Interviews
15/03/2011 - One of the landmarks in the Bank’s efforts to implement more environmentally and socially sustainable programs and projects and consequently support Africa’s transformation to a green economy is the update of its Integrated Safeguards System. The Bank will on 21-22 March 2011 host an international seminar on SESA. As a prelude to the seminar which brings together MDBs, several bilateral donors and regional participants, ERCU has approached the Compliance and Safeguards Division Manager, Anthony Nyong for more information. Read his interview.
Categories: Quality Assurance & Results, Quality Assurance & Results Dept (OPQR)
15/03/2011 - "The African Development Bank is one of the reliable friends who stands by you before you even launch an appeal for help”, said Tunisia’s Planning and International Cooperation Minister, Abdelhamid Triki, on Monday, 14 March 14, 2011. Mr. Triki was speaking after the signing ceremony of a one-million-dollar emergency humanitarian assistance grant from the AfDB in support of displaced people at the Tunisia-Libya border.
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development
15/03/2011 - «L’action de la BAD est très positive… ce don contribuera également au renforcement des efforts logistiques de nos collègues du Croissant-Rouge tunisien », a déclaré le représentant de la Croix-Rouge, Jean-Michel Monod, suite à la signature d’un don d’un million de dollars avec la BAD, ce lundi, 14 mars 2011 à Tunis.
Categories: Tunisia, Libya, United States of America, Health, Human and Social Development
09/03/2011 - « La BAD accorde à présent la priorité au développement des compétences et des capacités de haut niveau surtout dans les domaines scientifiques et technologiques, afin de permettre aux pays africains d’atteindre progressivement l’économie du savoir, d’accroître leur compétitivité, de promouvoir ainsi la croissance et de lutter contre la pauvreté, en mettant un accent particulier sur la participation des femmes. » a souligné Agnès Soucat, à l’occasion de la célébration du centenaire de la Journée internationale des femmes.
Categories: Gender
08/03/2011 - A l’instar de toutes les organisations internationales, le Groupe de la BAD va célébrer, le 8 mars 2011, à Tunis et dans ses 26 bureaux régionaux, la journée internationale de la femme. Ce 8 mars marque également le centenaire de cette commémoration. Cette journée permet de faire le point sur les progrès réalisés par les femmes dans tous les coins du monde et se concentre sur ce qui peut encore être fait afin d'apporter une plus grande égalité et justice pour tous.
Categories: Gender
04/03/2011 - To become more active and able to deal effectively with climate change, women need to be empowered and granted greater access to education, extension services and modern technologies, said Osman-Elasha Balgis in an interview on the occasion marking 100 years of International Women’s Day. She also affirmed that emphasis on women’s education, including incentives and scholarships in science is important for sustainable provision of qualified women candidates required to occupy key positions and reduce the existing gap in public and private sector jobs.
Categories: Climate Change, Gender
25/02/2011 - “ADEA is working toward making the 2011 Triennale a platform for in-depth debate – with the participation of all stakeholders in development – on the reforms needed to build effective and relevant educational and training systems, for the sustainable development of Africa.” The Triennale, to be held in November, 2011 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, is the world’s most important conference on education in Africa. Nine months before the event, ADEA’s Executive Secretary, Ahlin Byll-Cataria, sheds light on the Triennial and related issues saying, “Africa’s advantage lies in its youth and in the dynamism of its population.” Read the interview.
Categories: Burkina Faso, Education
10/02/2011 - On 31 January 2011, the Executive Council of the African Union Conference of Ministers responsible for energy issued a declaration related to the First All-Africa Energy Conference, which took place in November 2010, in Maputo, Mozambique.
Categories: Ethiopia, Energy & Power
07/02/2011 - This year, for the first time, the African Development Bank is one of the official sponsors of the Mining INDABA in Cape Town. The Bank’s visibility at this conference is being showcased by its mining team at their own stand throughout the conference period from 07 to 10 February 2011. With more than 3000 delegates participating, the Mining INDABA is Africa’s largest gathering of stakeholders in the mining industry, including governments, project sponsors and banks. We had a brief interview with.
Categories: South Africa, Private Sector Development
26/11/2010 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Fragile States Unit (OSFU) will organize on 1 December 2010 in Tunis a workshop to sensitize Bank staff on the administration of the Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (TCB) of the Fragile States Facility (FSF).
Categories: Tunisia, Fragile States Facility
