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African Development Bank to host regional final of TV competition "Voix des Jeunes"
03-Feb-2017 - The 2016 regional finale of the televised Voix des Jeunes (“Youth Voices”) competition will be held at the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) headquarters in Abidjan on Friday, February 3, 2017. This finale will bring together the winning teams from Senegal, Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire.
Adesina to Ambassadors accredited in Côte d’Ivoire: “We are stronger than ever before”
02-Feb-2017 - In a major speech delivered before the diplomatic community in Abidjan, African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi Adesina stressed that the Bank is stronger than ever before. The lending and disbursements are at record levels, while the institution has made significant efficiency gains.Bank Group Set to Fund Infrastructure Projects in Africa
02-Feb-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has mobilized US$1.6 billion to finance various infrastructure improvement projects across Africa. The projects, which are mainly concentrated in transport and energy sectors, will help provide the continent with modern, world-class infrastructure, Dr. Ini Urua, Acting Manager, NEPAD Division, said while speaking with the press in Addis Ababa at the end of the African Union summit which took place from January 29-30, 2007.AfDB Director General, East African Region, hands over keys to Bank-funded Customs office building in Juba, South Sudan
02-Feb-2017 - African Development Bank Group Director General, East African Region, Gabriel Negatu handed over the keys to the new Bank-funded Customs Building to the Government of South Sudan on January 26, 2017. The Minister of Finance Stephen Dhieu Dau received the keys to the building on behalf of the Government. The new office building was built by the Chinese New Era Company through a grant from African Development Bank under the Public Financial Management and Aid Coordination (PFAID) project.
AfDB and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion sign MoU to enhance access to financial services on the continent
02-Feb-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent on Tuesday, January 31, 2017, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The agreement aims to create a collaboration framework to promote financial inclusion in Africa.The African Water Facility supports Rwanda to maximize its water and sanitation investments
01-Feb-2017 - The African Water Facility (AWF) provided a grant of close to €2 million to the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to support the development of a 25-year national water supply and sanitation masterplans that will guide the achievement of national universal access for water supply and sanitation through the identification of effective water supply and sanitation projects. The grant will also go towards building various water stakeholders’ capacities to plan, design, finance, implement and manage water and sanitation projects and...Burundi - la BAD finance le renforcement du réseau routier, vecteur de cohésion territoriale
01-Feb-2017 - Le mercredi 1er février 2017, le Groupe de la Banque africaine de Développement (BAD) a accordé un don de 18,63 millions de dollars EU, dont 5,51 millions de dollars EU sur les ressources du Fonds d’Appui aux pays en Transition (FAT) et de 13,12 millions de dollars EU sur les Fonds FAD, à la République du Burundi, destinés à financer le pavement de la RN18, un important axe routier reliant la capitale, Bujumbura, aux régions Centres et Est du pays.AfDB approves US $69.6 million risk participation in infrastructure sector investments in Ghana, Malawi and Mozambique
01-Feb-2017 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), has approved two transport sector investment risk participations amounting to US $69.6 million under its Private Sector Credit Enhancement Facility (PSF). These two transactions are risk participations in Private Sector projects of the Bank Group and cover investment projects in Ghana, Malawi and Mozambique. The two projects will contribute significantly to regional integration and trade.
AfDB scaling up support for Africa’s development at AU Summit
30-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, attended the official opening ceremony of the 28th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, which kicked off Monday in Addis Ababa. The meeting featured the announcement of the election of President Alpha Condé of Guinea as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU) and the launch of the theme "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investments in the Youth". Condé succeeds President Idriss Deby of Chad in the role.
AfDB participates in Mo Ibrahim Governance Weekend in Marrakech
29-Jan-2017 - Programme of Event: http://mo.ibrahim.foundation/governance-weekend-2017/AfDB President and Bank delegation to strengthen alliances at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
28-Jan-2017 - The 28th African Union Summit is underway at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From January 22-31, 2017, the African Union is holding its 28th Ordinary Session under the theme “Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments for youth”. African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina will attend the Summit from January 28-31, 2017.AfDB supports Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihood Program in Eritrea
27-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank has approved a loan and a grant amounting to US $7.14 million to finance the fourth Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program in Eritrea. This Program is an expansion of the ongoing Eritrea Component of the Multinational Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Program in the Horn of Africa Project II (DRSLP-II) approved by the Bank Group in November 2014.
AfDB supports road infrastructure upgrade for economic diversification in the Comoros
26-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank Group will help the Union of Comoros Government to diversify its economy with a US $20.4-million road network rehabilitation project grant approved by the Board of Directors on Monday, January 23, 2017. The project will be implemented in four years to 2020 in the islands of Grande Comore and Anjouan, which account for 94% of the country’s total population of almost 756,000 inhabitants (2014).
Energy Week
26-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is hosting and co-organizing the Energy Week, a series of events, including high-level discussions and partnerships focusing on lighting up and powering Africa, and unlocking the continent's huge energy potential. The Energy Week runs from Monday, March 27 to Friday, March 31, 2017 in Abidjan. Events taking place during the Energy Week include a high-level workshop on energy access in West Africa, an Off-Grid Revolution expert consultation workshop and a SEforALL Africa workshop.
African Youth Agripreneurs Conference and Competition
25-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank and partners such as such IITA, AAIN, CTA, are organizing an African Youth Agripreneur Forum (AYA Forum) to serve as a platform for aggregating agripreneurs across Africa and escalating the impact of their activities.
Workshop of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) in Cameroon
25-Jan-2017 - Representatives of some Project Implementation Units (PIUs) and Civil Society organizations (CSOs) have pledged to disseminate information about the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) to the communities. They have identified and proposed to the Compliance Review and Mediation (BCRM), the lines of communication and capacity building activities that they will use in order to better engage communities and manage complaints more effectively.Vers le développement d’un Agropole pour transformer l’agriculture ivoirienne
25-Jan-2017 - La Banque africaine de développement (BAD) appuiera le Projet de Pôle agro-Industriel dans la région du Bélier en Côte d’Ivoire avec deux prêts et un don d’un montant total de 67 milliards FCFA approuvés par son Conseil d’administration le 25 janvier 2017 à Abidjan.AfDB approves US $90-million financial package to boost Commercial Bank of Africa’s funding of SMEs in Kenya and grow trade finance in Africa
25-Jan-2017 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a US $90-million financial package comprising a US $50-million Line of Credit and US $40-million Trade Finance Line of Credit to Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA), Kenya.Eminent Speaker Seminar: Optimizing Royalties on Mining – Reforming Public Finance
24-Jan-2017 - The African Development Bank’s Knowledge Management and Economic Governance Complex is hosting on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, the Eminent Speaker Series Session with Professor E. Sheshinski on the topic “Optimizing Royalties on Mining – Reforming Public Finance”.