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Save the Date: African Development Fund replenishment meeting
18-Aug-2022 - What: African Development Fund replenishment meeting Who: Donor country representatives, African Development Bank Group senior management When: 15–17 September 2022 Where: Dakar, Senegal / online and in-person
Survey announcement: Formulation of the African Development Bank Group’s new Ten-Year Strategy
18-Aug-2022 - The African Development Bank Group has launched preparations for a new Ten-Year Strategy (TYS 2023-2032), which will supersede its current TYS (2013-2022). The next TYS is expected to provide a vision for how the Bank plans to build on its significant achievements over the last decade to accelerate Africa’s inclusive, green and resilient growth and development.
Africa Climate Week
18-Aug-2022 - What: African Development Bank at the Africa Climate Week Who: UN Climate Change and the Government of Gabon in collaboration with UN Development Programme, UN Environment Programme, the World Bank Group, the Africa Union, the Africa Development Bank, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the United Nations in Gabon. When: 29 August – 2 September 2022 Where: Libreville, Gabon and online
Jule Naharesy: A fisherman’s catch of success
17-Aug-2022 - The sea ripples with shallow turquoise waters, split as far as the eye can see by tapered pirogues loaded with fishermen. Welcome to Toliara - formerly Tulear - the coastal capital of southwest Madagascar and one of the most prominent import/export hubs in the country. Here, artisanal fishing has been practiced since the dawn of time. This is the region of the Vézos, where the people are better known as "nomads of the sea" because they used to roam the entire coastline - hemmed in by one of the world's largest coral reefs - but now they have...
New digital data collection tool, RASME, will help Uganda address project delays
17-Aug-2022 - A new digital platform will accelerate data collection in Uganda, which could greatly speed up project implementation. The recently launched Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation (RASME) tool in Uganda will improve the collection of project-related data in African Development Bank projects.
Nigerian winner of Fashionomics Africa competition says sustainable design, mentorship key to success
16-Aug-2022 - When Nigerian designer Gift Raji found out that her clothing and accessory designs had won Fashionomics Africa’s $3,000 prize for sustainable fashion, it wasn’t only the cash prize that had her excited. The founder and creative director of Lagos-based brand Lohije said she saw the win as an opportunity to bring Africa’s sustainable styles to the world.
African Development Bank’s “Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation” initiative wins National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Award
12-Aug-2022 - America’s largest organization of journalists and media professionals of color has named the African Development Bank a “Salute to Excellence” award winner for the Bank’s communication around its Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation program.
Alfredo Rompão: A farmer’s seed
12-Aug-2022 - Alfredo Rompão is not a farmer like others: along with his ten brothers and sisters, he was born and raised in the city, in São Tomé, the capital of São Tomé and Principe, an island country in Central Africa. Light years away from the lush hills where he now lives, working the fertile land to which he is deeply attached.
‘Sobering’ African Economic Outlook strikes a chord with US and UK stakeholders
10-Aug-2022 - The African Development Bank’s African Economic Outlook report 2022 (AEO) struck a chord with policymakers and other stakeholders during recent seminars in the United States and the United Kingdom. An African Development Bank Group delegation, led by Acting Chief Economist and Vice President Kevin Urama, was in Washington D.C. 20-29 July, and London 1-2 August, to discuss the AEO, a flagship publication of the Bank, with global market players.
TICAD8 Official Side Event: Accelerating Clean Energy Access with Climate Finance
10-Aug-2022 - Date: Monday, 22 August 2022 Time: 19:00-20:30 (Japan) /10:00-11:30 GMT (Côte d'Ivoire) /11:00-12:30 (Tunisia) Venue : Online (Zoom) Organizers: African Development Bank, International Finance Corporation Supporting organizations: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Languages : Japanese, English and French (simultaneous interpretation to be provided)
African Development Bank and partners discuss Africa’s potential to leverage green minerals for the energy transition
10-Aug-2022 - A recent webinar hosted by the African Development Bank brought together experts to examine how Africa can become a hub for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries to store energy and electrify the transport fleet.
Arsène Koffi: Hope after war
09-Aug-2022 - Arsène Koffi was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1990, in Sakassou, capital of the Baule kingdom in central Côte d'Ivoire. The young man spent part of his childhood and adolescence with his grandparents. "My grandmother didn't have any grandchildren with her, so she asked me to come and help her," he says. When he wasn't at school, Arsène did all the chores his grandmother asked him to do: shopping, household work, and working in the fields…
African Development Bank appoints Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General, Cabinet Office
09-Aug-2022 - The African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Alex Mubiru as Director General in the Cabinet Office of the Bank Group’s President, with effect from 16 August 2022. Dr. Mubiru, a Ugandan national, brings close to 25 years of experience to the position, with a proven track record in the various positions he has held at the African Development Bank, and elsewhere. Mubiru has been Acting Director General in the Cabinet Office of the President since December 2021 and Director of Strategy and Delivery, in the same office.
TICAD8 Official Side Event: African Development Bank to host policy dialogue on sustainable debt management
05-Aug-2022 - What: High-Level Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Debt Management in Africa Who: Senior government officials, creditors, economists and debt experts from international financial institutions and multilateral development banks, When: Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 08:00-11:30 (Abidjan), 09:00-12:30 (Tunis) 17:00-20:30 (Tokyo) Where: Virtual
Madjara Coulibaly: Finding her place in society after war
04-Aug-2022 - Forty km north of Abidjan, Azaguié is a seemingly quiet town. But here, like everywhere else in Côte d'Ivoire, no one has forgotten the civil war that tore the country apart in 2011, causing more than 3,000 deaths and thousands of displaced people. After the conflict, which tore apart communities in Côte d'Ivoire that had previously lived in harmony, community development became a key issue in the country's reconstruction.
Investing in the youth is key to Africa’s digital transformation and financial inclusion – African Development Bank East Africa Director General
02-Aug-2022 - The youth will drive Africa’s digital economy; hence the need to invest in their skills development to accelerate innovations and growth on the continent, African Development Bank Director General for East Africa Nnenna Nwabufo said. Speaking at the 9th World Financial Innovation Series in Nairobi, Kenya, on 19 July, she noted that the youth are ambitious, enterprising, and eager for change. “Africa’s young people are the most avid adopters of ICTs and digital solutions.”
When a road boosts quality of life and the economy
02-Aug-2022 - A road can change everything: the landscape it crosses, of course, but also the economic life of an entire region and the daily lives of the surrounding populations. For Hamuza Nakwala, a small trader in northern Mozambique, it was a road in the Nacala corridor that changed his life. You can recognize Hamuza from afar, by his skullcap and his beard, and by his old black bicycle.
Residents of Benin’s Ouémé Valley increase their incomes, thanks to an African Development Fund project
02-Aug-2022 - Following its launch in Benin in 2013, the Ouémé Valley Rural Infrastructure Support Project successfully improved the incomes of local populations. Rice farmers in the region now earn $361.47 a year, surpassing the target of $221.99. The project, expected to close in December 2022, received $74.83 million in co-funding from the African Development Bank Group's concessional arm, the African Development Fund. Additional financing came from the Global Environment Facility.
African Development Bank Group appoints Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade as Acting Vice President for Regional Development, Integration and Service Delivery
02-Aug-2022 - The African Development Bank has appointed Mrs. Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade, née Ndongo-Seh, as Acting Vice-President of its Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex, with effect from 1st August 2022.