News & Events
15/05/2012 - La BAD et l’office chérifien des phosphates (OCP) ont signé, le 10 mai 2012 à Casablanca, un accord de prêt de 250 millions de dollars dans le cadre du programme d’investissement de l’OCP. Ce prêt est le premier financement non-souverain que la BAD accorde à une entreprise marocaine. Il constitue un repère important dans la vision de la Banque en matière de promotion des entreprises africaines.
Categories: Morocco, Agriculture & Agro-industries
15/05/2012 - Une délégation de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et du gouvernement burkinabè a visité, le 5 mai, les sites des projets d’aménagement hydro-agricoles et d’infrastructures sanitaires de Kampelsézougou, Bilanga Yanga et de Tanga, dans les provinces de la Gnagna et du Kouritenga (région centre-est).
Categories: Burkina Faso, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Infrastructure
08/05/2012 - Since 2006 the African Development Bank has been supporting the Rwanda government in restoring and improving the Rwandan fisheries sector. Support has been given to both capture fisheries in inland lakes and to aquaculture.
Categories: Rwanda, Agriculture & Agro-industries
04/05/2012 - The second event of the Bank’s Green Growth Seminar series hosted by the CCCC and ONEC took place in Tunis on Thursday 3rd May with a presentation by Oxfam on ‘Promoting growth within social and planetary boundaries.’
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
02/05/2012 - Traditional fishing in Madagascar is practiced at national level by around 59,000 fishermen mainly along the coast and within coral reefs, especially in the south-western province of Tulear. The radius of action of fishing canoes is below 10 km.
Categories: Madagascar, Agriculture & Agro-industries
23/04/2012 - On 13 March 2012 the African Development Bank (AfDB) launched a series of seminars to help Bank staff fully understand green growth and help define the Bank’s operational strategy in this area. The theme of the seminar was “Making green growth work for Africa - early lessons,” and it was presented by Dr Jens Riese, who oversees public sector work on green growth at the management consulting firm, McKinsey.
Categories: Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment
20/04/2012 - It is now five years since the African Development Bank (AfDB) embarked on its ‘Green Bank Initiative’ in 2007, with the aim of cutting the Bank’s impact on the environment in its daily operations, and now it is time to take stock of the results.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Environment
20/04/2012 - Africa is now seen as a land of sunshine and hope. Over the last two decades, it has experienced tremendous progress in implementing tough economic reforms, strengthening governance and improving conditions for private sector development.
Categories: Climate Change, Environment, Agriculture & Agro-industries
12/04/2012 - Since the early 1990s, Tunisia has implemented far-reaching reforms in the agricultural sector consisting in abolishing border protection, cutting input subsidies and allowing market forces to determine the price of goods. However, these reforms are incomplete and the intervention of public authorities in markets and agricultural entities remains significant.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries
10/04/2012 - As a contribution to the commemoration of the UN International Year of Forests (2011), the United Nations Forum on Forests commissioned the publication of a book entitled “Forests for People” which contains submissions from key institutions and professionals that are making important contributions in the forestry sector.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Environment, Climate Change
