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Africa crafts message of sustainability for international climate negotiations
18-Apr-2018 - Action on climate change and sustainable development together is the way forward for Africa. That is the top-line message that regional, public and private sector delegates will carry to international climate negotiations after a week of deliberations in the Kenyan capital.
African Development Bank, African Institute of Mathematics and Science to transform industry-led research in Africa
18-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank and the African Institute of Mathematics and Sciences (AIMS) have initiated a landmark relationship aimed at building an industry-led research institution in the league of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Successful completion of Third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing in Abidjan
18-Apr-2018 - The third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing (WAFCCEF-3) was held on Thursday, April 12 in the Babacar Ndiaye Auditorium at the African Development Bank in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Representatives of international organisations, private developers and energy experts, and many academics and students attended.African Natural Resources Centre to host West Africa gas competence seminar
17-Apr-2018 - The African Natural Resources Centre of the African Development Bank will host a high-level West Africa gas competence seminar in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on April 17-18, 2018. The seminar will highlight the transformative potential of natural gas for established and new gas producers in West Africa. Participants will discuss strategies to unlock the natural gas potential for domestic and regional markets. They will gain a better understanding of current downstream developments, conducive policy frameworks and market dynamics.The African Development Bank supports Nigeria’s healthcare sector
16-Apr-2018 - Lagos State, Nigeria’s largest healthcare market, lacks an adequate supply of quality secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities with only about 700 to 1,000 quality beds for a population of over 21 million people.
African Development Bank releases first-ever highlights of 2018 African Economic Outlook in Arabic, Hausa and Kiswahili
16-Apr-2018 - For the first time ever, the African Development Bank has released summaries of the African Economic Outlook(AEO), its main flagship report, in three African languages: Arabic, Hausa andIntégrité dans les projets de développement : La Banque africaine de développement exclut M. Robert Akika NGONG
15-Apr-2018 - Le Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement a annoncé ce 15 mai 2018 avoir exclu M. Robert Akika NGONG pour une période minimum de 36 mois. Une enquête menée par le Bureau de l’intégrité et de la lutte contre la corruption de la Banque a révélé que M. NGONG s’est livré à une pratique frauduleuse dans le cadre de son recrutement comme consultant par le Département des statistiques de l’institution : M.
Workshop on new business opportunities in West Africa’s evolving energy sector
13-Apr-2018 - On April 13, 2018, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) is organising a regional workshop to present the findings from the Pre-feasibility Study on Business Opportunities for Women in a Changing Energy Value Chain in West Africa. The workshop will take place at the African Development Bank Group headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Three leading development finance institutions sign loan agreement to support capital markets and high impact sectors in Africa
13-Apr-2018 - Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and ALCB Fund Board Members have signed a loan agreement to support high impact sectors in Africa focusing on housing, agriculture and SMEs.
Banque africaine de développement : les acteurs africains du financement du développement en réunion
13-Apr-2018 - Pierre Guislain, vice-président de la Banque africaine de développement chargé du Secteur privé, de l’infrastructure et de l’industrialisation a présidé, du 7 au 9 mars à Abidjan, l’ouverture d’un atelier de réflexion et de partage d’expériences entre les acteurs du financement du développement en Afrique.
Third West African Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing
12-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the third West Africa Forum for Climate and Clean Energy Financing (WAFCCEF-3) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on April 12, 2018. This Forum is organised by the Private Financing Advisory Network in partnership with the ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE).
African Development Bank and Portuguese Government plan to unlock growth opportunities in Africa’s Lusophone countries
12-Apr-2018 - To help unlock economic growth, the African Development Bank is coordinating the implementation of an integrated development strategy for Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa. In preparation for the rollout of this initiative, the Bank and the Government of Portugal have signed an agreement to provide language training to African Development Bank staff interested in learning Portuguese, as well as professional conference translation services.
African Development Bank expresses its most sincere condolences to government and families following Algerian military plane crash
12-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank Group expressed its most sincere condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the Algerian authorities following the crash of a military plane, which caused the loss of 257 lives.
African Development Bank’s Trade Finance Operation signs US $100-million soft commodity finance facility agreement with the Export Trading Group
12-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank has signed a loan agreement for a soft commodity finance facility (SCFF) with the Export Trading Group (ETC). This Facility is innovatively structured as two successive loans of US $100 million, each with a tenor of up to 2 years, thus signifying the African Development Bank’s strong commitment to the promotion of agriculture in Africa.
Uganda secures oil refinery deal, following African Legal Support Facility interventions
12-Apr-2018 - With the support of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF), the Government of Uganda has successfully signed an agreement with a consortium of American and Italian firms to finance and construct a US $4-billion refinery in the country’s Hoima district. The project will be a joint venture with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), a limited liability oil company owned by the Government of Uganda.
Invitation to the African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) and Agri-Pitch Competition: “Technologies and Innovations for Youth in Agribusiness”
12-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), together with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, is organizing the 2nd edition of African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYAF) and Agri-Pitch Competition to serve as a platform for bringing together agripreneurs from across Africa and scaling up the scope and impact of their activities.
Africa Carbon Forum (ACF)
11-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank is co-organizing, together with other members of the Nairobi Framework Partnership (NFP), the 10th African Carbon Forum (ACF) in Nairobi, Kenya, from April 11-13, 2018.
African Development Bank is key to Africa’s economic development, say Southern African Governors
10-Apr-2018 - The Southern African Governors of the African Development Bank have described the Bank as the future of Africa’s development, and called on it to lead the way to faster-paced development of the continent.
African Development Bank, stakeholders chart new course for aviation
09-Apr-2018 - The African Development Bank assembled top representatives from African airlines, aviation industry organizations, civil aviation and regulatory authorities, airplane manufacturers, financiers and development partners to discuss the future of aviation in Africa.