Events Calendar
- From: 08/03/2011
- To: 15/03/2011
- Location: South Africa
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka will undertake an official visit to South Africa from 8 to 15 March 2011. During the visit, President Kaberuka will hold high-level talks with South African Authorities on issues of common interest to the Bank and South Africa. The program of the mission includes among others, high level discussions on the pace of global recovery, emerging risks, and South Africa’s leadership role in the C-10 group of African countries and in advancing the African agenda at the G20, as well as a roundtable discussion with South African financial institutions.
Categories: South Africa, President's Corner
- Date: 08/03/2011
The African Development Bank (AfDB) celebrated the centenary of International Women's Day on 8 March 2011 in Tunis and the field offices, with the active participation of Ms. Lalla Ben Barka, Director General Assistant UNESCO, and Zohra Ben Lakhdar, physics professor at Tunis University and winner of the 2005 L'Oreal UNESCO Women in Science.
Categories: Gender
- From: 02/03/2011
- To: 03/03/2011
- Location: Paris
The African Development Bank is participating in the 5th Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Global Conference in Paris from 2 – 3 March 2011. Leaders from governments, companies and civil society organizations will share views on how EITI has created a platform for dialogue, built trust, improved governance and enhanced the business environment in EITI countries. Together hundreds of EITI stakeholders will address future challenges and EITI’s future prospects.
Categories: France, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Sector Operations
- From: 11/02/2011
- To: 12/02/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The African Legal Support Facility (ASLF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU) will jointly launch a capacity building project in international commercial law on the 11 and 12 February in Kigali, Rwanda. The importance of leveraging the rule of law to serve economic development, better governance and improved business climate on the continent will be addressed.
Categories: Rwanda, African Legal Support Facility, President's Corner
- From: 08/02/2011
- To: 09/02/2011
- Location: Kigali, Rwanda
The African Development Bank (AfDB), a founding member of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), will participate in the ACBF Summit marking its 20th anniversary, from 8-9 February 2011 in Kigali, Rwanda, on the theme, “The Future of Africa is Now! The Critical Role of Capacity Development”.
Categories: Rwanda
- From: 07/02/2011
- To: 10/02/2011
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Private Sector Department is actively participating in the 2011 Mining Indaba conference held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre in South Africa and organized by Mining Indaba LLC.
Categories: South Africa, Private Sector Development
- From: 30/01/2011
- To: 31/01/2011
- Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will participate in the 16th African Union (AU) heads of state and government summit, scheduled from 30-31 January 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the theme, “Towards greater unity and integration through shared values”.
Categories: Ethiopia, Regional Integration, Climate Change, Fragile States Facility, Infrastructure, President's Corner
- 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
- From: 13/01/2011
- To: 14/01/2011
- Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
La première réunion régionale d’experts anti-corruption de l’Initiative Banque africaine de développement (BAD)/Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE) en faveur de la lutte contre la corruption et de l’intégrité dans les affaires en Afrique, se tiendra les 13-14 janvier 2011, à Lilongwe, au Malawi.
Categories: Malawi, Sector Operations
- From: 06/12/2010
- To: 07/12/2010
- Location: Brussels, Belgium
The AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, will share the Bank’s views on aid effectiveness at a High-Level Panel on “Aid Effectiveness Objective Korea 2011 – Is the EU committed to make change happen?” During the session, speakers will discuss progress made in the realization of the Aid Effectiveness agenda set in Paris and Accra. Key issues such as the continuity of budget support to aid delivery; the effectiveness of partnership for development among donors; as well as the future of the global aid architecture post-2011 will also be discussed.
Categories: Belgium, Energy & Power, Private Sector Development, President's Corner
