Events Calendar

After more than a decade of uninterrupted growth, Africa now stands as one of the most promising economic zones of the world, set against the background of general crisis in Europe and the United States. Success stories are happening all the time, and new entrepreneurs emerging just as frequently motivated by a desire to conquer new markets beyond their borders and the continent.

Categories: Switzerland, Private Sector Development, President's Corner

This year’s African Economic Conference (AEC) will take place in Kigali, Rwanda, from 30 October to 2 November and the organizers are now calling for papers to be presented and debated there from academics and development experts.

Categories: Rwanda, Financial Crisis, Chief Economist's Office

This conference is organized by the Harmonization for Health in Africa mechanism (HHA), in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). It will emphasize the urgent need to get the best out of available resources in order to accelerate progress towards the health MDGs and beyond.

Categories: Tunisia, Health, Human and Social Development

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce that it will host two Business Opportunities Seminars in Tunis on 5 and 6 June 2012 and on 13 and14 November 2012 respectively. Business Opportunity Seminars are targeted at private sector organisations from the AfDB’s 77 member countries.

Categories: Tunisia, Partnerships

Dr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, will take part in an extraordinary meeting of the world’s richest nations this week to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa.

Categories: United States of America, Food Production

The African Development Bank will be taking part in the 4th Africa Water Week, taking place from 16 to 18 May 2012 in Cairo. This year’s them is: “Water for growth in Africa, AMCOW’s Journey@10.” Sub-themes include “Private sector investment in water and sanitation”; “Infrastructure for Green Growth and Climate Resilience" and "Water Governance and Financing".

Categories: Egypt, Water Supply & Sanitation, Private Sector Development, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the International finance corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will host the 3rd Multilateral Development Banks’ Conference on Private Sector Integrity from 10 to 12 May, 2012, at the Movenpick Hotel, Gammarth, in Tunis, Tunisia.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development

AfDB president, Donald Kaberuka, will co-chair the 2012 World Economic Forum on Africa, to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 9 to11 May. Ethiopia is the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, and a prime example of the continent’s fast-growing economies.

Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis, President's Corner

World Press Freedom Day is celebrated on 3 May. The 2012 World Press Freedom Day has more resonance in Tunisia, in the year after its revolution which gave the country press freedom, and sparked the ‘Arab Spring’ of 2011.

Categories: Tunisia

A workshop on how to boost intra-African trade through cutting border formalities will take place between 25 and 27 April in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. The One-Stop Border Post Regional Workshop is organised by the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), with financial and know-how support from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency.

Categories: Burkina Faso, Regional Integration