News & Events
25/01/2013 - A consultation and planning workshop for the African Nutritional Sciences Research Consortium hosted by Columbia University’s Global Center for Africa opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, January 24. The workshop aims to provide a forum in which views and ideas of major stakeholders will be sought to inform long-term plans and strategies in implementing the nutritional sciences consortium.
Categories: Kenya, Human and Social Development, Food Production, Health
23/01/2013 - On January 22, 2013, Government leaders, health experts and representatives from the private sector met at a high-level seminar in Oslo, Norway. The conference set out to examine key aspects of the global health agenda in the context of the Millennium Development Goals and launch a yearly progress report on Norway’s Global MDG Campaign - Accelerating Progress in Saving the Lives of Women and Children.
Categories: Norway, Human and Social Development, Health
- Date: 23/01/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
This event is organized by the AfDB’s Human Development Department (OSHD). The book, titled “The Cash Dividend: The Rise of Cash Transfers Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa”, is authored by Marito Garcia, Lead Economist and Charity Moore, Consultant at the World Bank.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
18/01/2013 - On December 7, 2012, in a speech to the graduating class of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki thanked the African Development Bank (AfDB) for its continued support to the development of Kenya’s Education Sector.
Categories: Kenya, Human and Social Development, Youth, Education, Information & Communication Technology
11/01/2013 - Organizers, sponsors, partners and beneficiaries of the Souk At-Tanmia (Market for Development) pilot initiative came together on Thursday, January 10 in the Cité des Sciences in Tunis to celebrate the 71 new Tunisian entrepreneurs who have been selected to receive angel financing, technical assistance, coaching and mentoring throughout 2013.
Categories: Tunisia, Youth, Human and Social Development
11/01/2013 - Somen Debnath, a 29-year old Indian cyclist, presented his “Around the World Bicycle Tour for HIV/AIDS Awareness Program and Seminars on Indian Culture” on Thursday, January10, 2013 to African Development Bank staff in Tunis. Cycling from Morocco and Algeria, he just arrived in Tunisia where he intends to meet with schools, NGOs as well as the Tunisian President and Government officials representing Ministries of Education, Health, Youth, and Sports.
Categories: Youth, Human and Social Development, Health
10/01/2013 - “Building a new post-revolutionary Tunisia based on the ideas of young people and the strengthening the spirit of entrepreneurship” is the theme of the announcement ceremony for the beneficiaries of Souk At-tanmia, a recent pilot initiative and partnership in favour of entrepreneurship, economic development and social cohesion and job creation in Tunisia. The ceremony was held today in the auditorium of the Cité des Sciences in Tunis, an iconic symbol that is synonymous with innovation and youth.
Categories: Tunisia, Youth, Human and Social Development
09/01/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) was showcased as the knowledge broker and the emerging learning hub for Africa at a recent international e-learning conference in Berlin.
Categories: Germany, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology
04/01/2013 - The African Development Bank and the Government of Malawi officially launched the UA 29.45 million Malawi Higher Education, Science and Technology (HEST) Project in Ntchisi, Malawi, in December. The Bank has provided an ADF loan of UA 9.05 million and a grant of UA 10 million plus an additional loan of UA 6.5 million from the Nigerian Trust Fund, while the Government of Malawi is to provide UA 2.95 million in counterpart funding.
Categories: Malawi, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
27/12/2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka said African countries have made great strides in growing their economies despite the global financial crisis during an official visit to Lusaka, Zambia, on December 19.
Categories: Zambia, Regional Integration, Financial Crisis, Health, Human and Social Development
