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Niger : la Banque africaine de développement mobilise six millions de dollars supplémentaires pour une formation professionnelle de qualité
18-Nov-2020 - Le Conseil d’administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé, mardi 17 novembre 2020 à Abidjan, l’octroi d’un prêt supplémentaire de 6,35 millions de dollars américains au Niger pour l’achèvement du projet d’amélioration de l’accès à la formation professionnelle de qualité.Forum virtuel de la société civile 2020
18-Nov-2020 - QUOI ? Forum virtuel de la société civile 2020 QUI ? Division Société civile et engagement communautaire de la Banque africaine de développement QUAND ? Jeudi 26 et vendredi 27 novembre 2020
African Development Bank Evaluation Week 2020
17-Nov-2020 - What: AfDB’s Fourth forum on evaluation and development Who: Independent Development Evaluation at the African Development Bank When: Wednesday, 2 December to Friday 4 December, 09:00 – 16:00 (GMT)Investing in water and sanitation is key to achieving Sustainable Development Goal 6, Bank VP tells African finance ministers
17-Nov-2020 - Investing in the water and sanitation (WASH) sector in Africa is crucial to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal 6, which calls for universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene, the African Development Bank’s Acting Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Wambui Gichuri, told a meeting of African finance ministers.
COVID-19 is a ‘wake-up command’ to address Africa’s challenges - Tony Blair
16-Nov-2020 - The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenges and opportunities of Africa’s development landscape, former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday in a lecture organized by the African Development Institute in Abidjan. “We have the same problems but what we also have is vastly increased urgency…not so much a wake-up call but a wake-up command,” Blair said.
Afrique centrale : la CEMAC organise une table ronde à Paris pour lever 3,4 milliards d’euros en faveur de projets d’intégration régionale
16-Nov-2020 - La Communauté économique et monétaire de l'Afrique centrale (CEMAC) a ouvert, lundi 16 novembre à Paris, une table‑ronde destinée à lever 3,4 milliards d’euros pour le financement des projets intégrateurs d’infrastructures de transport et d’énergie dans ses six pays membres.
Sénégal : la restauration de l’écosystème du lac de Guiers, financée par la Banque africaine de développement, profite aux riverains
16-Nov-2020 - Après cinq ans de travaux, le Projet de restauration des fonctions écologiques et économiques du lac de Guiers, dans le nord du Sénégal, est arrivé à expiration en 2019. Il a rétabli des conditions optimales de fonctionnement du lac, tout en permettant l’aménagement de la réserve spéciale d’avifaune du Ndiaël, selon les conclusions d’un rapport de la Banque africaine de développement publié le 3 novembre dernier.“Knowledge and Innovation Exchange” launches to share information on COVID-19 responses in Africa’s schools
16-Nov-2020 - The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) and the African Union’s International Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa (CIEFFA) will hold a virtual event on 17 November for the launch of a one-stop shop to gather, synthesize and mobilize information about COVID-19 responses in the primary and secondary school systems of 41 African countries.
Moody’s Investor Service affirms African Development Bank’s AAA credit rating
14-Nov-2020 - Moody’s Investor Service has affirmed the African Development Bank’s AAA credit rating, with a stable outlook. “The credit profile of African Development Bank (AfDB) is supported by the bank’s robust capital buffers and superior risk management, which mitigate risks,” Moody’s Investor Service said in an annual credit analysis dated 27 October 2020.
Côte d’Ivoire : à Yamoussoukro, le premier pôle agro-industriel financé par la Banque africaine de développement, renforce la sécurité alimentaire des populations
13-Nov-2020 - Le Projet de pôle agro-industriel dans la région du Bélier (2PAI-Bélier), lancé en 2017 dans la capitale politique ivoirienne, Yamoussoukro, avec l’objectif d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle de plus de 460 000 personnes, est en bonne voie de réalisation.
Ghana, African Development Bank Group sign MOU for 2021 Annual Meetings
13-Nov-2020 - Ghana, the host country of the African Development Bank Group’s 2021 Annual Meetings, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the institution on Friday, marking an important milestone in preparations for the event. The 56th Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank and the 47th Annual Meeting of the African Development Fund are scheduled to take place from 24 to 28 May 2021, in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.
African Development Bank, partners, agree to strengthen commitment to gender equality
13-Nov-2020 - Under the theme "Development Banks as Actors for Change towards Gender Equality," the African Development Bank’s Director for Gender, Women and Civil Society, Vanessa Moungar, joined high-level representatives from global financial institutions, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UN Women in signing a joint declaration on gender equality to strengthen their commitment at all levels.
Join hands for a strong global recovery from COVID-19, urges African Development Bank President
13-Nov-2020 - The global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will depend on the world coming together in a collective endeavour backed by science, finance and political resolve, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina, told the Victoria Forum 2020, a virtual event addressing the long-term socio-economic impacts of COVID-19.
Africa Youth Month: Catching up with Agripreneur winners at the African Development Bank AgriPitch competition
13-Nov-2020 - The African Development Bank’s virtual African Youth Agripreneur Forum and AgriPitch Competition (AYAF/AgriPitch 2020) – currently underway – coincides with the African Union’s Africa Youth Month. Both celebrate the positive impact that youth-led innovation is having on Africa’s development.
“Finance in Common Summit”: Experts call for greater international cooperation to address the situations of fragile countries worsened by the health crisis
13-Nov-2020 - International experts on Thursday called for a concerted response and broader cooperation between public development banks and actors in the field to provide concrete responses to fragile countries whose situations have been worsened by the global Covid-19 crisis.The African Development Bank, MDBs, to sign joint statement on Road Safety
13-Nov-2020 - What: Signing ceremony of Joint Statement by MDBs Who:
Finance In Common summit rallies 450 development banks to ramp up, deepen collective efforts to address fragility beyond COVID-19
12-Nov-2020 - The first global summit of public development banks on Thursday showcased a collective resolve to accelerate efforts to achieve the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), including addressing fragility. The Finance In Common summit, which forms part of the 2020 Paris Peace Forum, has rallied together some 450 public development banks to build a new coalition to better face the COVID-19 crisis by upscaling SDGs financing.
Africa Delivers: Accelerating Development Outcomes
12-Nov-2020 - What: 2nd Africa Delivery Exchange (ADX) workshop Who: Kenya President’s Delivery Unit, African Development Bank and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change When:
Sommet Finance en commun : « La priorité post-Covid pour l’Afrique, c’est la création d’emplois, la promotion des femmes et le financement de l’infrastructure, en respectant l’environnement », déclare Adesina
12-Nov-2020 - Akinwumi A. Adesina, président de la Banque africaine de développement a pris part ce matin à la conférence de presse du Sommet « Finance en commun », organisé les 11 et 12 novembre 2020, en marge du Forum de Paris pour la paix. S’exprimant aux côtés de Rémy Rioux, directeur général de l’Agence française de développement, Adesina a défini les grandes priorités de l’Afrique à l’ère post-Covid-19 : financer l’infrastructure, créer des emplois et investir dans les femmes.