Interviews
08/02/2012 - “Enormous resource requirements are needed by Sub-Saharan Africa’s agriculture sector… The African Development Bank needs to continue to closely partner with others to effectively and sustainably build capacities within Horn of Africa countries,” - Kanu.
Categories: Tunisia, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production
27/10/2011 - «En tant que chercheur et spécialiste des questions environnementales, je compte contribuer à une large diffusion des acquis de cette conférence auprès des autres chercheurs», a déclaré Ibouraïma Yabi, en marge de la Conférence économique africaine, à Addis-Abeba, du 25 au 28 octobre 2011.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate Change, Environment
10/02/2011 - On 31 January 2011, the Executive Council of the African Union Conference of Ministers responsible for energy issued a declaration related to the First All-Africa Energy Conference, which took place in November 2010, in Maputo, Mozambique.
Categories: Ethiopia, Energy & Power
07/10/2010 - You are certainly referring to the African Development Forum (ADF VII) which will be held in Addis Ababa from October 10 to 15, 2010. That very important conference will be the seventh in the series of biannual Forum jointly initiated since 1999 by the Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union Commission (AUC) to address the challenges of development in Africa and to establish a consensual African-driven development agenda on the continent. It is Africa’s premier multi-stakeholder platform for dialogue to build consensus and mobilize partnerships for Africa’s development.
Categories: Ethiopia, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative, Climate Change, Environment
18/06/2010 - The operating rules and procedures of the IRM encourage transparency. All our reports, including decisions made by the President or the Boards are published and posted on the Bank’s website (www.afdb.org/irm). When the IRM is mandated to monitor the implementation of findings and recommendations of compliance reviews and management’s action plans, the IRM monitoring reports are also posted on the website.
13/11/2009 - « Le continent devrait penser sérieusement à des politiques de mobilisation de l’épargne domestique, et mettre en place des institutions spécialisées. Bien évidemment, les échanges d'expérience dans ce forum ne sont pas destinés à régler tous les problèmes de nos pays. Ces échanges nous servent de boussole », a précisé M. Thomas Kigabo Rusuhuzma, Banque nationale du Rwanda.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis
13/11/2009 - In this interview he granted to us shortly after a presentation on agriculture, during AEC in Addis Ababa, AfDB’s Principal Evaluation Officer, Detlev Puetz, suggests new ways for managing the crisis and supporting a post-crisis renaissance in Africa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis
13/11/2009 - “The continent needs untied aid. Conditions should not be attached to aid. Don’t give me a horse while I need a truck!” Compassion International East Africa Area Director, Ephraim Gensi, said on the sidelines of African Economic Conference.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis
12/11/2009 - In this interview, the African Economic Research Consortium Executive Director, William Lyakurwa, explains why AEC is a must. He focuses on major issues, including innovations in the current conference. He also outlines his expectations of the AEC, NEPAD and AERC. Understanding of Dr. Lyakurwa calls for careful reading of his answer.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis
12/11/2009 - “Apart from developing research, internally the outcome of the AEC is feeding into operations project… and hence contributing in achieving AfDB’s key mandate and vision… I expect the conference to come out with concrete strategies for renewing and sustaining Africa’s long-term growth and development momentum,” Professor John C. Anyanwu, AfDB Lead Research Economist, explained .
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis
