News & Events
17/04/2012 - On 19 April, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is launching a competition for innovative and sustainable information and communication technology (ICT) solutions for the health sector in Africa.
Categories: Kenya, Health, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology
12/04/2012 - More than 30 African ministers of education and science attending the First African Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for Youth Employment, Human Capital Development and Inclusive Growth, unanimously pledged to put STI policies, strategies, programs and plans into action over the next five years.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development, Youth
06/04/2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and YES BANK Limited, India, held a joint Indo-African Knowledge Exchange Workshop on “Regulation of Cross-Border Mobile Payments and Regional Financial Integration” at the Hotel Trident, Mumbai on 29 and 30 March 2012.
Categories: India, Information & Communication Technology, Regional Integration
03/04/2012 - La session ministérielle du premier Forum africain sur la Science, la Technologie et l'Innovation (STI) s'est ouverte ce matin à Nairobi (Kenya), en présence du président du Kenya, Mwai Kibaki et de plusieurs ministres ou leurs représentants de près de vingt-cinq pays africains. Le président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement, Donald Kaberuka, était présent, ainsi que la directrice générale de l'UNESCO, Irina Bokova et des représentants de la Commission économique de l'Union africaine et de la Commission économique des Nations-unies pour l'Afrique (UNECA)
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
29/03/2012 - The first Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) will take place from April 1-3, 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, it will include an Experts’ Meeting (April 1-2) and a Ministerial Conference (April 3), and will highlight the need to invest in this key sector to foster human capital development, inclusive growth, and provide job opportunities for youth and women.
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
- From: 29/03/2012
- To: 30/03/2012
- Location: Mumbai, India
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and YES BANK Limited, India, will hold a joint Indo-African Knowledge Exchange Workshop on “Regulation of Cross-Border Mobile Payments and Regional Financial Integration” on 29 and 30 March, 2012 at the Hotel Trident, Mumbai.
Categories: India, Regional Integration, Information & Communication Technology
- From: 18/04/2012
- To: 19/04/2012
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The AfDB is Sponsoring a multi-stakeholder conference in Nairobi Kenya on the 18th and 19th of April 2012. Hosted by the Government of Kenya, in collaboration with Anadach Consulting Group and Tele-Health Society of Kenya, the conference will identify best practices and lessons learned from previous experiences of developing national eHealth strategies. One of the first of its kind in Africa, the event will also focus on integrating mHealth into eHealth strategy implementation.
Categories: Kenya, Health, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
23/11/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 16 November a €5 million equity investment in a private equity fund which will invest in key sectors with regional expansion potential in French-speaking West Africa.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure, Private Sector Development
19/10/2011 - Participants gathered at the Carnegie Mellon University in Rwanda to celebrate a unique tripartite partnership between the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Government of Rwanda and Carnegie Mellon University and the planned opening of a Carnegie Mellon Campus in Rwanda in January 2012.
Categories: Rwanda, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
09/09/2011 - On 7 September, the African Development Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a USD 22.5m African Development Fund loan to the Republic of Mali to finance a major digital complex in the capital, Bamako. “This project is important for my country and the first of its kind in West Africa. With the Bamako Digital Complex, before December 2011, Mali will be connected through fiber optic to six out of its seven neighbors.
Categories: Mali, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
