News & Events
21/11/2012 - On the occasion of this first edition of the Africa CEO Forum, four top-notch private sector companies and investors were awarded today for their direct contribution to Africa’s growth and dynamism.
Categories: Switzerland, Private Sector Development
21/11/2012 - The First Africa CEO Forum, a high-level meeting for the African private sector, opened on Tuesday November 20, in Geneva in the presence of 560 delegates from 32 countries, including more than 300 leaders of major private African enterprises. Approximately 100 investors and financiers, among the most influential in Africa, as well dignitaries from Africa and the rest of the world, attended the event.
Categories: Switzerland, Private Sector Development, Youth, Human and Social Development
- From: 28/11/2012
- To: 29/11/2012
- Location: Libreville, Gabon
The African Development Bank’s Regional Department for Central Africa, ORCE, and the African Development Institute co-organize a regional seminar on promoting private sector development in the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) to take place on November 28-29 in Libreville, Gabon.
Categories: Gabon, Private Sector Development
16/11/2012 - Les 20 et 21 novembre prochain à Genève, 600 participants venus de plus de 40 pays dont plus de 300 dirigeants des grandes entreprises africaines, une centaine d’investisseurs et de financiers parmi les plus influents en Afrique, ainsi que de hautes personnalités africaines et internationales se retrouvent au AFRICA CEO FORUM.
Categories: Switzerland, Private Sector Development
09/11/2012 - The African Development Bank will once again participate and support, as it has every year since its inception, the 4th Annual Africa Public Private Partnership Conference (APPP) which takes place from November 14-16 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Categories: Nigeria, Private Sector Development, Infrastructure
07/11/2012 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is pleased to announce the 2nd call for proposals of the Microfinance Capacity Building Fund (“MCBF”). Award amounts will range from US $200,000 to US $500,000 per project, depending on the activity, and will be given to approximately 6-8 awardees.
Categories: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde, Private Sector Development, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Economic & Financial Governance
05/10/2012 - Mr. Ebrima Faal, Regional Director at the Southern Africa Resource Center (SARC) of the African Development Bank (AfDB), signed on behalf of the AfDB the agreements for a loan of ZAR 65 million from the AfDB to Trustco Finance (part of the Namibia based “Trustco” group) to support its student lending program in Namibia. The signing ceremony took place in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital. Also taking part in the ceremony were DEG and Proparco who signed the agreements for loans to Trustco Finance of ZAR 50 million each.
Categories: Namibia, Education, Private Sector Development, Human and Social Development
20/09/2012 - A high-level delegation from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) visited the African Development Bank Group on September 18 in Tunis to share industry knowledge that may help revolutionize aviation in Africa. The workshop entitled “Developing Africa’s Air Transportation” was co-chaired by Tas Anvaripour, Manager for Infrastructure Finance in the Private Sector Department of the African Development Bank.
Categories: Brazil, Transport, Private Sector Development, Infrastructure
18/09/2012 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved on 6 September 2012 a USD 7 million equity investment in the Pan African Housing Fund (PAHF), a private equity fund targeting the lower-middle and middle-middle class residential housing market in Africa. This contribution will allow PAHF to help grow the capacity of local developers to deliver housing development projects that address the severe shortage of housing and corresponding infrastructure required to keep pace with Africa’s fast-paced urbanization.
Categories: Private Sector Development, Infrastructure
14/09/2012 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a octroyé, le 10 septembre 2012 à Tunis, au Sénégal, un prêt de 4,4 millions d’unités de comptes, soit environ 4,5 milliards de Francs CFA, en financement du Projet d’appui à la promotion du secteur privé dans le pays (PAPSP). Ce montant qui sera prélevé sur les ressources du guichet du Fonds africain de développement, et contribuera au développement du secteur privé sénégalais, et en particulier à l’épanouissement des PME-PMI.
Categories: Senegal, Private Sector Development
