News & Events
15/02/2013 - The Chairman of the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA), Eltigani Seisi Ateem, called on the African Development Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on February 14, 2013 in Tunis. According to Ateem, the African Development Bank Group will champion the upcoming high-profile Donor Pledging Conference for Darfur in Doha in early April. He expressed the need for the Bank’s technical assistance to DRA.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
14/02/2013 - The African Development Bank paid homage to indigenous peoples in Africa by way of a forum organized on the 11 and 12 February themed « Forum on Indigenous Peoples’ Development in Africa ». For two days, experts discussed the development stakes concerning autochthonous populations. The essence of the discussions was to come forward with realistic solutions to questions concerning their birthright, the preservation of their environment and even more so their inclusion to the global development process in their respective regions.
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
- Date: 12/03/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Nobel Prize-winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus, will give a speech in the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Eminent Speakers Series on March 12, 2013 in Tunis. The topic of Prof. Yunus’ speech, the 19th in the series which began in 2005, will be “Building Social Business in Africa: the new kind of capitalism that serves society’s most pressing needs.”
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance
11/02/2013 - Le ministre sénégalais de l’Hydraulique et de l’Assainissement, Oumar Guèye, était en visite de travail le 6 février à la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à Tunis, où il a rencontré le Président, Donald Kaberuka. Kaberuka et son hôte ont évoqué les modalités de financement pour 2014 du projet sectoriel d’eau et d’assainissement au Sénégal. D’un montant de 40 millions d’Unités de compte, soit environ 46 milliards de FCFA, ce projet s’inscrit dans le cadre du Fonds de l’Initiative pour l’approvisionnement en eau et assainissement.
Categories: Senegal, Tunisia, Water Supply & Sanitation
- From: 11/02/2013
- To: 12/02/2013
- Location: Sheraton Hotel, Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank is hosting a Forum on Indigenous Peoples’ Development Issues in Africa. The event will take place on February 11-12, 2013 at the Sheraton Hotel, Tunis, Tunisia.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
- From: 04/02/2013
- To: 07/02/2013
- Location: Résidence Hôtel, Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank is hosting on 4-7 February 2013 a conference to promote the conditions for decisive support to the Priority Action Plan of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) in West Africa. This meeting will lead to the selection of four flagship projects to be supported by champion ministers.
Categories: Tunisia, Infrastructure, Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA)
- Date: 15/02/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The Independent Evaluation Department of the AfDB has launched an evaluation of the Bank’s microfinance operations: Fostering Inclusive Growth in Africa: An Evaluation of the Bank’s Microfinance Policy, Strategy, and Projects, 2000-2012. Against this backdrop, the AfDB Evaluation Community of Practice (ECoP) will be hosting a talk on Financial Access for the Poor – Why it matters & where we are in the journey The talk will focus on why financial access matters for the poor; increasingly robust impact evidence; and progress and opportunities going forward.
Categories: Tunisia
- From: 16/02/2013
- To: 20/02/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will be hosting the third CLEAR (Centers for Learning on Evaluation and Results) Global Forum in Tunis, Tunisia. The Global Forum will focus on strategy and planning; progress in M&E with stakeholders, and learning from each other.
Categories: Tunisia
21/01/2013 - The African Development Bank is hosting in Tunis a delegation from the World Bank Group in a series of meetings from Monday, January 21 to Wednesday, January 23, 2013 to discuss the joint strategy planning between the two Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs).
Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, Private Sector Development, Regional Integration, Infrastructure
- Date: 23/01/2013
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
This event is organized by the AfDB’s Human Development Department (OSHD). The book, titled “The Cash Dividend: The Rise of Cash Transfers Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa”, is authored by Marito Garcia, Lead Economist and Charity Moore, Consultant at the World Bank.
Categories: Tunisia, Human and Social Development
