Events News and Press Releases
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.
01/07/2009 - "Multilingualism enhances our own local identity in order to better prepare ourselves to deal in a spirit of openness with the rest of the world and also prepares us to globalization," said AfDB Group President, Donald Kaberuka
- Date: 02/07/2009
- Location: Tunis, Tunisia
The Africa Competitiveness Report 2009 launched in Tunis july 2, 2009 by the African Development Bank, is jointly produced by the African development Bank, World Economic Forum and the World Bank. The report takes stock of African competitiveness and finds that financial development and free trade critical for riding out the crisis; while improvements to infrastructure, health and education and governance remain the medium-term keys to increased competitiveness.
01/07/2009 - Irish Rock Star, Bob Geldof, on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, paid a courtesy call on the Bank Group. The visit, which is the first of its kind, enabled the actor and writer to meet with senior officials of the institution within the framework of the global financial crisis.
01/07/2009 - Bank Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday June 30, 2009 in Tunis, received Zimbabwe’s economic planning and investment promotion minister, Elton Mangoma. Discussions between the two men centered on matters relating to the institution’s support to the country’s short-term recovery needs.