a… Read More

The African Development Bank Group recently held a two-day workshop for electricity sector regulators and utilities on its annual flagship report, the Electricity Regulatory Index for Africa((ERI). The workshop was held from 25th to 26th May 2022 in Nairobi, as a hybrid event. It saw the first in-person meetings on the report since the Covid-19 pandemic and brought together over… Read More

Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Madagascar ont signé, mercredi à Antananarivo, des accords de financement pour un montant total de 16,9 millions de dollars américains. Ce financement est destiné à la mise en œuvre de la première phase du Programme de pôle intégré de croissance agricole et agro-industriel au Sud de Madagascar. Les… Read More

The African Development Bank has signed an agreement to invest in the Joint Reinsurance Company of Member States of Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances  (CICA-Re). Under the agreement, the African Development Bank will take a 6.56-billion FCFA stake (approximately €10 million) in CICA-Re and join its board of directors. Karim Diarassouba, chief executive officer of CICA-Re, signed on behalf of the… Read More