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United States urges more African countries to join ‘Partnership against Illicit Finance’
27-May-2016 - More African countries should sign-up to the ‘Partnership on Illicit Finance’ (PIF), an initiative formed in July 2014 during the US-Africa leaders’ summit. That was the call made Thursday by Marisa Lago, Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development in the US Treasury, while speaking as a panelist in a session at the ongoing African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Lusaka.
African journalists join AfDB to explore the path to a green and powered Africa
27-May-2016 - In Lusaka during this week’s African Development Bank (AfDB) 2016 Annual Meetings, the Bank and the Earth Journalism Network (EJN), environmental program of the media development NGO Internews, hosted a Journalist Training Program for a selected group of African journalists.
An evening of culture imbued with Bantu community spirit
27-May-2016 - The banquet hall in the sprawling Government Complex in Lusaka was full for the evening of culture organised on Thursday, May 26 for delegates attending the African Development Bank’s Annual Meetings. The evening was hosted by the Zambian Government, represented by Alexander B. Chikwanda, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Zambia, and his guest-of-honour, Akinwumi Adesina, President of the AfDB Group.Africa, “Workshop of the World”: Manufacturing strategies to unleash a continent
27-May-2016 - Africa’s share of manufacturing in GDP is less than half of the average for all developing countries. On Thursday, May 26, a panel discussion, “Africa – Workshop of the World”, was held during the African Development Bank Group’s (AfDB) Annual Meetings in Lusaka.La Révolution solaire en marche au Sud et à l’Est de l’Afrique
27-May-2016 - Les opérateurs de l’énergie solaire (BBOX, Mobisol, African Garantee Fund etc.) ont édifié, au 4e jour des Assemblées annuelles de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD) à Lusaka, les participants au Forum : « Financement de la Révolution solaire en Afrique » sur les progrès réalisés dans les projets d’installations solaires en Afrique orientale et australe. Ceux-ci concernent notamment ceux du Rwanda, de l’Afrique du Sud, de la Tanzanie et du Kenya.AfDB plans to expand its trade finance portfolio across the continent
26-May-2016 - The African Development Bank is planning to expand its trade finance products across the continent in the coming years as it seeks to bridge the existing funding gap to support trade transactions. This would help address critical market demand for trade finance in Africa by providing support for trade in vital economic sectors such as agribusiness and manufacturing. Currently, Africa faces a funding gap of approximately US $120 billion in trade finance.10th African Banker Awards continue to celebrate excellence in banking and finance on the continent
26-May-2016 - Cameroon is a big winner at this year’s African Banker Awards, while Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank scoops prestigious Bank of the Year Award and GT Bank CEO Segun Agbaje is recognised as Africa’s Banker of the Year. Other winners include South Africa’s Daniel Matjila, who heads PIC, and Cameroonian economist and banker, Paul Fokam, who wins the Lifetime Achievement Award.
AfDB embarks on ambitious plan to ramp up agriculture, create jobs and feed Africa
26-May-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to improve the agriculture sector in Africa by embarking on an ambitious seven-point plan which aims at transforming the sector and be able to empower the small scale farmers and youths. AfDB Director of the Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, Chiji Ojukwu, said agriculture remained a major source of income in Africa, but its untapped potential had resulted in persistent poverty and deteriorating food security.Q&A Moono Mupotola, Director of NEPAD, Regional Integration and Trade at the AfDB
26-May-2016 - 1. What is the status of the New Deal on Energy for Africa and how can it serve Africa’s regional integration purpose?AfDB and Cameroon sign $1.726-million grant from the Global Environment Facility for environmental adaptation of broadband development
26-May-2016 - On Thursday, May 26, 2016 the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of the Republic of Cameroon signed an agreement under which the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will provide a grant of US $1,726,484 to support environmental adaptation of the Central Africa fibre-optic backbone project.
Is it what they need? Experts debate AfDB’s new Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa
26-May-2016 - Three women each with a large basket full of fresh fruits, sat under the shade of a wide signpost just outside the main gate of Mulungushi International Conference Centre where the 51st Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank are ongoing. Apart from being aware of the presence of an unusually large number of foreign guests in their city, it’s unlikely that the three women outside the Mulungushi gate knew what business the delegates are discussing in the meetings.
A resounding Africa Day at the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka
26-May-2016 - Africa Day takes place on May 25 every year, commemorating the signature of the founding agreements of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was formed in Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963 and later succeeded by the African Union.African governments and the private sector have critical roles to play in the energy market
26-May-2016 - African governments and the private sector have important roles to play in the energy sector, especially in terms of investment resources and providing the appropriate regulatory environment. Participants at a Thursday seminar on the theme “Lighting up Africa: Are Electricity Markets Fit for Purpose?” at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank in Lusaka, Zambia, agreed that public and private entities have a big role to play in the sector given the lamentable energy deficit on the continent.Launch of Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy
25-May-2016 - On Monday, May 23, 2016, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina launched the Special Panel on Accelerating the Implementation of the Bank’s Ten Year Strategy. The launch took place during the ongoing African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings.
African economies on high grounds as AfDB readies to leverage resources for accelerated growth and transformation
25-May-2016 - Despite the difficult and challenging global economic situation, African countries achieved considerable economic progress in 2015, registering a 3.6% average GDP growth during the year when the best performers in developed countries hardly reached 2%. Africa also accounts for five of the world’s fastest-growing economies with Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania registering growth rates of seven percent or more.
Leaders underscore urgent need to create jobs for African youth through agriculture, ICT, industry
25-May-2016 - Africa needs to step up investments in skills development and promotion of entrepreneurship to create jobs for young people, African leaders and businesses executives have reaffirmed. Available data shows that although between 10 and 12 million young Africans enter the workforce each year, only three million formal jobs are created annually. Besides, the youth often lack the skills required by employers, despite gains in education access over the past several decades.
AfDB supports water and agriculture improvement projects in Egypt
25-May-2016 - The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Government of Egypt on the sidelines of the AfDB’s Annual Meetings in Lusaka on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 signed two grant agreements amounting to USD 860,000 to help finance water and agriculture projects in Egypt.Sortir les infrastructures sanitaires de l’ornière grâce au partenariat public-privé
25-May-2016 - Le financement des soins de santé pour la couverture universelle de l’assurance maladie pour toutes les couches de la population en Afrique dans le cadre d’une approche de partenariat public-privé (PPP), a été exposé par le Dr. Dorothy Jeff- Nnamani, fondatrice de Novo Health Africa. C’était lors de la 2e journée des Assemblées annuelles du Groupe de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), le 24 mai à Lusaka, en Zambie.
AFAWA à l’affiche des Assemblées annuelles de la BAD
25-May-2016 - L’égalité des genres est une priorité d’intervention transversale pour la transformation et le développement économique de l’Afrique. Que sait-on du potentiel économique des femmes et des opportunités d’investissement dans les femmes ? Le bureau de l’envoyée spéciale de la BAD pour les questions de genre organise une table ronde de haut niveau sur son nouveau Programme AFAWA (acronyme anglais de « Affirmative action for women in Africa »).