Tag: African Development Bank

What:    Launch of the Tax Transparency in Africa 2022 report When:   14 June 2022, 09:00-12:15 East Africa time (06:00-09:15 UTC, 08:00-11:15 CEST) Where:  Serena Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya and virtual                (click here to join the event virtually) Tax Transparency in Africa is a key output of the Africa Initiative, a programme established in 2014 to ensure that African countries are… Read More

Who:        African Development Bank, development partners What:       Third Edition of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development Where:     Hybrid format, Cairo, Egypt When:      21-22 June 2022 The theme of this year’s Aswan Forum is “Africa in an Era of Cascading Risks and Climate Vulnerability: Pathways for a Peaceful, Resilient, and Sustainable Continent.” Participants will include heads… Read More

La Banque africaine de développement a organisé en partenariat avec le secrétariat exécutif du G5 Sahel, les 30 et 31 mai 2022, à Nouakchott, un atelier de consultation sur les résultats préliminaires de l’étude sur le profil genre dans la région du Sahel. Le G5 Sahel regroupe le Burkina Faso, le Mali, la Mauritanie, le Niger et le Tchad. Une… Read More

It’s 13:00 at the primary school in Konioudou, a village in the rural commune of Kombissiri, about 40 km outside the capital Ouagadougou, and it’s time for the pupils’ midday break. In the shade of the courtyard’s large trees, some are playing, teasing each other, laughing; a few others are leafing through books. But all are waiting for one thing:… Read More

President of the African Development Bank Group, (AFDB) Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina will deliver 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. The globally renowned economist and agricultural development expert will give a wide-ranging address drawing on success stories from the AFDB’s… Read More

Ghana has enjoyed two decades of steady growth, but the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia crisis could dent economic prospects, according to an African Development Bank report launched on Thursday. The 52-page report, titled ‘Transforming Ghana,’ reviews the country’s development over the past ten years (2012–2021) and evaluates the African Development Bank’s contribution through its High 5… Read More

The Africa Fertilizer Financing Mechanism (AFFM) will extend a $2 million partial trade credit guarantee to ETG Inputs Ghana Limited to support delivery of fertilizer to 200,000 smallholder farmers in Ghana’s Upper East, Savannah, Northeast, and Northern Regions. The move will ease the current shortages in supply and boost yields, food security, and incomes of farmers in the designated regions.… Read More

The Covid-19 pandemic led to a global economic recession, but what has been its impact on African economies? What makes this crisis unique is not so much its magnitude – Africa has experienced other major crises – but the confluence of multiple crises contained within it. The Covid-19 pandemic, with its countless victims, has sapped many countries of their vital… Read More

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved the creation of a virtual academy to build public financial management capacity in African countries. Countries will receive technical assistance through structured, targeted, dedicated and local training as well as through policy dialogue. The academy, hosted within the African Development Institute of the African Development Bank Group, will… Read More

What: 9th G-CoP E-Policy Dialogue Who: African Development Institute, the African Development Bank Group When: Monday, 13 June 2022, 14:00–16:00 GMT Where: Join the Event via Zoom (Click here) Register: Click here to register for the event by 10 June 2022 The rationale: Development financing needs in Africa are huge and widening. At the same time development finance from all… Read More