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Private sector’s contribution to Africa’s growth notable, but more should be done
09-Nov-2016 - The 5th 2016 Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) Ministerial Conference ended with strong calls for enhanced private sector involvement to achieve sustainable development in Africa. At the KOAFEC Public-Private Partnership Forum, the African Development Bank emphasised that private sector contribution was necessary especially in the face of Sustainable Development Goals, which require massive investments for their achievement by 2030.AfDB hosts high-level workshop to operationalise Bank’s knowledge product on road safety
09-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank hosted a two-day high-level regional road safety workshop in Abidjan recently to bring together top managements of road authorities and development partners to share and operationalize three road safety manuals recently prepared by the Bank. During his opening speech, Amadou Oumarou, Director of the Bank’s Transport and ICT Department, said addressing road safety is crucial in Africa, which experiences the highest rates of road fatalities in the world, impacting negatively people’s life and economic development.The African Water Facility supports improved smallholder farmers resilience to climate change through irrigation upscaling
09-Nov-2016 - The African Water Facility (AWF) held a one-day event on November 9, 2016 to launch the Upscaling Smallholder Irrigation (USI) project, which aims to help develop smallholder irrigation in Zambia.
La Banque octroie une aide d’urgence à la région de Diffa au Niger
09-Nov-2016 - Le gouvernement du Niger, le Groupe de la BAD et l’UNICEF ont signé, le 4 novembre 2016 à Niamey au Niger, une lettre d’accord tripartite pour un don d’un million de dollars EU à la région de Diffa au Niger. Le principal objectif de cette aide d’urgence est de contribuer à l’amélioration des conditions sanitaires et d’accès à l’eau potable et à l’assainissement des populations déplacées dans la région de Diffa.AfDB approves US $391 million for Kenya’s water and sanitation project
09-Nov-2016 - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 approved US $391 million to help finance a major water and sanitation program in Kenya. The Kenya Towns Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program is designed to improve access, quality, availability and sustainability of water supply in 19 towns and wastewater management services in 17 towns across the country.
AfDB applauds Brazil’s agricultural transformation at 4th Brazil Africa Forum
09-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank applauded the successes of Brazil’s agricultural transformation during the recent 4th Brazil Africa Forum in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Africa lights the way to climate action as Marrakech talks begin
08-Nov-2016 - Delegates from 196 countries held up solar lanterns on Monday in a show of solidarity symbolising the transformation to clean technology which is essential to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. This took place as the 22nd Conference of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began this morning in Marrakech, Morocco.AfDB to host five regional workshops to implement its Feed Africa strategy
08-Nov-2016 - Following the official launch of Feed Africa strategy on September 19, 2016 at the African Development Bank headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the AfDB will conduct a series of regional Africa implementation engagement workshops on the document from November 8-24, as follows:
African Development Bank pours US $22.9 million into Sudan’s education sector
08-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Sudan’s Ministry of Higher Education, on November 3, 2016 in Khartoum concluded a six-day training workshop on basic modules on principles of educational administration and management. The training was part of the US $22.9 million capacity building for improved quality of education system and skills development (CBIQESD) project, financed by the Bank.AfDB to launch “Feed Africa” Strategy in Southern Africa with regional workshop in Zambia
08-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank Group will launch “Feed Africa: A Strategy for Agricultural Transformation in Africa 2016-2025” in Southern Africa by hosting an implementation and engagement workshop in Lusaka, Zambia, on November 8, 2016. The objective of this regional launch is to garner support by engaging stakeholders in Southern Africa with aspects of the Feed Africa Strategy directly relevant to the region.COP22 : transformer l’essai de la COP21 pour l’Afrique
08-Nov-2016 - Près d’une année après la signature, à Paris, d’un accord historique visant à limiter le réchauffement climatique, les 196 États acteurs des négociations sont réunis, depuis le 7 novembre, à Marrakech (Maroc), pour la 22econférence des Nations unies sur le climat (COP22).
AfDB approves US $1-million grant to finance nutrition campaign in Nigeria’s Borno State
08-Nov-2016 - Executive Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on Friday, November 4, 2016 approved a US $1-million emergency assistance grant to support the fight against malnutrition in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno.
Geothermal energy can curb Africa’s energy shortage and more
07-Nov-2016 - Lucy Wanjiru, aged 65, no longer has to walk over long distances to fetch water for domestic use, thanks to the Menengai Geothermal Development Project in Kenya’s Rift Valley, some 180 kilometres northwest of the capital, Nairobi. The project is co-financed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Kenya Government and other partners.
AfDB Evaluation Week to measure Africa’s transformation
07-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the 2016 Development Evaluation Week from November 7-10, 2016 at its Headquarters in Abidjan. The aim of Evaluation Week is to improve the effectiveness of development work across the continent.
High-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Africa calls for huge private sector investments in health
07-Nov-2016 - “Nothing could be more important,” African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina said Monday, as he addressed a high-level dialogue on strengthening public health security in Sub-Saharan Africa. “Health is wealth.”
Visit of President Touadéra: AfDB reaffirms its support to the Central African Republic ahead of donor roundtable
07-Nov-2016 - Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, on Monday reiterated that the Bank will continue to provide strong support to the Central African Republic to lead the country towards stability, recovery and development.The African Development Bank Group appoints Dr. Jennifer Blanke as Vice-President Agriculture, Human and Social Development
07-Nov-2016 - The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Blanke as Vice-President, Agriculture, Human and Social Development, with effect from 1st December 2016. She will join the Senior Management Team of the Bank.President Adesina shares the development agenda for Africa in Busan
07-Nov-2016 - The 5th Korea-Africa Economic Cooperation (KOAFEC) forum saw President Akinwumi Adesina of the African Development Bank (AfDB) call on Sung Je Cho, President of Busan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), in Busan, South Korea’s second largest city. At the October 27, 2016 meeting, the two discussed the need to increase trade between Africa and Korea. They deliberated on common areas of collaboration, with President Adesina pointing out energy/power as a major challenge for Africa.