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23/05/2012 - On May 10, a high level meeting chaired by President Donald Kaberuka, former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, and Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the Web Foundation elicited a lively debate among 10 Ministers of Education and Science and Technology from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda; who met with officials of Intel, Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent, HP, Adobe, and Microsoft among other leading technology companies in Africa. Other country governments represented were Benin, Burundi, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Mauritius, Nigeria and Rwanda.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis, Information & Communication Technology, Education, President's Corner
21/05/2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka capped a visit to Washington with a landmark meeting at the Group of Eight (G8) Summit on Saturday. The special session focused on agriculture policy in Africa, and in particular, a fresh initiative called the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, President's Corner
18/05/2012 - African Development Bank President Donald Kaberuka joined U.S. President Barack Obama, several African heads of state and leaders from the public and private sector in Washington on Friday for the launch of a new initiative that aims to reduce poverty and stimulate economic growth.
Categories: United States of America, Food Production, Poverty Reduction, President's Corner
16/05/2012 - The outgoing Dean of the Board of the African Development Bank Group, Hassan Khedr, received commendations from management and colleagues at the Boards’ regular session on Wednesday in Tunis.
Categories: President's Corner, Board of Directors
14/05/2012 - During his visit to the Central African Republic for the inauguration of the AfDB’s national field office in Bangui, President Kaberuka held two key meetings with Resident Representatives of some countries of the Central Region (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, DRC, Chad). These meetings focused on the implementation of the decentralization policy and the accompanied measures to enhance its effectiveness in the Central Africa region.
Categories: Central African Republic, President's Corner
- From: 20/11/2012
- To: 21/11/2012
- Location: Genève
After more than a decade of uninterrupted growth, Africa now stands as one of the most promising economic zones of the world, set against the background of general crisis in Europe and the United States. Success stories are happening all the time, and new entrepreneurs emerging just as frequently motivated by a desire to conquer new markets beyond their borders and the continent.
Categories: Switzerland, Private Sector Development, President's Corner
11/05/2012 - “The African economy which largely depends on the exploitation of natural resources should move on to become a transformation economy.” This was one of the key messages of President Donald Kaberuka on the first day of the World Economic Forum on Africa taking place in Addis Ababa, from 9 to 11 May 2012.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis, President's Corner
10/05/2012 - Today at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, high-level representatives from the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, the African Development Bank, Microsoft, Nokia, infoDev, DEMO, and the World Economic Forum launched a new partnership to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa.
Categories: Ethiopia, Financial Crisis, President's Corner
09/05/2012 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a ouvert un Bureau national à Bangui, le 8 mai 2012. A cette occasion, le ministre d'Etat au Plan et à l’économie, gouverneur de la BAD, le président de la Banque et le ministre des Affaires Etrangères ont successivement fait des déclarations allant toutes dans le sens du renforcement de la coopération entre la BAD et la RCA.
Categories: Central African Republic, President's Corner
09/05/2012 - Le président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Donald Kaberuka, a été élevé au grade de Commandeur dans l’ordre du mérite centrafricain, par le chef de l’Etat centrafricain, François Bozizé. La cérémonie de décoration a eu lieu au palais présidentiel de la Renaissance, le mardi 8 mai, en présence des membres du gouvernement, du président de l’Assemblée nationale et de son cabinet ainsi que d’une importante délégation de la BAD.
Categories: Central African Republic, President's Corner
