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Zambia: African Development Fund approves $11.1 million for public finance reforms
30-Apr-2019 - The African Development Fund on Tuesday approved $11.1 million to support Zambia’s public finance and economic management as part of efforts to restore fiscal stability and improve livelihoods in the middle-income Southern African nation. The copper producing country is pursuing reforms to stabilize its economy, particularly, to rein in a widening public debt partly due to commodity price shocks, drought and depreciation of its local currency.
UN Secretary General, African Development Bank President agree to strengthen ties and push development agenda in Africa
30-Apr-2019 - Development impact on the continent and security in the Sahel were among the top issues discussed in a recent meeting between United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina in New York. Both leaders agreed that current efforts must succeed in Africa, or risk failing globally, and emphasized the need for deeper collaboration between their institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
La Banque africaine de développement promeut l’intégration du secteur financier en Afrique du nord
29-Apr-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement, en collaboration avec le Partenariat « La Finance au service de l’Afrique » (MFW4A), organise, les 27 et 28 février à Tunis, un dialogue portant sur le développement et l’intégration du secteur financier en Afrique du nord.
African Development Bank hosts investment forum on Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones
29-Apr-2019 - Who: The African Development Bank What: Investment Forum on Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Date: Tuesday, 30 April 2019 Venue: African Development Bank, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria The African Development Bank will on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, host an investment forum on its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) initiative in Abuja, Nigeria.
Business Opportunity Seminar
29-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is organizing a Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS) on 4 – 5 April 2019, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. BOSs are one-stop fora for consultants, contractors, manufacturers, and suppliers from the Bank Group’s member countries looking to provide goods and services to Bank-financed projects in Africa. The event will help strengthen the relationship between the institution, its shareholders and the private sector.
Japan: Pre-TICAD7 Seminar - Financing for Project Implementation and Infrastructure and Energy Investment Opportunities in Africa
29-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will organize a Pre-TICAD 7 Seminar on Thursday 14 February 2019 in Tokyo, on the theme: Financing for Project Implementation, Infrastructure, and Energy Investment Opportunities in Africa.
Côte d’Ivoire: Government seeks Bank’s support for $5.8 bln tourism plan
29-Apr-2019 - Ivorian Minister of Tourism Siandou Fofana on 25 April 2019 presented a strategy document aimed at making Côte d’Ivoire Africa’s fifth biggest tourism destination from 2025 to the African Development Bank, and sought its support to implement the plan. The document entitled "Sublime Côte d’Ivoire", was presented to the Bank’s Vice-President responsible for Private sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, Pierre Guislain, at the headquarters in Abidjan.African Development Bank to host Expert Working Group on Informal Cross-Border Trade
29-Apr-2019 - WHAT: Expert Group Meeting on Informal Cross-Border Trade (ICBT). WHO: The African Development Bank, the African Union Commission, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the Africa Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK), WHEN: 16th and 17th April, 2019 WHERE: CCIA Building of the African Development Bank, AbidjanAfrican Development Bank and West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management to convene “Economic Integration and Financial Deepening” seminar.
29-Apr-2019 - The African Development Institute of the African Development Bank and the West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management (WAIFEM) will host a seminar themed “Economic Integration and Financial Deepening” in Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, from 18th to 21stMarch 2019.
Maroc : la Banque africaine de développement lance le programme Souk At-tanmia pour soutenir l’entreprenariat et le développement du secteur privé
29-Apr-2019 - QUOI : Lancement de Souk At-tanmia au Maroc OÙ : Hôtel Oasis Palm Club, Guelmim, Maroc QUAND : Lundi 22 avril 2019 à partir de 15 h 00 En partenariat avec la coopération danoise (DANIDA) et le ministère de l’Économie et des Finances du Maroc, la Banque africaine de développement procèdera, le 22 avril prochain à Guelmim, au lancement national du programme Souk At-tanmia.
Forum de l’investissement hôtelier africain : Libérer le potentiel de développement touristique en Afrique
29-Apr-2019 - Marrakech accueillera les 7 et 8 février 2019 la première édition du Forum de l’investissement hôtelier africain (FIHA). Cet évènement réunira les pays d’Afrique du Nord et d’Afrique de l’Ouest pour exposer le potentiel touristique de l’Afrique et entrevoir les perspectives de développement du secteur hôtelier notamment.
African Development Bank calls for urgent global response as second cyclone hits Southern Africa
29-Apr-2019 - The African Development Bank has called for urgent global action in the wake of a second cyclone to hit the southern Africa coastal region in six weeks. According to Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, “we must have concerted international cooperation to establish management systems and responses to combat natural disaster.” Cyclone Kenneth is also the most extreme tropical tornado to hit Mozambique in the last 60 years, according to official records.
Mali: Renewable Energy Week
29-Apr-2019 - Malian Renewable Energy Week (SemR) is organized by Mali’s Renewable Energy Agency (AER-Mali) and the Ministry of Energy and Water as part of the Renewable Energy in Mali Support Project (PAPERM), in partnership with the African Development Bank, the Climate InvAgriculture Fast Track Fund to launch 17 new projects in support of agribusiness SMEs in Ghana and seven other African countries
29-Apr-2019 - Who: The African Development Bank What: Launch of 17 new grant projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) Date: Wednesday, 17 April 2019, from 9:00 – 11:00am Venue: African Development Bank, Ghana Country Office, Ridge, Accra.African Union and African Development Bank to co-host launch of “African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) Accountability Scorecard
29-Apr-2019 - The African Union, His Majesty King Letsie III of the Kingdom of Lesotho, the African Development Bank, the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other partners, will launch the African Leaders For Nutrition (ALN) Continental Nutrition Accountability Scorecard on Monday 11 February 2019. The event, under the theme “A Call for Better Advocacy and Accountability for Nutrition Investments,” will be chaired by His Majesty King Letsie III and African Development Bank President Dr....
La Banque Africaine de développement soutient l’intégration du secteur financier en Afrique du Nord
26-Apr-2019 - La Banque africaine de développement, en collaboration avec « Making Finance Work for Africa » (MFW4A), a apporté son soutien à la stratégie de développement du secteur financier en Afrique du Nord, à l’occasion d’un dialogue organisé cette semaine à Tunis. Cette étape tunisienne, tenue mercredi et jeudi, a clos une série de quatre évènements régionaux en Afrique.
CIF@10 - Celebrating 10 Years of Climate Action
26-Apr-2019 - The year 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), one of the largest funds in the world for climate-smart investments, across more than 300 projects in 72 middle-income and developing countries.
Guinée : la Banque africaine de développement octroie 81,1 millions de dollars au titre de prêts pour les transports et l’environnement et de don d’urgence
26-Apr-2019 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de Guinée, ont signé, mardi 23 avril 2019 à Conakry, des accords de prêts et de don, pour un montant total de 81,1 millions de dollars EU. Il s’agit de deux nouvelles opérations dans les domaines des transports et de l’environnement, ainsi qu’une aide d’urgence dans le domaine de l’agriculture, qui vont renforcer le portefeuille actif de projets financés par la Banque en Guinée, pour le porter à un montant total d’engagements d’environ 562,36 millions de dollars EU.