Events Calendar

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is pleased to announce the organization of the 2nd edition of Africa Public Private Partnership (APPP) Conference, a platform for all stakeholders to promote infrastructure development, examine challenges and opportunities in Infrastructure: Energy, Transport, Telecoms & Water sectors in Africa. The conference will take place from 1-2 December 2010 at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Tunis, Tunisia.

Categories: Tunisia, Private Sector Development, Infrastructure, Energy & Power, Water Supply & Sanitation, Transport

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has reiterated its commitment to help its Regional Member Countries fight HIV/ASIDS, noting that the pandemic gravely undermines the continent’s development efforts.

Categories: Health

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was established in 1992 at the Rio Summit with the aim of addressing the issue of global warming and its consequences. The Conference of Parties (COP) is the highest decision-making authority of the UNFCCC and its sessions take place once a year to specify rules for UNFCCC implementation.

Categories: Mexico, Climate Change, Environment, Congo Basin Forest Fund, Poverty Reduction

"The New Challenges for Economic Policies in Africa”, is the theme of the forthcoming African Development Bank Group’s Eminent Speakers’ Series to be addressed by Jean-Michel Severino, the General Inspector of Finances at the French finance ministry.

Categories: Tunisia, Chief Economist's Office

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, will on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 start a two-day trip to Nigeria.

Categories: Nigeria, Country & Regional Programs & Policy, President's Corner

Financing from official development assistance and national budgets is clearly not sufficient to close the financing gap in the water and sanitation sector, the African Development Bank (AfDB) says, on the eve of the 3rd Africa Water Week, calling for more innovative sources of funding.

Categories: Ethiopia, Water Supply & Sanitation

* Korea: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 1 - 3 December 2010 in Seoul.

* South Africa: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event on November 25, 2010 in Johannesburg and November 29, 2010 in Cape Town.

* China: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 26 – 30 November 2010 in Beijing.

* Japan: We are inviting candidates to visit our career event from 22 November in Osaka and 24 – 25 November in Tokyo.

Categories: China, Japan, Korea, South Africa

The Board of Directors of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CODA), an initiative supported by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will hold its fifth regular session on November 19, 2010 in Port Louis, Mauritius.

Categories: Mauritius, Regional Integration, Climate Change, President's Corner

The African Development Bank (AfDB) strongly supports the 2010 African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) to be held from 18-19 November 2010 in Yaoundé, Cameroon on the theme, “Funding African Media in an Age of Uncertain Business Models”.

Categories: Cameroon, Information & Communication Technology

The 2nd Council meeting of the African Tax Administrators Forum (ATAF) opened on Monday, 15 November 2010 in Tunis. Jontly organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and ATAF, the meeting is in line with the AfDB's effort to help in strengthening domestic resources mobilization, fiscal self reliance and capacity development in Africa as well as to reinforce the Bank’s strategic partnership with ATAF. Dozens of participants will attend the meeting.

Categories: Tunisia, Economic & Financial Governance, Sector Operations