Events Calendar

The African Development Bank (AfDB) joins forces with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the African Union Commission (AUC), UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and UNESCO to organize a Regional Forum on “Education and Training for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)” in Africa, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya from April 3-4, 2012.

Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will hold its annual Partnerships Forum from 22 – 23 March 2012, at Hotel Ramada Plaza-Gammarth in Tunis, Tunisia. This year’s forum theme is “Transforming Partnerships towards a Green and Inclusive Africa.” Participants will include representatives of bilateral and multilateral donors, business sector, private foundations, knowledge institutions and Civil Society Organizations.

Categories: Tunisia, Partnerships, Private Sector Development

The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water and the Government of France, is hosting a conference on water security in Africa in the context of the 6th World Water Forum.

Categories: France, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Water Supply & Sanitation

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will organize an important meeting to present and discuss the findings and recommendations of a study commissioned by AfDB on agriculture biotechnology for Africa from 15-16 February 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Categories: Kenya, Agriculture & Agro-industries

The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the government of Burkina Faso will hold the 2012 Triennale on Education and Training in Africa in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from February 13-17, 2012. This important, international event will take place at the Ouagadougou 2000 International Conference Centre.

Categories: Burkina Faso, Education

“The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) is committed to work with the Pan-African Lawyers’ Union (PALU) towards the creation of a better legal environment that creates an unquestionable stability necessary to attract national and foreign investments in Africa,” said ALSF’s CEO, Stephen Karangizi, as a prelude to a joint ALSF-PALU capacity building seminar that will be held from 24 to 26 January 2012, in Tunis.

Categories: Tunisia, African Legal Support Facility, Finance

Between 24 and 25 November, the African Development Bank (AfDB) hosted an Africa-wide consultation to review the first External Assessment of the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI).

Categories: Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative

The African Media Leaders’ Forum is holding its annual meeting from 10 to 11 November in Tunis, with the usual support of the African Development Banks. The opening session was marked by speeches delivered by Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian Prime Minister, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank.

Categories: Tunisia, President's Corner

Several Heads of State and Government will participate in a High-Level event on Post-Conflict Peace-building: the Experience of Rwanda, to be held in Kigali on the 8th and 9th of November, 2011.

Categories: Rwanda, Human and Social Development

G20 leaders today welcomed the recommendations of the High-Level Panel for Infrastructure Development, endorsing the development of the Sokoni Africa Infrastructure Marketplace.

Categories: France, Infrastructure, President's Corner