News & Events
08/03/2013 - En ce jour de célébration des femmes, il est opportun de rappeler l’importance de leur rôle pour assurer l’avenir économique du continent africain. Car il est impossible, aujourd’hui, d’évoquer une Afrique prospère et égalitaire sans parler de leur pleine intégration sur le marché du travail.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Gender, Human and Social Development
10/12/2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 3rd call for proposals of the Migration and Development Fund (MDF). Award amounts will range from 350,000 EUR to 500,000 EUR per project.
Categories: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Migration and Development Initiative
19/11/2012 - At meetings of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) in Istanbul, Burkina Faso and Ghana received endorsement of their far-reaching plans for sustainably managing their forest sectors as part of their goals for climate-resilient economic development. The endorsements came from the Forest Investment Program (FIP), one of the four programs of the US $7.2 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), with support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other partners including the World Bank Group.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Turkey, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Environment
13/11/2012 - Representatives of various local, regional and international development agencies and from different levels of Government met in Ouagadougou to discuss the funding of a sanitation project in the peri-urban areas of Ouagadougou, estimated at €138 million (FCFA 90.5 billion). This project should be completed by 2017 and is expected to improve the lives of an estimated one million people living in the most vulnerable areas of the city.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility
07/11/2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 2nd call for proposals of the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund (“MCBF”). Award amounts will range from US $200,000 to US $500,000 per project, depending on the activity, and will be given to approximately 6-8 awardees.
Categories: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Private Sector Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Economic & Financial Governance
29/10/2012 - Le Bureau National de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) au Burkina Faso a initié une série de consultation dans le cadre de la préparation de la nouvelle stratégie de développement du capital humain 2013-2017 de la Banque. Une première consultation régionale a été organisée les 30 et 31 juillet 2012 à Ouagadougou et a réuni des représentants de 13 pays membres régionaux.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Human and Social Development
19/09/2012 - The regional consultation on the African Development Bank’s Human Capital Development Strategy took place in Ouagadougou from July 30 to 31, 2012. Public and private sector actors, non-governmental and civil society organizations as well as youth associations operating in the social sectors in West Africa participated in the consultation. In all, 82 participants from 13 West African countries, including the Liberian and Burkina Faso Ministers of Education, the Burkina Faso Minister of Women’s Enhancement and the Commissioner in Charge of Social Affairs at the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) Commission, were involved in the consultation.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Health, Human and Social Development
14/08/2012 - The African Development Bank Group has financed a new hospital in Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso, designed to bring better healthcare facilities to the region. The official inauguration of the hospital was held recently in Tenkodogo, attended by government officials and representatives from neighbouring communities.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Health, Human and Social Development
02/08/2012 - A delegation representing AWF took part in the graduation ceremony of students of the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE). Hailing from fragile states and post-conflict countries, a total of 12 graduates sponsored by the AWF, including five women, received a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Water and Environmental Engineering.
Categories: Burkina Faso, African Water Facility
24/07/2012 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) vient d’octroyer 80 milliards de FCFA au Burkina Faso pour la réhabilitation de routes et la facilitation du transport sur le corridor avec le Togo. La cérémonie de signature de l’accord de financement a eu lieu le jeudi 19 juillet 2012, à Ouagadougou, entre le gouvernement du Burkina Faso, représenté par M. Lucien Marie Noël Bembamba, ministre de l’économie et des finances et la Banque, représentée par Mme Ginette Nzau-Muteta, représentante résidente de la Banque africaine de développement au Burkina Faso.
Categories: Togo, Burkina Faso, Infrastructure, Transport
