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Workshop on Local Content in the Extractives Sector: Insights for New Producing Countries
05-Sep-2016 - An abundance of resources creates several opportunities and challenges on the continent. When well managed, natural resources wealth, including extractives, can accelerate Africa’s economic transformation and create jobs and opportunity for present and future generations. The challenge is finding ways to capitalize on extractive industries projects. Local content policies potentially offer countries and communities an effective pathway.
La stratégie de la Banque pour l’emploi des jeunes au cœur de la préparation de la journée nationale du partenariat Etat/secteur privé de la Côte d’Ivoire
05-Sep-2016 - La Banque africaine de développement appuie le Gouvernement de la Côte d’Ivoire pour l’organisation de la deuxième édition de la Journée Nationale du Partenariat (JNP) Etat/Secteur Privé, prévue pour se tenir le 29 septembre 2016 sous le Haut Patronage de Daniel Kablan Duncan, Premier Ministre, Ministre de l’Economie, des Finances et du Budget de Côte d’Ivoire.The African Development Bank engages with African civil society at Dakar meeting
05-Sep-2016 - Three of the five priorities set by the African Development Bank (AfDB) as part of its Ten Year Strategy were at the centre of discussions between representatives of the institution and members of West African civil society.AfDB to host seminar on “Reshaping African food systems”
05-Sep-2016 - The Agriculture and Agro-industries Department of the African Development Bank (OSAN) will host a seminar on “Reshaping African food systems: The role of technological and policy innovations”. Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will deliver a presentation on the topic during the event scheduled to take place on September 5, 2016 at the AfDB’s headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
AfDB shares its long-term agenda for continental agriculture and agribusiness development at African Green Revolution Forum
05-Sep-2016 - The African Development Bank’s discusses its bold agenda to transform Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness for long-term wealth creation and prosperity this week as it participates in this year’s African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), taking place in Nairobi Kenya.
The African Development Bank Group appoints Abdoulkader Dileita Mohamed as Executive Secretary – Head of the Administrative Tribunal
02-Sep-2016 - The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Abdoulkader Dileita Mohamed as the Executive Secretary, Head of the Administrative Tribunal, with effect from 1st September 2016. Abdoulkader Dileita, a national of the Republic of Djibouti, is currently serving as the Secretary to the Bank's Staff Appeals Committee, a position he has held since 2009. Prior to which he served as a long-term consultant in the Bank's Legal Department from 2006 to 2008.Vers un plan d’action commun entre la BAD et les organisations de la société civile africaine à Dakar
02-Sep-2016 - Les consultations régionales que la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) a démarré à Dakar vont déboucher sur un plan d’engagement et un plan d’action communs entre la Banque et les organisations de la société civile africaine, a indiqué le vendredi 2 septembre dans la capitale sénégalaise, Zeneb Touré, chargée principale de l’Engagement de la société civile, au sein de l’institution financière africaine.
AfDB facilitates digital financial inclusion of small-scale farmers in Togo
02-Sep-2016 - After its success in Liberia, the African Development Bank is supporting another digital payment project in line with its agriculture transformation agenda. “AGRIPME” (Agri Porte Monnaie Electronique) is a joint project of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Digital Economy in Togo aiming to provide subsidies to farmers through electronic wallets provided by mobile network operators MOOV and TOGOCEL.
Empowering Women in Agriculture and the AfDB join efforts to launch common initiatives under Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA)
02-Sep-2016 - The Office of the Special the African Development Bank (AfDB's) Envoy on Gender (SEOG) in collaboration with the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department (OSAN) and under the leadership of the AfDB Senior Vice President, Frannie Leautier, is convening a EWA-AFAWA Technical Session on 2-3 September to forge and reinforce partnership between the EWA and AFAWA Initiatives in order to coordinate action on the economic empowerment of women in the agriculture value chain Africa through specifically identifying a Road Map for joint initiatives and...The Abidjan-Lagos Corridor: a PIDA flagship programme and catalyst for economic growth in West Africa
02-Sep-2016 - What is the current status of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor?African Ambassadors meet in Morocco ahead of COP22
02-Sep-2016 - The African Development Bank and the UN Economic Commission for Africa held an information session on Wednesday, August 31, 2016 in Rabat, in partnership with the COP22 Steering Committee, for African Ambassadors based in Morocco, in preparation for the upcoming Climate Change Conference. The meeting aimed to present the stakes for Africa at COP22, to prepare countries’ participation and to support existing efforts to coordinate the African participation at the UN climate talks.
En visite à Madagascar, le Président de la BAD réaffirme le soutien de son institution au développement du pays
01-Sep-2016 - Premier Président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à effectuer une visite officielle à Madagascar, Akinwumi Adesina y a également effectué un séjour record, multipliant les rencontres avec les autorités gouvernementales, les bailleurs de fonds et les représentants du secteur privé ainsi que les visites de terrain.
Lancement officiel du forum « La finance s’engage »
01-Sep-2016 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD), en collaboration avec la Commission Financement du Secteur Privé et du Fonds de Garantie (CFSP), de la Confédération Générale des Entreprises de Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI Patronat Ivoirien), et le Cabinet ESPartners ont procédé à la cérémonie de lancement officiel du Forum « La finance s’engage ». Cette cérémonie de lancement vient en prélude à la tenue du Forum stratégique de haut niveau qui se tiendra le 24 novembre 2016 dans les locaux de la BAD.
AfDB President Adesina’s first year in office and a remarkable transformation agenda
01-Sep-2016 - During his investiture as the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group on 1st September 2015, Akinwumi Adesina pledged “to help build a new Africa with prosperous, sustainable and inclusive growth; one that is peaceful, secure and united, regionally integrated and globally competitive.” The ultimate goal: to remake Africa in a decade.
African Development Bank launches regional consultation workshops with civil society in Dakar
01-Sep-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) began the first of a series of five regional consultations with African civil society on August 31, 2016 in Dakar. Sixty people, members of West African civil society and AfDB representatives, took part in this three-day meeting. “Regional consultations with civil society are aimed at strengthening mechanisms to assist the Bank in its development programme,” stated the AfDB’s Acting Resident Representative to Senegal.AfDB workshop on PPPs to enhance skills in infrastructure and social services financing
01-Sep-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has organised a regional training workshop on Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects in the education and healthcare sectors, taking place from August 31 to September 3, 2016 in Tunis. The objective of the event is to promote capacity building for key interlocutors in North Africa to strengthen their skills in financing projects on infrastructure and social services. The workshop also seeks to encourage private sector participation in the region’s economy.
« Madagascar doit passer de grenier de la pauvreté à grenier de la prospérité », a exhorté le président de la BAD
30-Aug-2016 - Arrivé à Antananarivo aux premières heures de la matinée, le président du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), Akinwumi Adesina, a démarré, au pas de course, une visite officielle de trois jours, à Madagascar.Guinea becomes first African nation to contribute to the ALSF
30-Aug-2016 - The Republic of Guinea has become the first African nation to make a voluntary financial contribution to the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF). Commenting on the contribution, the ALSF Director, Stephen Karangizi, thanked the Government of Guinea for its support. “This contribution is timely and will go towards our efforts to assist African countries to negotiate complex commercial transactions, creditor litigation and other related sovereign transactions”, he said.