News & Events
09/03/2010 - The AfDB joined the international community to celebrate the International Women’s Day. As part of the event, the AfDB organized a major event in which its Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Nkosana Moyo, presided over the celebrations on behalf of the institution’s president Donald Kaberuka and distributed the President’s medals of award of excellence to recipients whose projects in the field, best carried out gender mainstreaming requirements during the past year.
09/03/2010 - The Bank hosted a lunch on the first day of the conference to present the Programme for Post-Harvest Losses Reduction in Africa 2010-2014 (PHLP). The Programme is expected to play a key role for the development of the agro-industry and agribusiness sector in Africa. The lunch was attended by over 300 senior policy makers, development partners, representatives of financial institutions and the private sector.
08/03/2010 - Gender equality is fundamental for achieving economic growth and poverty reduction in Africa. It is essential for reaching the Millennium Development Goals as well. Most African countries are signatories to international and regional commitments to gender equality promoting more equally allocated work, education, resources, and control.
05/03/2010 - As we all know, this year marks the 15th Anniversary of the UN Conference on Women held in Beijing. Therefore, the Bank has prepared a series of events which will take place throughout the year. We have put together an interesting program for Monday afternoon, March 8th where we will have two guest speakers: Mrs. Marie Delphine Ndiaye, President of the Women Lawyers Association of Senegal who will do a presentation on women’s rights and economic empowerment.
05/03/2010 - As the Bank celebrates the International Women’s Day on Monday, 8 March 2010, AfDB’s web editorial team spoke with AfDB Financial Management Department (FFMA) Director, Kodeidja Diallo, to obtain her views on current conditions and perceptions of women in Africa and what the Bank is doing to help women take their rightful places in the African society. At the end of the interview, Mrs.Diallo gave a message of hope particularly to the majority of women who are not holding leadership positions, emphasizing that any of them can equally contribute to Africa’s future as long as they “aim at excellence in all their endeavors”.
05/03/2010 - Du 1er au 5 mars 2010, le bureau de la BAD au Burkina Faso met à profit diverses formations auprès de la Société nationale burkinabè d’électricité (SONABEL), unité responsable du démarrage du projet de renforcement des infrastructures électriques et d’électrification rurale, pour s’assurer du bon déroulement administratif du projet.
05/03/2010 - la BAD a effectué le lancement du projet de renforcement des infrastructures électriques et d’électrification rurale du Burkina, en compagnie de la Direction générale de la coopération (DGCOOP), de la Société nationale burkinabè d’électricité (SONABEL), de la Direction générale d’électricité (DGE) et du Fonds de développement de l’électricité (FDE).
05/03/2010 - Une mission de l’Unité des Etats fragiles de la Banque conduite par M. Gabriel Bayémi, spécialiste en développement humain, a séjourné en janvier dernier 2010 à N’Djaména au Tchad dans le cadre de la supervision d’une Etude sur la Transhumance dans le secteur de l’élevage financée par la Facilité en faveur des Etats fragiles.
04/03/2010 - The African Union Commission, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, in line with the Resolutions of the AU Heads of State and Government, reaffirm that accelerating regional integration is essential for growth and development of Africa.
03/03/2010 - Le président de la République du Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, a procédé le mardi 23 Février 2010 à Soala (Djenné) dans la région de Mopti, au lancement du Programme de Développement de l’Irrigation dans le bassin du Bani et à Sélingué (PDI-BS).