Interviews
08/03/2013 - Women make up more than half of the African population. The African Development Bank recognizes this and supports the important role of women on the continent both in the projects and programs it finances, and the contributions of its own female staff. On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we pay tribute to a few female Bank staff members, who dedicate their time and energy to the institution and to Africa. It was impossible to do a portrait of each and every one, but here is a selection of a few women leaders, who inspire us on a daily basis.
Categories: Gender, African Water Facility, Human and Social Development
28/02/2012 - The ADB successfully organised the first regional consultation on its Civil Society Engagement Framework in Libreville, Gabon, last week. Key representatives among the 31 participants described the talks as meaningful and positive.
Categories: Gabon, Human and Social Development
15/03/2011 - "The African Development Bank is one of the reliable friends who stands by you before you even launch an appeal for help”, said Tunisia’s Planning and International Cooperation Minister, Abdelhamid Triki, on Monday, 14 March 14, 2011. Mr. Triki was speaking after the signing ceremony of a one-million-dollar emergency humanitarian assistance grant from the AfDB in support of displaced people at the Tunisia-Libya border.
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development
15/03/2011 - «L’action de la BAD est très positive… ce don contribuera également au renforcement des efforts logistiques de nos collègues du Croissant-Rouge tunisien », a déclaré le représentant de la Croix-Rouge, Jean-Michel Monod, suite à la signature d’un don d’un million de dollars avec la BAD, ce lundi, 14 mars 2011 à Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development
25/02/2011 - “ADEA is working toward making the 2011 Triennale a platform for in-depth debate – with the participation of all stakeholders in development – on the reforms needed to build effective and relevant educational and training systems, for the sustainable development of Africa.” The Triennale, to be held in November, 2011 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, is the world’s most important conference on education in Africa. Nine months before the event, ADEA’s Executive Secretary, Ahlin Byll-Cataria, sheds light on the Triennial and related issues saying, “Africa’s advantage lies in its youth and in the dynamism of its population.” Read the interview.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Education, Human and Social Development
12/11/2010 - Dans le cadre du Pilier de Renforcement des capacités, la Facilité en faveur des Etats fragiles (FEF) de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) appuie les efforts du gouvernement du Tchad en matière de santé. Elle lui a octroyé un don de 450,215.71 UC (environ 324 millions de FCFA) pour, entre autres activités, appuyer le processus d’élaboration de la politique nationale de la santé, réactualiser le plan triennal de formation continue du personnel et assurer la formation en psychopédagogie des enseignants.
Categories: Chad, Health, Fragile States Facility, Human and Social Development
22/06/2010 - “Development is all about people and African Development Bank cannot afford to rest on its oars until majority of the people are equipped with the relevant knowledge and skills for poverty reduction in Africa,” says Education Expert, Frank Boahene
Categories: Education, Poverty Reduction, Human and Social Development
02/03/2010 - Dans cette interview, M. Mohamed H’Midouche, représentant résident de la BAD au Sénégal, évalue la coopération entre la BAD et les sociétés civiles des pays de sa représentation. «La Banque devrait accorder une place plus importante à la Société civile dans son assistance aux PMR en renforçant son implication », a souligné M. H’Midouche. L’échange avec le RepRes, s’est déroulé en marge du Forum BAD-Sociétés civiles qui s’est tenue à Tunis, le 1er mars 2010.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
25/02/2010 - The Bank Group is organizing on 1 March, 2010 in Tunis a meeting with the Civil Society, the preparations of which is being coordinated by the Bank’s Head of Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Division, Sunita Pitamber.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
15/02/2010 - During his Consultation mission to Tunis, Mr. Samuel Onwona, AfDB Resident Representative in Sierra Leone Office, expressed his happiness with expected positive outcomes of the forthcoming AfDB/Civil Societies consultations in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
