News & Events
21/05/2013 - Under the co-sponsorship of the African Development Institute (ADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC), the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) announced the winners and presented eight awards to African scholars and research institutions that have published distinctive research in the field of education. The award ceremony was held on Tuesday May 14, 2013.
Categories: Education
20/05/2013 - Spanning at least 20 different countries across the African continent, nomadic peoples constitute about six per cent of the total African population, or some 50 million people. This large population, categorized into three major groups, as pastoralists, migrant fishing folks and farmers, has a common wandering lifestyle.
Categories: Nigeria, Education, Structural Transformation, Youth, Poverty Reduction
20/05/2013 - Les écoles publiques (primaire, collège et lycée) se multiplient à travers le territoire marocain, au plus grand bonheur des enfants – et des parents. Aperçu, avec le collège de Toualaa.
Categories: Morocco, Education, Human Capital Development
13/05/2013 - The Emergency Economic Recovery Support Program for Mali approved on 8 May 2013 by the Board of the African Development Fund (ADF) of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) was signed on 10th May 2013 in Bamako. This program will help to restore the normal functioning of public administration, capacity strengthening of the civil service and the population’s access to basic social services, in particular health services and education and support to economic recovery.
Categories: Mali, Economic & Financial Governance, Education
08/05/2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) approved on Wednesday, May 8 in Tunis, a loan of 30 billion CFA francs to the Republic of Mali. This amount will be drawn from the resources of the African Development Fund (ADF), the Bank’s concessional window, to finance an Emergency Economic Recovery Support Programme (EERSP).
Categories: Mali, Economic & Financial Governance, Human Capital Development, Health, Education, Fragile States Facility
02/05/2013 - From April 21-24, 2013, a distinguished audience comprising of more than 20 serving and former Ministers of Finance, former Prime Ministers and Presidents, prominent scholars and economists participated in the Ministerial Leadership in Health Forum at Harvard University.
Categories: United States of America, Human Capital Development, Education, Health
29/04/2013 - The economic transformation of the African continent is the cornerstone of the African Development Bank Group’s new Ten-Year (2013-2022) Strategy. The Strategy, which has been approved by the Executive Directors of the Bank, emphasizes the quality and sustainability of growth.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Climate Change, Economic & Financial Governance, Education, Energy & Power, Environment, Gender, Health, Human Capital Development, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development, Transport, Water Supply & Sanitation
19/03/2013 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) organized on the 12th and 13th March in Rabat, Morocco, a regional conference on the employment of young graduates from institutions of higher education. The object of the conference was to rethink and lay down more efficient reform policies with regard to higher education in order to guarantee the possible employment of young graduates.
Categories: Morocco, Education, Youth, Human Capital Development
14/03/2013 - From March 11-12, 2013, African Ministers, parliamentarians and policymakers met in Hammamet, Tunisia, to ensure that Africa plays a proactive role in shaping the future global development agenda.
Categories: Tunisia, Human Capital Development, Infrastructure, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
07/03/2013 - International Women’s Day is a day of celebration and a day of challenge, often rolled into one. In realizing how far we have come towards ensuring genuine equality of opportunity for women as for men, it becomes clear how far we still have to go.
Categories: Gender, Education, Human Capital Development, Health
