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Mauritanie : la Banque africaine de développement accorde plus de 4 millions de dollars pour l’employabilité et l’entreprenariat des jeunes en soutien à une relance inclusive
17-Jun-2021 - Le Conseil d'administration de la Banque africaine de développement a approuvé un don de près de 4,3 millions de dollars américains au gouvernement mauritanien pour financer le Projet d’appui à l’employabilité et à l’insertion socio-économique des jeunes vulnérables. Cette opération vise à doter en compétences les jeunes sans emploi, non scolarisés et sans formation de la région du Brakna (sud-ouest) et à impulser une dynamique locale d’entreprenariat.Draft water strategy: The African Development Bank Group invites external stakeholders’ input
16-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group is delighted to share its draft Water Strategy for your kind review and comments. The Bank’s Board of Directors recently approved a new Policy on Water to provide a general framework for enhanced Bank engagement in Africa’s water sector. The policy benefited from significant stakeholder feedback, which enriched its content and scope.
Sustainable and Responsible Finance
16-Jun-2021 - What: Webinar Who: The African Development Bank’s Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership, European Investment Bank & the IPC, Horus, IECD Consortium When:
Egypt: African Development Bank approves loan of €83 million for Egypt’s electricity sector to spur economic recovery from Covid-19
16-Jun-2021 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank have approved an €83 million loan to finance the second phase of Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Program. The funding is part of the Bank’s budget support to the Egyptian government to strengthen its electricity infrastructure, which is expected to bolster the private sector and accelerate recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.Zambia: African Development Bank approves $1.4 million grant to improve household food security in the wake of Covid-19
16-Jun-2021 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $1.4 million grant from the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program to reduce malnutrition among the Southern African nation’s most vulnerable households.
Debt management: Experts and government officials reflect on strategies for mobilizing domestic resources
15-Jun-2021 - Experts and government officials discussed strategies for mobilizing internal resources to cope with the growing debt of African countries and allow the continent to recover better after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Appointment of Director, Financial Management, Mr. Jacques DJOFACK
15-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jacques DJOFACK as Director, Financial Management, effective 1st June 2021. Jacques, a French national, brings to this role almost 20 years of international experience and expertise in Financial Risk Management from both Development Banks and Commercial Banks in Africa and Europe. Prior to his appointment, Jacques served as Division Manager in the Financial Management Department of the Bank, a position he has held since April 2018.
Appointment Announcement : Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Dr. Beth Dunford
14-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Beth Dunford as Vice President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, effective 1st July 2021.
G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years
14-Jun-2021 - The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the European Investment Bank today announced that they were committed to investing $80 billion in the private sector over the next five years to support sustainable economic recovery and growth in Africa.
2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group
14-Jun-2021 - SAVE THE DATE 2021 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group Building Resilient Economies in Post Covid-19 Africa 23-25 June 2021 Virtual event ----------------------------------------------- Public sessions Wednesday 23 JuneAfrican Development Bank launches AUD$600 million (USD$463.9 million) Kangaroo Social Bond
14-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank launched a A$600 million (US$463.9 million) 5.5-year Kangaroo bond, marking its return to the Australian dollar bond market.IDEV beats 2020 evaluation targets under trying circumstances
11-Jun-2021 - The Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) function delivered a record 20 evaluation products in 2020, exceeding its targets and contributing to learning and accountability on achievement of the Bank’s High-5 strategic priorities, according to its 2020 Annual Report released on 25 May 2021.
Guinea: African Development Bank approves $430,000 grant for Ebola emergency relief project
08-Jun-2021 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a $430,000 grant to Guinea to fight the spread of the Ebola hemorrhagic fever epidemic throughout the country. Since mid-February 2021, Guinea has been facing a resurgent Ebola-related epidemic, following the major crisis of 2014. This new epidemic comes against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which poses both health and socio-economic challenges to the West African country. The project was approved on 3 June.
La Banque africaine de développement et ses partenaires célèbrent la nature et la restauration des écosystèmes
07-Jun-2021 - Comme chaque année, la Banque africaine de développement s’est associée, ce samedi 5 juin, au ministère de l’Environnement et du Développement durable de Côte d’Ivoire, au Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement et à d’autres partenaires pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l’environnement.African Development Bank trains experts from development finance institutions on climate finance action strategy and management
07-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank and the Association of African Development Finance Institutions (AADFI) jointly hosted a 3-day virtual workshop to train development finance experts in Africa on climate finance action strategy and management.Madagascar: WFP to distribute more than 800 tons of food funded by the African Development Bank
04-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group has provided a grant of $686,000 to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) which will provide food relief to thousands of people in southern Madagascar. The support comes at a critical time for Madagascar, which is suffering its worst drought in 40 years. More than 1.35 million people are highly food insecure and left with nothing to eat. This is double the figure at the same time last year and the crisis is mounting.Mozambique: African Development Bank financial package for local content and SME development to boost job creation
04-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group has approved a $1 million grant to boost local content and development of Small and Medium-Size Enterprise (SME) initiatives in the southern African nation of Mozambique. The grant, from the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund (YEI MDTF), will provide technical and institutional assistance to the Instituto para a Promoção das Pequenas e Médias Empresas, or IPEME, for the direct support of start-ups and SMEs, with a particular focus on youth-led and women-owned in business.
Mozambique: African Development Bank grants $1.6 million to support national Covid-19 response
03-Jun-2021 - Mozambique has received a $1.6 million grant from the African Development Bank to purchase emergency health materials in response to the Covid-19 outbreak. The grant, which forms part of a $9.7 million grant to support the Covid-19 emergency response and strengthen health systems in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and in São Tomé and Príncipe, was approved by the African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors last year.Ghana: African Development Bank Group supports risk-based supervision for capital markets
03-Jun-2021 - The African Development Bank Group and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Ghana today launched a $400,000 project to strengthen the development of Ghanaian capital markets. This follows the signing of a grant agreement to develop a risk-based supervisory solution for the local capital market.