News & Events
31/05/2013 - President Donald Kaberuka launched on Friday, May 31, in Marrakech, during the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank, the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative’s Africa Hub, in a partnership with the United Nations and the Danish and American Governments.
Categories: Morocco, United States of America, Energy & Power, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - “To strengthen the collaboration between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Civil Society Organizations (CSOs): issues and options.”
Categories: Morocco, Civil Society, Gender, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - Shapers of Africa’s financial sector development gathered this year at the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group held in Marrakech, Morocco, from May 27-31. Representatives of African Finance Ministries, Central Banks, the private sector, and pan-African institutions used the occasion to engage each other and observers from the international development community in discussions on the development of Africa’s financial sector.
Categories: Morocco, Human Capital Development, Private Sector Development, Poverty Reduction, Partnerships, Making Finance Work for Africa Partnership, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - The issues linked to the use of country systems in the domain of procurement procedures have occupied an important place in exchanges between Morocco and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in Marrakesh, Morocco. On the sidelines of the Annual Meetings proceedings, the two partners signed on May 31 an agreement protocol for the use of Moroccan procedures for procurement in the context of the implementation of projects financed by the AfDB.
Categories: Morocco, African Financing Partnership, Partnerships, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has granted 619,869 euro to Morocco to finance the modernization of the country’s debt management framework. The donation agreement was signed on Friday, May 31, 2013 in Marrakesh, on the sidelines of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings.
Categories: Morocco, Economic & Financial Governance, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - African countries do very little business between them, in comparison with Asian and European countries. One of the reasons for this is partly due to the weakness of regional integration. Now, how to promote intra-African investment to improve the continent’s competitiveness? What are the challenges in terms of regional integration? These were the issues discussed by the experts on May 29, during the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Annual Meetings, in Marrakesh, Morocco. The theme of the forum was: “Promotion of intra-regional investment in Africa.”
Categories: Morocco, Regional Integration, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, received on Wednesday evening in Marrakech the “Made in Africa Foundation Special Recognition Award”, which took place during the African Banker Awards at the Taj Palace Hotel.
Categories: Morocco, Infrastructure, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - May 27th 2013 marked the beginning of yet another important relationship between the African Development Bank and The Federal Government of Nigeria. A loan agreement to support the transport sector was signed by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, and the Resident Representative of the Nigeria Field Office, Ousmane Dore.
Categories: Nigeria, Transport, Economic & Financial Governance
31/05/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Government of the Republic of Korea, on Thursday, May 30, signed the general cooperation agreement (GCA) that will make it possible for Korea to contribute to special funds and multi-donor funds as well.
Categories: Morocco, Korea, Green Growth Initiative, African Financing Partnership, Structural Transformation
31/05/2013 - The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, has told delegates at the AfDB Annual Meetings in Marrakesh, Morocco, that while Africa is booming, more investments in infrastructure and in skills are needed to transform the continent’s economies.
Categories: Morocco, Structural Transformation, Regional Integration, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Human Capital Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries
