News & Events
- From: 27/10/2011
- To: 28/10/2011
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The annual partnership meeting on agriculture and food security in Africa between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) took place in Tunis on 27-28 October 2011.
Categories: Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, Sector Operations
- From: 04/04/2011
- To: 07/04/2011
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
A tripartite conference on domestic resource mobilization took place this week in Cape Town, South Africa, where participants are sharing experiences in taxation and the role it plays in the economic growth and development of Korea.
Categories: Sector Operations
31/03/2011 - The Oversight Committee of the Governance Trust Fund met for the first time this week. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Mr. Kamal El Kheshen, Vice President for Sector Operations, and took place at the AfDB’s Temporary Relocation Agency in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, Mauritania, Malawi, Sudan, Ethiopia, Sector Operations, Board of Directors
- From: 02/03/2011
- To: 03/03/2011
- Location: Paris
The African Development Bank is participating in the 5th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in Paris from 2 – 3 March 2011. Leaders from governments, companies and civil society organizations will share views on how EITI has created a platform for dialogue, built trust, improved governance and enhanced the business environment in EITI countries. Together hundreds of EITI stakeholders will address future challenges and EITI’s future prospects.
Categories: France, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Sector Operations
- From: 13/01/2011
- To: 14/01/2011
- Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
La première réunion régionale d’experts anti-corruption de l’Initiative Banque africaine de développement (BAD)/Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) en faveur de la lutte contre la corruption et de l’intégrité dans les affaires en Afrique, se tiendra les 13-14 janvier 2011, à Lilongwe, au Malawi.
Categories: Malawi, Sector Operations
21/12/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), on Tuesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, signed a USD 1 billion dollar partnership Memorandum of Understanding for joint project funding in their Common Member Countries.
Categories: Sector Operations
15/11/2010 - La seconde Réunion de Conseil du Forum sur l’Administration Fiscale Africaine (ATAF) s’est ouverte ce lundi 15 novembre 2010 à Tunis. Co-organisée par la BAD, cette réunion a été ouverte par le président du Groupe de la BAD, Donald Kaberuka, en présence du VP OSVP Kamal El-Kheshen, du directeur OSGE, Gabriel Negatu et du président d’ATAF, Oupa Magashula.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, Sector Operations
- From: 15/11/2010
- To: 16/11/2010
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The 2nd Council meeting of the African Tax Administrators Forum (ATAF) opened on Monday, 15 November 2010 in Tunis. Jontly organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and ATAF, the meeting is in line with the AfDB's effort to help in strengthening domestic resources mobilization, fiscal self reliance and capacity development in Africa as well as to reinforce the Bank’s strategic partnership with ATAF. Dozens of participants will attend the meeting.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, Sector Operations
04/11/2010 - The Global Agriculture and Food Security Fund (GAFSP) Steering Committee approved on, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 in Washington D.C., a USD 97-million grant allocations to three countries. The selected countries are: Ethiopia (USD 51.5 million), Niger (USD 33 million) and Mongolia (USD 12.5 million). For Niger, the implementation will be done by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and for Ethiopia, by the AfDB and World Bank.
Categories: Ethiopia, Niger, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Food Production, Sector Operations
- From: 13/10/2010
- To: 15/10/2010
- Location: Des Moines, Iowa, USA
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is participating in the World Food Prize-2010 Borlaug Dialogue taking place from 13-15 October 2010, in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.
Categories: United States of America, Food Production, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Sector Operations
