Interviews
22/01/2010 - “We continue to think that, it is time now for Africa to generate growth, become competitive, and take charge of its own future. Agriculture is one of the ways ordinary Africans can deliver food to their tables and money to their pocket,” says UNIDO Agri-business Development Director, Sergio Miranda-da-Cruz.
15/12/2009 - The African Development Bank-backed Bumbuna hydropower plant meant to provide electricity to Sierra Leonians and thus boost the economy was inaugurated on November 6, 2009. For Samuel Onwona, Resident Representative of the African Development Bank in Freetown, Bumbuna will bring down the cost of business in the country with a much cheaper, sustainable and reliable source of energy.
09/12/2009 - The AfDB President, Donald Kaberuka, on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, in Tunis opened the fifteenth session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) of the governing board of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) which comprises health ministers of several participating countries, representatives of donor countries, development institutions and health development partners.
07/12/2009 - The risks posed by climate change do not respect political boundaries as they are common to the entire continent. There is no single part of the continent that is spared its deleterious impacts, as basic human survival is threatened everywhere on the continent. This threat has therefore served as a rallying point for all African leaders to seek a common solution to the problem. It underlies the continent’s bid to develop a common coherent African position and to speak with one voice in on-going negotiations. It is also important to send a clear message to Africans and to the world that African leaders take the issue of climate change very seriously, that Africa wants to be a part of the solution to the global climate change crisis.
03/12/2009 - “We had fruitful discussions with President Kaberuka. Our two organizations are convinced of the need to work together for the conservation of nature and sustainable development in Africa,” says World Conservation Union Director, Julia Marton-Lefevre, following a meeting with AfDB President.
30/11/2009 - The meeting is also designed to discuss the best practices in good governance and how could those practices be best implemented in those countries that are still lagging behind. Some countries are in the right path. Botswana for example is a good example of countries that have adopted best practices of good governance in the continent. The country’s economy has been growing for some time now. Progress has been made in key sectors like, social, education and democracy,
26/11/2009 - “In order for African countries to begin shifting to clean energy and a lower carbon development path, they need to significantly scale up investments in both renewable and low-emission fossil-fuel technologies, while strengthening energy efficiency,” says AfDB Infrastructure Director, Gilbert Mbesherubusa.
13/11/2009 - « Le continent devrait penser sérieusement à des politiques de mobilisation de l’épargne domestique, et mettre en place des institutions spécialisées. Bien évidemment, les échanges d'expérience dans ce forum ne sont pas destinés à régler tous les problèmes de nos pays. Ces échanges nous servent de boussole », a précisé M. Thomas Kigabo Rusuhuzma, Banque nationale du Rwanda.
13/11/2009 - In this interview he granted to us shortly after a presentation on agriculture, during AEC in Addis Ababa, AfDB’s Principal Evaluation Officer, Detlev Puetz, suggests new ways for managing the crisis and supporting a post-crisis renaissance in Africa.
13/11/2009 - “The continent needs untied aid. Conditions should not be attached to aid. Don’t give me a horse while I need a truck!” Compassion International East Africa Area Director, Ephraim Gensi, said on the sidelines of African Economic Conference.