News & Events
03/07/2009 - The AfDB will attend the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE). Organized by UNESCO, the event will take place from 5 – 8 July 2009 in Paris and the AfDB will be represented by an education experts’ team led by Vice President, Zeinab El-Bakri.
02/07/2009 - « Cette année, nous avons axé la réflexion sur la gestion de la qualité. C’est en fournissant des prestations de qualité que nous justifions notre existence et notre légitimité», déclare le chef d’unité des services linguistiques, Valentin Ndi Mbarga, lors de l’organisation par le Groupe de la BAD, à Tunis, de la réunion annuelle internationale concernant les services linguistiques, la documentation et les publications (IAMLADP).
02/07/2009 - In line with its commitment to support integrated infrastructure development in the Regional Member Countries, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a US$ 326 million (210 million UA) loan to finance the second phase of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Addis Ababa Road Corridor Project. It involves the construction and tarring of 438 km road sections including 245 km Merille River-Marsabit-Turbi road section in Kenya and 193 km Ageremariam-Yabelo-Mega road section in Ethiopia, the construction of roadside socio-economic infrastructure, and the construction of a One-Stop-Border-Post.
02/07/2009 - Rwanda will receive US$ 24.76 million (UA* 16 million) in the form of grants to finance the second phase of the country’s second 2009-2012 Rural Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Sub-Programme (PNEAR).
01/07/2009 - My book is about how developing countries can strengthen those institutions tasked with overseeing government and holding it to account for the manner in which it manages public resources; in other words, it is about anchoring transparency and accountability in the management of public finances. It focuses on a key pillar of integrity, the external audit agencies, often called supreme audit institutions. Independent and capable audit agencies are critical tools for fighting corruption and reducing waste.