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Training young African journalists on climate issues
04-Nov-2018 - This week in Poland, more than 20,000 delegates from 196 countries are participating in COP24, considered to be the most important climate conference, held this year in Katowice, heart of the coal industry in the country as well as Europe's worst air quality city mostly due to its continued reliance on coal for fuel.The African Development Bank Launches Mozambique’s Lurio University Support Programme and awards 68 scholarships
02-Nov-2018 - The African Development Bank and Mozambique’s Lúrio University recently launched the UniLúrio Support to Skills Development for Agriculture and Industry Programme in Pemba, and, awarded 68 scholarships of which 39 (57%) were allocated to women. The Bank is investing UA 11.10 million (US$ 15.5 million), grant in the five-year project.COP24: The African Development Bank out in force to defend the continent's interests and vision in the fight against climate change
02-Nov-2018 - The 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland. The Bank at the forefront of Climate Change and ready to ensure the voice of 54 African countries is heard.African Development Bank collaborates with Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative
02-Nov-2018 - The African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) program has signed a financial procedures agreement with the World Bank-led Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi). “This agreement is an important milestone for the AFAWA program, and presents an opportunity to leverage substantial resources to unlock the transformational potential of women’s entrepreneurship in Africa,” said Vanessa Moungar, Director of the Bank’s Gender, Women and Civil Society Department. The agreement was signed on 15 October...
“Chancellor Merkel your name is written in gold in Africa”: African Development Bank’s Adesina to stakeholders at G20 Investment Summit, Germany
01-Nov-2018 - On an official visit to Germany, the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina commended the Presidents and Heads of State of the Compact with Africa countries for their strong commitment to reforms, adding the African Development Bank has worked very closely with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund on the policy matrices and advancing them with positive results in the compact countries.
L’ADEA lance son Plan stratégique 2018-2022 et un nouveau Pôle de qualité inter-pays sur l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche scientifique
30-Oct-2018 - Le ministre sénégalais de l’Enseignement supérieur, de la recherche et de l’innovation, qui préside par ailleurs le comité directeur de l’Association pour le développement de l’éducation en Afrique (ADEA), Mary Teuw Niane, a lancé, le 5 octobre 2018, le Plan stratégique de l’ADEA pour 2018-2022, dénommé « Notre voix commune, notre succès commun ». Le nouveau Pôle de qualité inter-pays sur l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche scientifique dirigé par le Sénégal a également été dévoilé.
Nigeria’s Emir Sanusi urges Africa to put education and the poor at the centre of development
30-Oct-2018 - One of Nigeria’s foremost traditional rulers has challenged Africans and development experts to rethink development financing to reach the poorest communities on the continent, to give them access to markets, education and healthcare. “Development needs to impact those at the bottom of the pyramid,” Emir Sanusi II, the monarch of the northern Nigerian city of Kano said in a keynote at the 21st Eminent Speakers Lecture Series of the African Development Institute.2018 African Economic Conference to offer practical solutions - African Development Bank
30-Oct-2018 - “The 2018 African Economic Conference (AEC) will feature practical solutions from regional integration experts and the private sector,” a senior African Development Bank staff has said, as preparations for the event move into top gear. The 13th conference of the EAC, will take place in Kigali, Rwanda from December 3–5, 2018, under the theme “Regional and Continental Integration for Africa’s Development.” The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will host the meeting. The EAC is the leading forum for discussing African issues of the day.
Tanzania: Alternative Learning and Skills Development Project
30-Oct-2018 - Tanzania’s alternative learning and skills development centers were constructed with African Development Fund (ADF) loan and grant totaling US$32.7 million. Designed to fill the gaps in non-formal education in Zanzibar, specifically on the islands of Unguja and Pemba, the project also financed equipment purchase and development of teachers’ manuals.African Development Bank, partners, launch E-Learning Program for African Financial Institutions in Africa
29-Oct-2018 - The Trade Finance Division of the African Development Bank and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC), have teamed up with the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to launch a Joint AfDB-ITFC Trade Finance E-Learning Program for African Financial Institutions.African Financial Markets Initiative in partnership with Central Bank of Zambia will organise a workshop on Local Currency Bond Markets and Financial Sector Development
29-Oct-2018 - The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) of the African Development Bank, in partnership with the Central Bank of Zambia (BOZ) is organising the 7th Annual Workshop on Local Currency Bond Markets and Financial Sector Development in Livingstone, Zambia on the 29th of October 2018. This Year will mark the 10th Anniversary of the initiative and the main theme will be “Enhancing Transparency in African Bond Markets”.African Development Bank rolls out programme to boost climate risk financing and insurance for African countries
29-Oct-2018 - The African Development Bank has approved the Africa Disaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, the institution’s first climate risk management programme to boost resilience and response to climate shocks in regional member countries.ADF Supports Nile Basin Power Project
27-Oct-2018 - Tunis, 27 October 2006 – The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, on Friday in Tunis, approved a grant of 2.57 million Units of Account (UA*), equivalent to US$ 3.79 million to finance a study on power transmission lines in the Rusumo Falls hydropower station.Bank strives to boost job creation and entrepreneurship in Nigeria
26-Oct-2018 - In line with its Jobs for Youth in Africa (JfYA) Strategy to boost job creation and entrepreneurship across Africa, the African Development Bank held a breakfast session at the ongoing 24th Nigerian Economic Summit themed, “Education to Employment – Mind the Gap.” The session was a joint event between the Bank, National Universities Commission (NUC), Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Siemens, GE, MasterCard Foundation, World Bank, and Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).Malawi: The African Development Bank approves US$ 15 million grant for Nkhata Bay Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project
26-Oct-2018 - The African Development Bank Group, has approved a US$15 million grant from the African Development Fund (ADF) for a water supply and sanitation project in Malawi, expected to provide jobs and boost the livelihoods of nearly 300,000 people.
African Development Bank urges power sector to capitalize on women’s capabilities
26-Oct-2018 - The African Development Bank Group, in partnership with the French Development Agency, Association of Power Utilities of Africa and African Network of Centers of Excellence (ANCEE) organized a three-day seminar on “Promoting Gender Equality in the African Power Sector” at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. The seminar brought together 50 human resource directors from 50 power utility companies, eight Directors from ANCEE and other participants from more than 25 African countries to the Bank for the talks.
East Africa’s One Stop Border Post Project
25-Oct-2018 - Key facts African Development Fund loans of US$107 million to Kenya and US$88 million to Tanzania. Support to Kenya and Tanzania development priorities and regional integration within the East African Community. Construction of 240-km road from Arusha through Namanga to Athi River, near Nairobi. Boost to commercial and tourism activities in the region, improved traffic between Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Sudan.Plus de 121 millions de dollars de dons de la Banque africaine de développement pour le transport aérien en RDC
25-Oct-2018 - La Banque africaine de développement continue d’œuvrer en faveur de l’amélioration du transport aérien en République démocratique du Congo (RDC).Agri-tech can turn African Savannah into global food basket – African Development Bank
25-Oct-2018 - The African Development Bank is championing a new regional and global effort to transform the African Savannah from a “Sleeping Giant” to the cradle of the continent’s green revolution.