News & Events
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 and Social Development, Infrastructure, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- From: 11/03/2013
- To: 12/03/2013
- Location: Hammamet, Tunisia
The 2015 deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals has led to a flurry of activities on what the post-2015 development agenda should look like. Should the MDGs be retained in their current configuration with an extended deadline, reformulated, or replaced by an alternative framework? Underlying all these is the question of which option is likely to have the greatest impact on poverty eradication in Africa.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development, Infrastructure, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries in their efforts to improve data quality and dissemination for better policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation. The program was launched in November 2012 as part of the Bank’s broader statistical capacity building program in Africa.
Categories: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
29/01/2013 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) et l’Organisation patronale de la presse africaine (AMI) sont convenues de renforcer leur coopération en vue de promouvoir une véritable communication au service du développement sur le continent. C’était à Nairobi, au Kenya, le 23 janvier dernier, en marge de la réunion de coordination des donateurs et partenaires d’AMI.
Categories: Kenya, Information & Communication Technology
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
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
17/12/2012 - Last month’s conclusion of the Appstar Challenge demonstrated that Kenyan youth are the driving force of the country’s revolution in innovation and entrepreneurship. The African Development Bank (AfDB), recognizing the imperative to capitalize on Africa’s talented youth is investing in education and skills development, particularly in science and technology in Kenya.
Categories: Kenya, Youth, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology
06/12/2012 - The Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday approved the institution’s Information Technology Strategy 2013-2015 and the Bank Group’s Participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Transition Fund.
Categories: Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Information & Communication Technology, Economic & Financial Governance, Transport, Infrastructure
24/10/2012 - A supplementary Technical Cooperation Agreement of the Korea Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Trust Fund was signed on October 16, 2012, between Jaewan Bahk, Minister of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea, and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, during the KOAFEC Ministerial Conference in Seoul, Korea.
Categories: Korea, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development, Economic & Financial Governance
