17-JUL-08AfDB and Burkina Faso Sign FCFA 30.6 Billion Budget Support Agreements The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Burkina Faso government have signed a combined loan and grant agreement of 45 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 73.5 million (FCFA 30.6 billion) to finance Burkina Faso’s Fourth Poverty Reduction Strategy Support Programme (PRSSP IV).
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08-NOV-07Leveraging Technical and Vocational Skills for Economic Growth in Africa-Ouagadougou hosts TVET Training Workshop 28-30 November 2007 How to leverage middle-level technical education and vocational training systems in Africa to foster economic growth on the continent within the context of a rapidly evolving global economy is the core of a training workshop scheduled to take place from 28-30 November in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, under the aegis of the AfDB Group, the international organisation of French-speaking countries and governments (OIF) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
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02-NOV-07The Role of Technical and Vocational Training The African Development Bank is organizing a regional workshop on “The Role of Technical and Vocational Training,” in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 28-30 November 2007.
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24-JUL-07Burkina Faso: US$ 45 million for water and sanitation The Boards of Directors of the ADF and the African Development Bank approved a total US$ 45 million to finance the rural drinking water and sanitation project.
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11-JUL-07AfDB Shares Perspectives on ICT4Development at Best Practices Forum The African Development Bank (AfDB) recently joined other major development-oriented institutions in considering ICT as the most compelling challenge facing African countries in developing e-governance.
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12-JUN-07ICT Best Practices Forum West Africa The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Thursday in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, reaffirmed its commitment to integrate ICT in development projects, promote the financing of ICT projects at country level and regional levels and stimulate investment by encouraging private sector participation in infrastructure development and ICTs.
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18-AUG-06Burkina Faso - AfDB Group Supports Development The AfDB Group and the Government of Burkina Faso signed a loan and a grant agreement amounting to US$ 19.48 million to finance rural development and the National Avian Influenza control Program in Burkina Faso.
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21-JUL-06Burkina Faso - Gets US$ 18.5 Million ADF Loan for Rural Development Efforts deployed by the Government of Burkina Faso to develop rural parts of the country received support from the AfDB Group today with the approval of a loan of US$ 18.49 million to finance the rural development project.
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19-MAY-06Gestion du bétail ruminant en Afrique de l’Ouest29,96 millions de dollars EU pour la Gambie, la Guinée, le Mali, le Sénégal Le FAD et les Gouvernements de Gambie, Guinée, Mali et Sénégal ont signé un prêt de 14.36 millions de dollars EU et un don de 15,6 million de dollars EU pour financer un projet de gestion durable du bétail ruminant endémique en Afrique de l’Ouest.
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18-MAY-06SADC: ADB GROUP SUPPORTS SHARED WATERCOURSES PROJECT The ADF and SADC signed a grant agreement of US$ 13.80 millions to finance the SADC Shared Watercourses Support Project for Ruvuma, Buzi and Save River Basin.
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18-MAY-06Congo: ADB Group Supports Socio-economic Reintegration of Disadvantaged Groups The ADB Group and the Government of Congo today in Ouagadagou signed a grant agreement of US$ 21.7 million to finance the socio-economic reintegration of disadvantage groups in Congo.
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18-MAY-06Private sector operations in Nigeria: ADB grants a line of credit of US $ 40 million to the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) in Nigeria Mr. Mandla Gantsho, Vice President in charge of Private Sector Operations of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Mr. Tayo Aderinokun, CEO & Managing Director of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) Plc of Nigeria, signed today a loan agreement of US $ 40 million line of credit (LOC) to support infrastructure and corporate development in Nigeria.
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17-MAY-06African Development Bank Group’s Annual Meetings Open The 2006 Annual Meetings of the AfDB Group opened in Ouagadougou on Wednesday, in the presence of five African heads of state and government.
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17-MAY-06Agreement for the establishment of an African Development Bank Regional Office in Cameroon An agreement was signed on 16 May 2006 in Ouagadougou between Mr. Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank Group, and Mr. Abah Abah Polycarpe, Cameroon’s Minister of Finance. The Agreement provides for the establishment of an African Development Bank Regional Office in Cameroon.
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17-MAY-06Cameroon : ADB Group Supports the Yaoundé Sanitation Project The ADF and the Government of Cameroon signed in Ouagadagou a grant agreement of US$ 37.66 million to finance the Yaoundé Sanitation Project in Cameroon.
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16-MAY-06Annual Meetings Ministerial Roundtable-Africa in Dire Need of Infrastructure for Integration and Growth African Ministers, heads of multilateral financial institutions, donor agencies and representatives of civil society took a hard look at the state of African economies on Tuesday and found that it would be difficult for the continent to achieve meaningful development without a fully developed and integrated regional infrastructure.
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15-MAY-06“Africa is clearly turning the corner” says AfDB President Donald Kaberuka Speaking to journalists in Ouagadougou ahead of the 2006 Annual Meetings of the Bank Group, Mr. Kaberuka pointed to some encouraging indicators in Africa.
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15-MAY-06Africa Beyond the Doha Round of Trade Negotiations, 15 May 2006, Ouagadougou The seminar focused on the current state of play of the Doha round of trade negotiations and the challenges these may pose for African countries in the post-Doha era.
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19-APR-06Burkina Faso Hosts 2006 ADB Group Annual Meetings About 1,300 participants will participate in the ADB Annual Meetings to be held on 17 and 18 May 2006 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
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14-DEC-05ADF Supports Burkina Faso’s Priority Action Programme The ADF approved the Third Poverty Reduction Strategy Support Programme favor of Burkina in the tune of US$ 43 million (CFA 23.8 billion).
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