29-May-2024 - What: African Development Bank Annual meetings side event: Transforming African economies through Circular Solutions
Who: The African Development Bank, Government of Finland, the Nordic Development Fund, Trade and Development Bank and UNEP Africa
When: Friday, May 31 – 09 :00 to 10:30 EAT
29-May-2024 - African financiers have outlined how the recent pandemic, COVID-19, and the challenges of the climate crisis have provided opportunities to transform the continent.
Speaking at an event organised by Moody’s, the influential world credit rating agency, on the sidelines of the Africa Development Bank Annual Meetings in Nairobi they concluded that Africa has great potential to build resilient and successful economies despite the climate crisis which has already led to extreme weather conditions across the continent.
29-May-2024 - African Development Bank Group Vice President Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade has commended the Horn of Africa Initiative for reaching $10 billion in total commitments in its nearly five years of existence.
29-May-2024 - The African Development Bank Group unveiled its new Ten-Year Strategy 2024–2033 today, a blueprint to confront Africa’s pressing challenges and to help put the continent firmly back on track towards sustained economic growth and prosperity.
28-May-2024 - Experts attending an African Development Bank High-level dialogue in Kenya have urged African nations to intensify efforts to attract private-sector financing to enhance tertiary education and equip the continent’s youth with competitive skills.
During a panel discussion at the Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings in Nairobi, the experts stressed the importance of political commitment to guarantee returns on private sector investments in education.
28-May-2024 - The African Development Fund has launched the second call for proposals through its Climate Action Window (CAW) on the sidelines of the 59th Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank Group currently underway in Nairobi.
28-May-2024 - Since the Dakar 2 Summit, six African countries have set up Presidential-level Councils to drive implementation of the Country Food and Agriculture Delivery Compacts agreed at the summit, while another twelve countries are at various stages of establishing their councils.
28-May-2024 - African Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the world is changing and Africa needs to be at the table.
Adesina told more than 150 journalists covering the Bank’s Annual Meetings in Nairobi that the Global South is becoming much more important and that as a result the global financial architecture needs to change:
28-May-2024 - Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank launched the Burkina Faso component of Project 2 of the Food and Nutrition Insecurity Resilience Programme in the Sahel (P2-P2RS) and the Integrated Maize, Soybean, Poultry and Fish Chain Development and Resilience Building Project (PIMSAR) simultaneously in Ouagadougou on 21 May 2024.
27-May-2024 - What: African Development Bank Annual Meetings side event: Africa and the G20 Brazilian Presidency
Who: The African Development Bank, Brazilian Foreign Ministry, Inter-American Development Bank
When: Thursday 30 May 2024; 3.30 PM - 4.30 PM East Africa Time (GMT+3)
Where: Lenana Room, Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC), Nairobi
27-May-2024 - What: Climate Action Africa Forum (CAAF24) Deal Room
Who: African Development Bank with Climate Action Africa (CAA)
When: 19-20 June 2024
Where: Landmark Event Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
27-May-2024 - The BRICS Alliance, together with the new member additions, provides immense trade and investment opportunities for the African continent, Prof. Vincent O. Nmehielle, Secretary General of the African Development Bank Group, said at an event on the sidelines of the African Development Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings in Nairobi on Monday 27 May." These countries are emerging economies with a growing middle class and a substantial consumer market; expanding into these markets will lead to growth opportunities for the continent," Nmehielle said.
27-May-2024 - African countries could scale up the provision of free school meals despite other economic challenges to combat the incalculable and harmful consequences of millions of children going to school across Africa every day with hungry bellies, participants in a key side event at the African Development Bank’s annual meetings in Nairobi heard Monday.
The official theme of the side event was “Creating Fiscal Space for School Meals: Towards Agenda 2063, SDGs and Human Capital Development”.
27-May-2024 - A day ahead of the African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings, the institution teamed up with UN Women to host a side event showcasing both organizations’ achievements to drive women’s economic empowerment across Africa.
The side event was held Sunday 26 May under the theme, The Future of Finance and Women’s Economic Empowerment. It drew leaders and representatives from the public and private sector, civil society organizations and financial institutions.
27-May-2024 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved Morocco's Country Strategy Paper (CSP) for the period 2024-2029.
This roadmap will serve the priorities of the Kingdom's new development model to 2035, helping to strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of the Moroccan economy, support strong, sustainable growth, and consolidate the dynamics of economic and social inclusion.
27-May-2024 - The African Development Bank’s 2024 Annual Meetings start on Monday in Nairobi, and offer a unique opportunity to collectively promote innovative ideas for reforming the global financial architecture.
The shareholders of the Bank, Africa's premier development finance institution, are encouraged to exchange views with a broad range of public and private sector leaders to reach a consensus on the reform needed to raise more finance to help transform the continent.
26-May-2024 - What: African Development Bank 2024 Annual Meetings side event: Post Dakar 2: Achieving Food Sovereignty and Resilience
Who: The African Development Bank, African Government representatives, development partners and private sector investors
When: Monday, 27 May 2024; 5.30 PM - 7.00 PM East Africa Time (GMT+3)
Where: Aberdare Room, Kenyatta International Conference Center (KICC), Nairobi
25-May-2024 - What: Presidential Dialogue at the African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings
Who: African heads of state and government, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina, and Islamic Development Bank President Dr Muhammad Al Jasser.
When: Wednesday, 29 May 2024; 11:00-13:00 Eastern African Time (GMT +3)
Where: Tsavo Hall, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi
25-May-2024 - What: Thematic Knowledge Event 2: “Measuring the Green Wealth of Nations: Natural Capital and Economic Productivity in Africa”
Who: African Ministers of Finance, Executive Director of International Energy Agency Dr Fatih Birol, African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina, and global experts
When: Friday, 31 May 2024; 9:00-10:30 Eastern African Time (GMT +3)
Where: Tsavo Hall, Kenyatta International Convention Centre, Nairobi
25-May-2024 - Uganda is renowned for its lush landscapes and abundant water sources, but climate change is creating a severe threat to urban water systems. Increasingly, the impact of variable rainfall patterns is evident in extreme hydrological events – floods and droughts.
Coupled with surging urban populations, these extreme events are stressing water supply and sanitation infrastructure, leading to frequent service interruptions and heightened vulnerability to waterborne diseases.