News & Events
12/03/2013 - The African Development Bank is financing a ground-breaking initiative in Tunisia – Souk At-tanmia – with the goal to foster youth employment, particularly in disadvantaged regions that are struggling with high levels of unemployment in the aftermath of the revolution.
Categories: Tunisia, Gender, Human and Social Development, Youth
AfDB Calls on Regional Member Countries and Donors to Support African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
07/03/2013 - The African Development Bank Group invites Regional Member Countries and donors to support the Africa fertilizer financing mechanism (AFFM) financially to enable the mechanism to be legally operational as well as support its investment activities,” the Bank’s Sector Operations Vice-President Aly Abou-Sabaa told ministers and experts, on March 6,in Tunis at the 2nd Governing Council Meeting of the AFFM. The meeting was chaired by the African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture and Chairperson of the AFFM Governing Council, Rhoda Peace Tumusiime.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism
- From: 06/03/2013
- To: 07/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting the fourth meeting of the Board of Program Directors of the Climate for Development in Africa Initiative (Clim-Dev) on March 6 and 7 in Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Climate Change, Environment, Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Initiative
- From: 11/03/2013
- To: 12/03/2013
- Location: Hammamet, Tunisia
The 2015 deadline for the current Millennium Development Goals has led to a flurry of activities on what the post-2015 development agenda should look like. Should the MDGs be retained in their current configuration with an extended deadline, reformulated, or replaced by an alternative framework? Underlying all these is the question of which option is likely to have the greatest impact on poverty eradication in Africa.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development, Infrastructure, Education, Information & Communication Technology, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
- Date: 04/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
“Promoting Economic Reforms in Developing Countries: Rethinking Budgetary Aid?” is the first paper to be discussed by the African Development Bank’s Office of the Vice-President (ORVP) and Chief Economist Complex (ECON) on March 4, 2013 in Tunis as part of the joint ORVP/ECON Bi-Monthly Country Economic/Thematic Review Meetings. Monday’s meeting marks the first of the 2013 series.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 06/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank Group will, on March 6, 2013 in Tunis, host the 2nd governing council meeting of the Africa fertilizer financing mechanism (AFFM). AFFM aims to create a catalytic environment for the investments needed in Africa to enhance fertilizer production and consumption at affordable prices. It focuses on two types of activities, namely facilitation and encouraging the private sector to invest in fertilizer ventures aimed at expanding national and regional production capacity.
Categories: Tunisia, African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism, Private Sector Development
- Date: 13/03/2013
- Location: IHEC Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
“Social Business has enormous potential to solve social problems in a financially sustainable way, both in Tunisia and across Africa.” – Prof. Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Chairman of Yunus Social Business.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
19/02/2013 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Wednesday, February 13, in Tunis approved a 22-million euro loan to Tunisia to finance the Gafsa North Integrated Agricultural Development Project, which aims to reduce poverty in the area.
Categories: Tunisia, Agriculture & Agro-industries, Human and Social Development, Poverty Reduction
19/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched an ambitious program to significantly improve data management and dissemination in Africa. The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate wider public access to official statistics and to support countries in their efforts to improve data quality and dissemination for better policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation. The program was launched in November 2012 as part of the Bank’s broader statistical capacity building program in Africa.
Categories: Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Tunisia, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Infrastructure, Information & Communication Technology, Human and Social Development
18/02/2013 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting the forum of Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results (CLEAR) February 16-20 in Tunis under the leadership of the Bank’s Operations Evaluation (OPEV) Director, Rakesh Nangia. Ideas, solutions and best practices will be presented and discussed extensively during the five-day forum.
Categories: Tunisia
