News & Events
- 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
26/01/2012 - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka met today with Luciano Coutinho, President of the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). The meeting took place in Davos, Switzerland during the ongoing World Economic Forum.
Categories: Brazil, Switzerland, President's Corner
25/11/2011 - The Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund, a fund managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), will receive a 20 million US dollar contribution from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The funds are to help accelerate access to water supply and sanitation in rural Africa. This is the Swiss agency’s second contribution to the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund. It is close to six times the amount of its first contribution.
Categories: Switzerland, Water Supply & Sanitation, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative, Partnerships
20/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and global conservation group WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have come together to work closely on green economy and development issues in Africa. Both organisations signed a cooperative agreement to this effect in Geneva on 20July.
Categories: Switzerland, Environment, President's Corner
18/07/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Bank, in cooperation with the UN Statistics Division (UNSD), today launched the Transparency in Trade Initiative (TNT), a global program that will give more access to influential trade data.
Categories: Switzerland, Transport
31/01/2011 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum in Africa, is represented at the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings from 25-28 January 2011 in Davos, Switzerland. On Friday 28 January, the Bank addressed the importance of development finance in the context of increased South-South partnerships.
Categories: Switzerland, Human and Social Development, Financial Crisis
- From: 25/01/2011
- To: 29/01/2011
- Location: Davos, Switzerland
The African Development Bank (AfDB), a strategic partner of the World Economic Forum in Africa, will be in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum Annual Meetings from 25-29 January 2011, to help shape Africa’s development agenda and “shared norms for the New Reality”.
Categories: Switzerland, Financial Crisis, Human and Social Development
29/09/2010 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on 29 September 2010 in Tunis, approved a proposal for a multi-donor Governance Trust Fund. The Fund’s objective is to help the Bank’s regional member countries build capable and responsive states by strengthening transparency and accountability in the management of public resources.
Categories: Tunisia, Norway, Switzerland, Multi-Donor Governance Trust Fund, Economic & Financial Governance
- From: 29/06/2010
- To: 01/07/2010
- Location: Basel, Switzerland
The Africa Energy Forum, launched in 1999, is Africa's premier annual power and gas investment and business forum, where governments and state utilities address the international energy community on opportunities available in Africa's power and gas sectors.
Categories: Switzerland, Climate Change, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development
14/06/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will on 14 June 2010 host the fourth Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) Trust Fund Steering Committee Meeting. The meeting will review the 2009 progress of RWSSI; approve the 2010 Lending Programme/Budget; and agree on the way forward. The meeting will bring together representatives from France, Denmark, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada, and the AfDB.
Categories: Tunisia, France, Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, Rural Water Supply & Sanitation Initiative
