News & Events
19/02/2013 - Pascal Canfin, Deputy Minister in charge of Development in France, signed on February 11, 2013, an agreement concerning the membership of France to the African Legal Support Facility of the African Development Bank. This agreement brings the number to 50 signatories. Thus, France becomes the fifth non-regional member country to join the ALSF after the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium and Brazil .
Categories: France, African Legal Support Facility
10/10/2012 - A l’invitation du ministre français de l’économie et des finances, Pierre Moscovici, le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Donald Kaberuka, a participé, le 5 octobre 2012, à Paris, à la réunion des ministres des finances de la Zone Franc, marquant la commémoration du 40ème anniversaire des accords de coopération monétaire dans cette Zone
Categories: France, Partnerships
08/10/2012 - The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, took part in the meeting of Ministers of the franc zone on October 4 and 5 in Paris, alongside franc zone central bank governors and heads of regional institutions.
Categories: France, Partnerships
05/10/2012 - European and African policy-makers, economists and academics working on and with Africa, came together in Paris Thursday to discuss the performance of African economies and the major challenges faced by the continent. The 12th International Economic Forum organized by the OECD Conference Centre, in collaboration with the AfDB, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the UN Development Programme, and the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, gathered more than 500 participants to look at ways to boost the job market as millions of youth get ready to enter the work force across the continent.
Categories: France, Youth, Economic & Financial Governance, Human and Social Development
- Date: 04/10/2012
- Location: France
Le 12ème Forum économique international sur l’Afrique se tiendra au Centre de conférences de l’OCDE à Paris en France, le jeudi 4 octobre 2012. Sur le thème « Gestion des ressources humaines et naturelles : quelles politiques pour promouvoir l’emploi des jeunes en Afrique ? », ce Forum est organisé par le Centre de développement de l’OCDE en partenariat avec la Banque africaine de développement, le Programme des Nations Unies pour le développement, la Commission économique des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique et le gouvernement français.
Categories: France, Economic & Financial Governance, Youth, Human and Social Development
03/04/2012 - La BAD a participé, les 30 et 31 mars, à la Cité des sciences de Tunis, au 2e Forum franco-tunisien de la société civile. Cette action s'inscrit dans la dynamisation du rapprochement de la BAD avec la société civile, dans la perspective d’une future stratégie en la matière.
Categories: Tunisia, France, Civil Society
21/03/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable, to discuss economic and political developments in the country on 23 March. The meeting will also focus on the prospects of dealing with the country's external debt arreears. The presentation of the Zimbabwe Accelerated Arrears, Debt and Development Strategy (ZAADDS) is a useful framework to address the issue of Zimbabwe’s external debt. ZAADDS is a key element of the government’s economic reform agenda.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Japan, Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Economic & Financial Governance
16/03/2012 - The governments of Chad, the Republic of Congo and France announced on 14 March that they would pledge some €45 million to support the African Development Bank’s Rural Water and Sanitation Initiative and the African Water Facility.
Categories: France, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
14/03/2012 - The president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Donald Kaberuka, will make the opening speech at a high-level event at the Sixth World Water Forum today, 14 March 2012, in Marseilles where a distinguished panel of experts will tackle the issues of water resource management and access to water and sanitation in Africa.
Categories: France, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, African Water Facility
12/03/2012 - The African Development Bank, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Ministers Council on Water, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the French government holding a conference on 14 March to discuss solutions and financing for boosting water security in Africa, within the context of the Sixth World Water Forum in Marseilles, France, which is taking place from 12 to 17 March 2012.
Categories: France, Water Supply & Sanitation, African Water Facility, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
