News & Events
15/05/2012 - The conference was co-hosted by Anadach Group, TeleHealth Society of Kenya and the Kenyan government, and was sponsored by the World Bank Group/IFC, the African Development Bank (AfDB), ICME/Magellan, FVC/Polycom, JSI, Safaricom Business and Pfizer. It was one of the first multi-stakeholder events focusing on e-Health in Africa that took place on the continent. Their goal was to exchange ideas, discuss innovative solutions and create collaborations in e-Health.
Categories: Kenya, Health, Information & Communication Technology
03/05/2012 - AfDB Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Saturday April 28, 2012, at the Mt Kenya Safari Club in Nanyuki, Kenya, told the “UWEPO” “to play their role, taking on the challenge of transforming the immense opportunities that Africa has into real possibilities so that future generations of Africans can live dignified lives and claim their rightful place in the in the global community of nations.”
Categories: Kenya, Human and Social Development, President's Corner
23/04/2012 - Teams from Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, and Tanzania joined counterparts from around the world at the annual pilot countries meeting for the Scaling Up Renewable Energy Program in Low Income Countries (SREP) in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 7 March 2012. Held annually to provide a space for pilot countries to discuss experiences, lessons learned and best practices in developing and activating SREP investment plans, the meeting this year offered African nations the opportunity to showcase their progress in advancing initiatives in renewable energy.
Categories: Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Liberia, Mali, Climate Change, Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Energy & Power
17/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Kenya’s Geothermal Development Company (GDC) have launched the Menengai geothermal project, designed to produce electricity for 500,000 households and displace two million tons of CO2 per annum.
Categories: Kenya, Energy & Power
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
13/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has embarked on a consultation exercise across Africa on its proposed Integrated Safeguards System (ISS). It is conferring with governments and representatives of civil society and the private sector.
Categories: Kenya, South Africa, Gabon, Nigeria, Morocco, Private Sector Development, Environment
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, President's Corner
06/04/2012 - “I am fully satisfied with the African Development Bank support to Kenya” said President Kibaki. Discussions between the two leaders focused on regional integration and economic development. They also discussed economic prospects in Kenya. AfDB has played a catalytic role in Kenya and in the region, by mobilizing both sovereign and non-sovereign financing instruments to promote infrastructure development in the country.
Categories: Kenya, President's Corner
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, President's Corner
03/04/2012 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) held a workshop on decentralization and transport projects with its development partners in East Africa in Nairobi on 21 and 22 March, where it was agreed to strengthen aid coordination to improve the efficiency of transport projects in the region.
Categories: Kenya, Infrastructure, Transport, Infrastructure & Regional Integration
