News & Events
- From: 01/04/2012
- To: 03/04/2012
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The first Africa forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) being held in Nairobi, Kenya on April 1-3. The forum is hosted the Kenyan government and organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union (AU), United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA).
Categories: Kenya, Education, Human and Social Development, Information & Communication Technology, Youth
10/06/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Zimbabwean government have signed a US $30 million grant agreement in support of the urgent water supply and sanitation rehabilitation project (UWSSRP) in the country. The UWSSRP is financed from the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund (the Zim-Fund).
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology, Water Supply & Sanitation
10/06/2011 - La télé-banque est l’une des meilleures illustrations de l’adaptation de l’innovation technologique en Afrique. Environ un milliard de personnes dans le monde ne possèdent pas de compte bancaire mais possèdent un téléphone portable.
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology
10/06/2011 - Le séminaire de haut niveau des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, à Lisbonne au Portugal, aborde entre autres thématiques, les multiples raisons militant en faveur de la création de pôles d’innovations pour stimuler la croissance en Afrique.
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology
10/06/2011 - Des études sur le développement ont reconnu le lien étroit qui existe entre le progrès sociétal, la croissance économique et l’industrialisation. C’est ce qui ressort des travaux du Séminaire de haut niveau des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD, à Lisbonne au Portugal,
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology
10/06/2011 - Les stratégies nationales d’innovations évoluent depuis les années 80. Elles ont progressivement élargi leur emprise et leur complexité en partant des particuliers et des entrepreneurs avant de s’ouvrir au milieu dans lequel opère l’entreprise et de s’étendre enfin aux systèmes réglementaires nationaux et aux programmes publics en matière de politiques, finances et ressources humaines.
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology
10/06/2011 - Pour créer en Afrique des systèmes innovants efficaces et capables de soutenir la croissance, il est nécessaire de mettre en place des organisations et des institutions formelles et de renforcer systématiquement les compétences des éléments déjà en place qui sont sources d’innovations. C’est à ces impératifs que répondent les discussions du séminaire de haut niveau sur « L’Afrique: Plateforme d’innovation pour la croissance » des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD au Portugal, (6-10 juin).
Categories: Portugal, Information & Communication Technology
10/06/2011 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) signed on 8 June in Lisbon an equity commitment of USD 30 million in Helios Investors II, L.P. (“Helios II”), a private equity investment fund managed by Helios Investment Partners. Helios II, focused on Sub-Saharan Africa. The fund will invest growth capital in companies seeking to expand regionally and acquire large scale businesses in a variety of sectors, ranging from infrastructure (telecommunications, transport) to financial services and insurance, agro-industries and consumer products.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Transport, Information & Communication Technology, Infrastructure
06/04/2011 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) today approved the 2011-2012 Regional Integration Strategy Paper for Southern Africa. Regional integration is one of the organisation’s priorities, , as reflected in its 2008-2011 Medium-Term Strategy, its Strategic and Operational Framework for Regional Operations and the its 2009-2012 Regional Integration Strategy.
Categories: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Transport, Information & Communication Technology, Regional Integration, Energy & Power
20/12/2010 - The program has been adopted by the AfDB, the Togolese Economy and Finance Ministry, Togo’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIT) and HEC Paris. It will include each year, 5 modules of 4 days. The first module (2010-2011) was open to 40 candidates from which 25 were selected on the basis of the quality of their business plan
Categories: Togo, Information & Communication Technology
